Case Study: Otto GmbH achieves 50% cost savings with Exasol Data Warehouse

Otto GmbH saves 50% with Exasol

Otto GmbH, Germany's largest e-commerce site for home and living, faced challenges with an overly complex data loading path from its feeder systems. Their plan to use Exasol as an access layer struggled as data structures retained twice the expected volume, hindering fast reporting to tools like Tableau. They needed a robust solution behind their data warehouse to quickly deliver data for analysis.

The solution involved replacing their existing data warehouse with the Exasol Data Warehouse during a proof of concept, while retaining Hadoop as a raw data store. Exasol collaborated with Otto's team in a joint hackathon to implement a Spark connector, meeting stringent security requirements. This allowed Otto to achieve 50% in cost savings through intelligent performance optimization. The implementation enabled faster data access and reporting via in-memory technology and provided scalable, cloud-ready architecture for expanded business opportunities.

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