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Go to:For major retail companies, it is a crucial challenge for the business control center to know each store’s in-stock quantities in real time. The world’s largest retailers can have hundreds of thousands of SKUs, and sell thousands of dollars worth of products every second. At this scale, inventory misalignment can have an impact in the…
What is Real-Time Data Streaming? Businesses used to expect their data to arrive in batches, made available for analysis after the fact. But now, people use digital devices that generate data available in real time, and many machines and devices generate data of their own volition. Data received in real time is referred to as…
With the vast volume of cellphones, packages, vehicles, purchases and other items moving through time and space, a good foundational understanding of how spatial data can be used is increasingly valuable. This post provides an overview of the different types of spatial data and how you can make the most of yours. What is Spatial…
Today marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day! Inspired by the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, Earth Day began after the largest protest ever for new clean air and water laws. It now encompasses events held with more than a billion people worldwide. At Kinetica, we believe that due to the scale and complexity of…
Best-in-breed BI tools, like Tableau, have excellent geospatial visualization for small and manageable data sets. They pull down your data from the source and use client-side technologies to deliver an interactive data exploration experience. But when you have hundreds of thousands, or even millions of data points, modern BI tools simply can’t visualize data at…