What clients say about Rapid Analytics?

Abylon: Thank you for taking the time for this quick interview. First of all, for what tasks do you use Abylon Rapid Analytics?

Zoltán Nyircsák: It is important to mention that we basically did not buy a technology or a component, but a solution. We chose Abylon and their data warehousing solution because the technology they used promised a quick rollout (and they kept that promise). But nonetheless, it was paramount that the experts were truly experts from both business and technology perspective. In fact, on the customer side we don’t even really need to understand what ARA (editor’s note: ARA stands for Abylon Rapid Analytics) does, it’s enough to articulate the business problem and then enjoy the benefits.

Abylon: How and to what extent does Abylon Rapid Analytics simplify your work?

Zoltán Nyircsák: Since the technological solution and its maintenance and development are not on the customer’s side, so it’s not easy to answer this question. However, we do enjoy the benefits from the business side. Eg: rapid development of data markets.

Abylon: How responsive is the solution (or Abylon?) How fast can it track changes?

Zoltán Nyircsák: The responsiveness is good. There were several source system changes that were easily handled by the solution. For example, there have been several overnight transitions to develop a new source system. Because we work with source systems that are in use, they are constantly changing, evolving, getting new features. So it was important for us that the BI solution we were building could handle this (with the help of Abylon experts, of course.)

Abylon: How flexible is the system?

Zoltán Nyircsák: So far, we have found a solution for everything together. Here again, I would like to point out that the technology used is “hidden” from us. This division of responsibilities between us and your experts was agreed prior to the project. Our part is to formulate the request, whether it’s some specific data, analysis, or business problem, and you give us the solution.

Abylon: How complicated do you find managing such a system?

Zoltán Nyircsák: This is also part of the service, so we don’t have to deal with it. However, the data warehouse and data market based on the solution, and the Power BI service, was an excellent choice. We are able to respond quickly to new business needs, facilitating the accurate, timely and reliable delivery of not only data but also information.

Abylon: What do you think, how much time did the use of Rapid Analytics saved you during your data warehouse building project?

Zoltán Nyircsák: Without it, it would’ve been an order of magnitude (I really mean the 10 times multiplier) more time and money to develop such a solution and then to adopt and react to all the changes. The development time has been largely reallocated and instead of spending time on manually creating the obligatory things, we were able to spend more time on the essential things and put more energy into the construction of the data market.

Abylon: Finally, what would be the feature that would make Abylon Rapid Analytics even more valuable to you?

Zoltán Nyircsák: Right now, we don’t really need anything else, but if I think about the future, maybe a built-in report on the operation of Abylon Rapid Analytics, the data loads and performance would be good.