May 2025 Summaries

Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) is a technology and service company that specializes in data management, advanced analytics, and strategic consulting for the sports and entertainment industries, helping organizations become data-driven to enhance their bottom line. They cater to a diverse clientele, including major U.S. sports leagues, college athletics, and large ownership groups, requiring flexible solutions tailored to each client's unique needs. To address the rapid growth in data sources and systems, KAGR partnered with Prefect to enhance their data orchestration capabilities. Prefect's technology enabled KAGR to improve efficiency, scalability, and observability, resulting in a significant increase in pipeline success rates, enhanced security, and the ability to manage infrastructure as desired. This partnership, characterized by continuous collaboration and a focus on security, supports KAGR's mission to adapt quickly in the rapidly evolving sports industry, where fan engagement drives technological advancements.

Prefect has introduced deployment versioning, a feature that offers a more efficient way to manage changes, track performance, and enable quick recovery from errors in deployments. This feature allows users to trace and reverse updates, providing better control over deployment processes by automatically recording comprehensive versions that include Git commit SHAs, Docker references, infrastructure settings, and runtime configurations. Users can view a full version history in the UI, track performance metrics for each version, and roll back to previous versions without the need for manual Git reverts or CI pipeline runs. Deployment versioning is available to Prefect Cloud users with versions 3.4.1 and above, enhancing deployment management by ensuring reliability and consistency through the use of Git SHAs and Docker image digests for precise rollbacks.