Think Big

Think Big - the company is engaged in consulting in the field of "Big Data". It is founded in 2010.

History

2016: Apache Spark for creation of "these lakes"

On April 18, 2016 the Think Big company announced expansion of opportunities of creation of "these lakes" by means of Apache Spark.

The Spark environment represents the cluster computing platform open source, it is applied to the development of recommendations for use of a product, predictive analytics, data analysis arriving from sensors, the analysis of graphs, etc.

Representation of the Apache Spark (2015) environment

For April 18, 2016 consumers can use "the lake of data" using Apache Spark technology in a cloud, in the general "standard" Hadoop environments, or in a HSS of Teradata's Hadoop Appliance.

The Think Big company used the Spark environment for the organization of corporate "these lakes" and creation of analytical applications.

Many organizations experiment with the Apache Spark platform, expecting its effective use concerning data streams, requests and analytics, is frequent in combination with "lakes of data". However users quickly realize that not so just to use the Spark platform and that "lakes of data" require more time for planning and design, than they calculated. In such situation users need to ask for the help consultants and suppliers of managed services which have an experience of successful work with the Apache Spark platform and "lakes of data" in different conditions. The Think Big company has such experience. Philip Russ (Philip Russom), head of research of management of databases of Institute of Data warehouses

The Think Big company quickly expands the consulting activity from America on the whole Europe and China thanks to the fact that there is a need for knowledge, experience and techniques capable to help the companies to create "the lake of data" using the correct initial application of the Spark environment and the Hadoop platform. Deployment of the Spark environment should become a part of information and analytical strategy. We know on the basis of our experience what scenarios of use are appropriate what questions are correct and where to expect negative influence on deployment. We understand expectations of corporate users and also production requirements. We can help with creation of considerable commercial value, and users of the Spark environment already reach it in such fields of activity as multichannel personalisation of consumers and fault detection in real time in high technology production. RON Bodkin, president of Think Big company

2014

It is purchased by Teradata company in 2014.