Data at the Speed of BusinessSeptember 2 , 2015

Welcome & Webinar Overview

- This webinar will be recorded- We will take questions at the end

Keenan RiceVice President, Alliances

Looker

Agenda

- Brief overview of Vertica

- Brief overview of Looker

- SnagAJob Case Study

HP Vertica

Norma Rodriguez, IT Engineer

Looker

Erin Franz, Data Analyst

Speed, scalability, simplicity, and openness at lower TCO

HP Vertica Analytics PlatformHigh-performance data analytics platform purpose built for big data

HP Vertica Analytics Platform to the rescue!

Gain insights into your data in near-real time by running queries 50x-1,000x faster than legacy products

Blazing fast analytics

Infinitely and easily scale your solution by adding an unlimited number of industry-standard servers

Massive scalability

Get to market quickly with your analytics initiatives at low cost of administration and maintenance

Easy set-up and administration

Protect your investment in hardware and software, with built-in support for Hadoop, ROpen architecture

Store 10x-30x more data per server than row databases with patented columnar compression

Optimized data storage

“We found that we’d add a lot more value back to the organization if we gave it to everyone.”

TODD LEHRDOLLAR SHAVE CLUB

350 +

Agile data modeling; Transform Data at

Query

ETL ELTA single set of

data and definitions Hosted on-premise

or in the cloudAn analytics app server that doesn’t move your

data

A better way to explore complex data

Your results are as fresh as the data in Vertica because no data movement is required

Explore and visualize your large datasets in Hadoop with Vertica + Looker

Looker queries Vertica directly - taking advantage of the power of the underlying database

In-Database

All of Vertica’s useful analytic functions - like Geospatial Analytics - can be utilized by Looker

Real Time

Analytic Functions

SQL on Hadoop

Looker and Vertica Solution for Data Exploration and Visualization

Robert FehrmannData Architect

Scott HicksSenior Director, Data Strategy

Jake PiersolData Solutions

Manager

We connect workers with hourly jobs and employers with hourly workers. And with 60 million registered job seekers, we’re pretty good at it. Since 2000, we’ve grown to be America’s #1 spot for hourly work. We got here simply because we love helping people find jobs they love. Our products and services make it effortless for workers to find jobs, and easy for employers to quickly find workers - and we’re always looking to improve. After all, work is kind of our thing.

We Needed to Solve a ProblemScott Hicks

We are hourly.

12

...just to keep pace

Need a solution that is:Easy to setupEasy to maintainEasy to use (ie idiot proof)Make sense financiallyWorks for all my stakeholders

➢ Product Managers➢ Senior Leadership➢ Developers➢ Customers

“Houston, we have a problem”We need to move faster ...

Technology… Our Evolution

Robert Fehrmann

Initial Load Profile0.1 million unique visitors per day 1 million page views per day10 million registered usersInitial ArchitectureTraditional SQL based DW / Traditional Data cubessingle server instance using data partitioningscaling up (more memory, more cpu)ChallengesSlow to load / retrieve / changeScalabilityCost

“... so what’s the problem?”Using pre-webscale Technology at webscale

Best of breed over single VendorScale-Out over Scale-UpDynamic queries over pre-build CubesAgile over Waterfall

“How did we fix the problem?”

Completely re-think data analytics

“What does our Solution look like?”

Polyglot Data Platform

DataCollection

DataStorage

DataEngine

Data Analytics/Visualization

Flume KafkaScoop

Hadoop (Cloudera)

Vertica Impala

Looker Google

Sheets

“How does it work?”

Web WebWeb

Message Bus Flume Hadoop

Hue

PortalImpala Sheets

Web Apps

Jobseekers / Clients Clients

Portal

Internal Users

Web Apps

Putting it Into Practice

Jake Piersol

Customers will pay more if we give them more● Subscription Model → Transactional Model● Created new data needs● Vertica provides the analytical platform● Looker provides the window

Keeping up with the businessProduct Evolution

Deliver Insight Quickly

Deliver Insight Quickly

"One of our biggest data challenges has always been ‘presenting one version of the truth’ … with Looker, we are able to do this in multiple ways"

John MoonDirector of Data Strategy

Deliver Insight Quickly

"One of the best features Looker provides, is the ability to create custom looks and dashboards specific for each of my customers. That, along with the ability to automatically send those reports, allows me to pass critical information to my clients without a lot of additional touches."

Ken LarshNational Account Executive,

Recruitment Advertising and Staffing

Deliver Insight Quickly

"Looker gives us the capability to slice and dice data like we haven't had in the past. I spend about 75% of my day using it, and it truly makes my job easier!"

Hope FergusonSolutions Analyst

Predictive AnalyticsData as a ProductSimplifying the Stack

Room to Evolve Where do we go from here?

Q & A

Thank You

- This webinar will be posted on looker.com

tomorrow.

- Demo Looker at looker.com/demo

- Demo Vertica my.vertica.com/evaluate

Thank you