Oracle Endeca Information Discovery

In April, 2012 Oracle submitted the Endeca Information Discovery system, its emergence became result of purchase in 2011 of vendor of Endeca. A system allows to manage the structured and not structured data in model-as-you-go style on the basis of user data of e-commerce. The platform can be used, for example, for the analysis of insurance payments and moods in social media. It will also be certified under Exalytics in the middle of 2012.

The solution of a corporate class Oracle Endeca Information Discovery based on Endeca Latitude and Endeca MDEX technologies allows to investigate and analyze the structured, semi-structured and unstructured data from the most various internal and external sources, such as information storages, transaction systems, blogs, social networks, indications of sensors and "Big Data".

The solution working on the Oracle Endeca Server server (the former name Endeca MDEX) automatically creates a data model in loading process of information. Use of iterative approach "modeling as required" (model-as-you-go) accelerates deployment and setup, thereby exempting IT specialists from problems of traditional data modeling.

The product Endeca Information Discovery provides simple in use and the unique in own way analytical tools developed according to requirements of search systems in the field of consumer e-commerce. The intuitive interface combines means of search with facet navigation and the interactive analysis that allows business users to investigate and visualize considerable volumes of internal and external data without additional training.

Now the companies use this solution for a broad spectrum of the tasks connected with a research of data in applications. Examples are the analysis of warranty cases, insurance claims, criminal investigations and opinions of users of social networks.

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery supplements the platforms which are a part for the business analysis of Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation traditional means of the analysis of known structured data, supporting technologies of a fast research of unknown and unstructured sources of information. The solution Endeca Information Discovery can use indicators and models of the Oracle BI Foundation platform and the existing data warehouses together with other sources of the structured and unstructured information.

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Endeca Server are certified for accomplishment on the optimized hardware and software system Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and are key components of an extensive range of the analytical products of Oracle designed to help customers to make quicker reasoned decisions.

Sharing of Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine – the closest competitor of SAP HANA is allowed. As key competitors directly for Information Discovery IBM and the Hadoop project open source act. However, Oracle locates also own version of the Hadoop system it got which in inheritance from Cloudera and now is a part of a solution portfolio for work with "Big Data". Better to understand when and why customers give preference to Oracle DBMS or, on the contrary, Hadoop, we recommend to look at Aaron Kordova's chart given below.

In general experts positively estimate a release of Oracle to the e-discovery market, new to themselves, at least, merger of Endeca allowed to expect this step. However confidence that solutions of the company in the field of DBMS will win on it the leading positions at anybody is not present. A basic reason – traditionally strong positions of open source code systems.

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.0

In Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.0, the version of the platform of data analysis from sources of different types, the user interface which supports visualization of drag-and-drop now is completely processed, improving conditions for a research of data. The solution also offers a new feature on loading of own data using which users can add the data files of Excel in addition to provided by IT departments. Thanks to direct integration into Oracle BI Server it is possible to use data from the existing analytical applications. In version 3.0 possibilities of the analysis of social resources — relaizovana the built-in function of reading files in the JSON format, the new connector based on web services using the OAuth protocol, expanded functions of enrichment of the text and enhanced accuracy of the analysis are also improved.

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.1

On November 18, 2013 the Oracle corporation announced Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.1. The version gives opportunities which will facilitate work of users with analytical tools, will allow to integrate independently diverse data from a set of sources, to investigate them for acceptance of reasoned decisions.

The instruments of independent data integration implemented in Endeca ID 3.1 expand possibilities of independent data analysis out of Excel limits, adding integration into Oracle BI, a connectivity to different databases and also support of poorly structured data in the JSON format. Process of independent creation of dashboards for a research of data thanks to improvements of the graphical interface which supports towage transactions, and to means of a configuration on the basis of "masters" is simplified. Means of the profound analysis of unstructured data will allow to take information from discussions, discussions, dialogs, opinions and the ideas in corporate and external public sources.