Case Study: Suunto achieves real-time Big Data coaching insights with the Vertica Analytics Platform

Suunto unlocks fitness coaching market with Big Data project

Suunto, the Finnish maker of sports watches, dive computers and precision instruments, faced a new market reality as cloud‑connected wearables generated massive volumes of fitness data. To enrich user experience, enable real‑time coaching insights and strengthen brand differentiation, the company needed a high‑performance analytics platform that could ingest, store and analyze millions of training sessions from devices worldwide.

Suunto built Movescount and partnered with Micro Focus/Eficode to deploy the Vertica Analytics Platform, a scalable column‑oriented database that processes millions of sessions weekly and has analyzed over a billion data points across 100M+ recorded workouts. The solution feeds real‑time insights to watches, mobile apps and the website, powering performance comparisons, virtual competitions and coaching features, supporting new product launches and delivering a cost‑effective, 24/7 global service that gives Suunto a competitive edge.

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Janne Kallio

Performance Business Digital Leader