ClearStory Introduces Data Analysis and Visualization Tool, Data Intelligence update from October 2013

At the O'Reilly Strata Conference and Hadoop World event Tuesday ClearStory launched Data Intelligence, a new way for anyone and any organization to speed access to internal and external data sources, discover new data and insights, and actively collaborate across diverse data assets to reach fast answers.

The now available solution is an integrated Application and Platform that changes how people across any business consume data from corporate and external sources, to accelerate the pace of informed and intelligent decision-making.

“Companies across CPG, retail, media and entertainment, financial services and almost every industry are looking for better ways to access more data, from more sources, ask questions and reach conclusions faster,” said Sharmila Mulligan, CEO of ClearStory Data. “Data Intelligence is the new way that lets business users and data stewards get to more data, uncover insights fast, actively collaborate and ease the cycle of questions to answers, where meaningful answers may span many internal and external data sources.”

ClearStory Data is backed by Google Ventures, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and Andreesen Horowitz.

With the power of embedded data intelligence, users are enabled to take data from many more data sources into the hands of more users for fast answers. ClearStory’s Data Intelligence solution is unique in that it speeds access to private data sources, brings simple point-and-click access to external data, harmonizes disparate data automatically, and introduces a unique data-aware collaboration model so people can actively participate in evolving insights, in context, to make informed.

“Kantar Media, the global leader in advertising measurement, is pleased to partner with ClearStory Data to bring organizations a new self-service way to access our rich advertising intelligence data, “ said Libby MacDonald, Senior Vice-President for National Sales at Kantar Media Intelligence. “Insights into advertising trends are critical for companies seeking to optimize their marketing campaigns. ClearStory enables business users to navigate this data easily, and blend it with their private data to quickly get the answers they need to drive their businesses."