Company
Date Published
Author
Thomas Hazel
Word count
511
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

2022 Year in Review` The company has achieved a five-year anniversary of transforming customer's cloud object storage such as AWS S3 into a stream-based Search+SQL Analytic Database. Initially providing access via the Elastic (Search) API, then Presto (SQL), at scale and in production, it remains the only solution that is 100% native object storage. The idea was initially met with skepticism by market analysis, venture capitalists, and thought leaders, but the company persevered to crack the code using new technology and architecture. In recent years, the focus has shifted from business intelligence to log management and analytics, where companies are already sending their data to S3 due to fear of pipeline failures. The company's vision is now widely recognized, with market analysis and venture capitalists asking how they knew it was a good idea. For 2023, the company plans to further extend its platform to include operational and business intelligence use-cases, leading the charge for Smart Object Storage.