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has a different one and they buy them for four, five million to cover the whole factory.”
The problem, Brad explains, is that just a handful of people managed to become experts in these complex systems, creating bottlenecks in data analysis.
However, Spotfire offered a solution:“ We deliver an interactive analysis environment that is not afraid of highlytechnical, deeply domain-specific data, and we can apply high powered analytical methods, but our focus is on ease of use.”
He adds:“ Our end users are almost all engineers or scientists of some kind – process engineers, product engineers, yield engineers, production engineers, geophysicists, research scientists and the like.”
Spotfire is an independent business unit within Cloud Software Group and is focused on serving domain-specific markets. Brad’ s role involves identifying those who stand to benefit most from Spotfire’ s technology, then building use cases to demonstrate its value.
What sets Spotfire apart? Spotfire’ s uniqueness is that it delivers an interactive analysis environment that can handle domain-specific data while maintaining on ease of use and agility. This, says Brad, makes it“ accessible to a broader range of users within organisations, including various types of engineers and scientists”.
Spotfire’ s unique approach to data analysis is what Brad calls“ visual data science”.
“ We give users an immersive experience in which they can apply their own expertise and creativity for problem solving”
BRAD HOPPER VP OF VERTICAL MARKETS, CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP
“ We combine visual-first exploration of data with industry-specific analytics so that we give our users an immersive experience in which they can apply their own expertise and use their creativity for problem solving,” Brad explains.
This approach differs from traditional statistics tools, which often require users to have a deep understanding of statistical concepts and methodologies. Spotfire, though, focuses on applied statistics, making it possible for engineers and scientists to work effectively with complex data without needing to be statisticians.
Spotfire also stands out for its ability to handle massive amounts of data in memory.“ Some of our users have close to a billion records of data in an analysis and they get a dynamic interactive experience for finding trends, outliers and insights,” Brad reveals.
The software’ s extension framework allows for customisation and integration
74 April 2025