Item: Cloudera Data Platform
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Cloudera Data Platform as our main data warehouse. Implemented as a data lake, our actuaries and business users store and access data from this platform as their primary information repository. It is also a space where actuaries can work with large amounts of data and process that data.

Pros and Cons

Scales
Highly available

Constantly changing costs
Log visibility

Return on Investment

Reduced operational costs
Speed to market

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloud Pak for Data (formerly IBM Cloud Private for Data)

IBM's offering of the Cloud Pak for Data has been a moving target and difficult to compare to Cloudera Data Platform. We have implemented our solution on Amazon Web Services, which appears to be supported by IBM at this point, but the migration would be very expensive for us to endeavor.

Support Rating

We have utilized Cloudera support quite frequently and are very satisfied with the capability and responsiveness of that team. Often, the new features delivered with the platform give us an opportunity to mature the way we're doing things, and the support team have been valuable in developing those new patterns.

Key Insights

Do you think Cloudera Data Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cloudera Data Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Cloudera Data Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cloudera Data Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cloudera Data Platform again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

I have seen that Cloudera Data Platform is well suited for large batch processes. It works really well for our indication analyses that are performed by the actuaries. I feel that rapid streaming operations may be a situation where additional technology would be needed to provide for a robust solution.

Actuarial Analytics on Cloudera Data Platform

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Cloudera Data Platform