Case Study: DTN achieves modern, scalable data integration and monetized agribusiness insights with Talend

Connecting agribusiness for better crop yields and farm profitability

DTN (Digital Transmission Network), a long-standing provider of agricultural market intelligence and a division of Schneider Electric, faced a complex IT landscape of disparate ERP, agronomy, GIS, sensing and legacy systems that was costly to maintain and threatened growth and innovation. The company needed a modern, cloud-enabled data-integration strategy that could handle web services and JSON payloads without relying on extensive custom coding.

DTN implemented Talend ESB and Talend Big Data for their open, extensible platform, simplified pricing and ease of development, which let them consolidate diverse sources into a cloud operational data store and expose clean APIs. The result: support for 50 file formats, a 30–40% reduction in developer headcount, creation of an industry-wide data hub that monetizes agribusiness information, and new services powered by DTN’s 4,800 weather stations and integrated data products.

DTN

Michael Ross

Director for R&D, Agriculture and Trading Products