SAN FRANCISCO - GoodData, a cloud-based analytics platform, announced the launch of FlexConnect today, a new feature designed to enhance the GoodData Analytics Lake by enabling more dynamic data connectivity and computation. FlexConnect allows organizations to connect to a diverse range of data sources, including APIs, databases, and machine learning systems, and execute custom computation logic within these connections using programming languages such as Python and Rust.
The company's Vice President of Product Strategy, Ryan Dolley, highlighted that FlexConnect addresses the challenge analytics teams face when integrating various data sources. The tool aims to simplify data operations by providing the ability to quickly integrate with any API or database, thereby reducing the need for extensive development cycles. It also allows users to build custom algorithms and machine learning workflows directly into their data connections, which can enhance insights and ensure the accuracy and trustworthiness of analytics results.
FlexConnect differentiates itself by leveraging Apache Flight RPC (NYSE:RES) for universal connectivity and in-connection computation. This embedded compute capability is intended to be beneficial for users who need to distribute and scale data products, as it can significantly accelerate the time to value.
GoodData's new offering is part of its Analytics Lake, a platform that combines in-memory computation, efficient storage, and semantics into a single analytics solution. The Analytics Lake is based on open-source technologies such as DuckDB and Apache Arrow.
The launch of FlexConnect is part of GoodData's ongoing efforts to provide AI-assisted data-driven decision-making tools to its customers, which include over 140,000 companies and 3.2 million users worldwide. GoodData's platform is backed by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst Partners, and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Capital.
For further details on FlexConnect and the GoodData Analytics Lake, interested parties can visit the GoodData website. This announcement is based on a press release statement.
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