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Datameer Analytics Solution Automates Log File Aggregation

Datameer responds to customer needs to simplify log file integration and analytics

SAN MATEO, CALIF - June 23, 2010 - Datameer, Inc. (www.datameer.com) today announced DAS Log File Aggregator for Datameer Analytics Solution (DAS), the first Hadoop-based solution for big data that includes data source integration, storage, an analytics engine and visualization. DAS Log File Aggregator is a new DAS plug-in that dramatically reduces the complexity of integrating log file data from hundreds or even thousands of servers.

Web servers, network devices, operating systems and databases store a wealth of information in log files. When properly aggregated, the information can offer valuable insights into customer, user and technology behavior. However, log file aggregation is one of the most difficult big data challenges because, in addition to the sheer size of the data, the large number of data import jobs that must be created to integrate this data is time consuming and difficult to manage.

Datameer discovered that many customers in its DAS Early Adopter Program are facing this log file aggregation issue. In response, Datameer has developed DAS Log File Aggregator, a plug-in to DAS that makes it easy to import large numbers of log files stored on disparate servers. Instead of having to create a separate import job for every log file, users simply specify a list of server addresses and log file names in a single import job to bring in all their data.

"DAS offers a highly agile approach to data integration, with no programming, no modeling, no schema and no transformation requirements," said Stefan Groschupf, Datameer's CTO. "With the addition of the DAS Log File Aggregator, our customers now have an easy-to-use solution for large-scale log file collection as well as integrating this data with other data sources."

Using DAS and DAS Log File Aggregator, organizations can realize benefits such as:

  • Improving marketing campaign results by bringing together and analyzing customer interactions on the Web and in the call center, sales data as well as the latest buzz about the promotion on social media sites
  • Detecting security threats and fraud more quickly by understanding user activity across infrastructure components
  • Anticipating consumer demand and improving products and services through analysis of online behavior
  • Expediting return to system health by analyzing the cascading affect one system failure has on other systems through the merger and analysis of disparate system log files

Datameer is a co-sponsor of BigDataCamp, a Hadoop Unconference taking place on June 28, 2010 where it will demonstrate the power of DAS and DAS Log File Aggregator.

DAS and the DAS Log File Aggregator will be generally available in the fall of 2010.

About Datameer
Datameer offers the first data analytics solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use massive amounts of data. Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, the company's breakthrough product, Datameer Analytics Solution (DAS), provides unparalleled access to data with minimal IT resources. DAS scales to 4,000 servers and petabytes of data and is available for all major Hadoop distributions including Apache, Cloudera, Yahoo!, IBM, and Amazon. Datameer is based in San Mateo, Calif. For more information, please visit www.datameer.com.

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Datameer
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