32 Magnitude Simba Testimonials

"Qubole's customers rely on connecting Big Data engines, optimized for the public cloud, with front-end BI, Visualization and home-grown applications. In order to make these connections we evaluated building vs. partnering for a critical ODBC connector. By partnering with Simba we were able to focus on our core competencies, speed up our go-to-market plans, and rest assured that we are using a superior solution thanks to the responsive and brilliant team at Simba!"

"Simba’s ODBC SDK provided all the components we needed to build our custom ODBC driver. Simba’s expertise and assistance was invaluable, helping us to deploy our driver in record time. Simba continues to support us with new features and functionality to ensure our data driver stays current with industry advancements."

"Managing risks is a high-stakes analytics business. The Magnitude Connectivity Solution (Simba) was a clear choice based on its proven track record and superior technology. We’ve incorporated SimbaEngine SDK technology to give our customers a greater selection of analytics and visualization tools for their reporting needs. By leveraging the capabilities of SimbaEngine X, our customers are assured industry-standard ODBC connectivity."

"At Qubole we were evaluating a build vs. partner strategy for a critical ODBC connector, so that we can easily connect our Qubole Data Service (QDS) platform to other solutions in our eco-system. We partnered with Simba Technologies because they provide a superior solution, they were easy to work with, allowing us to stay focus on building the fastest Hadoop engine running on the cloud. At the end of the day, we were very satisfied with the results of this project and we were able to deliver an effective data connectivity solution that allowed us to exceed the requirements of our customers."

"Magnitude Connectivity solutions (Simba) were a natural choice as the drivers are trusted by the data source vendors and guaranteed to be compatible with any data source. Business users can connect their Sisense BI tool seamlessly to their disparate data, enabling them to analyze billions of rows and extract insights from these data sets with unparalleled speed and smooth performance without having to write code."

"Our customers choose the Vertica Analytics Platform because it’s the best platform available for big data analytics. In order for our customers to get the most out of their analytics program, we needed to provide the best data connectivity to load data at the speed and scale needed by Vertica. We chose Simba. Simba delivered new, high-capacity ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET data drivers so our customers can monetize ALL their data in real-time, offering a significant competitive advantage."

"Simba plays a key role in standards-based data connectivity. Simba’s standards-based development toolkits enable quick connectivity between products from multiple vendors. Microsoft is pleased to work with Simba on advancing and promoting standards-based data connectivity."

"Simba’s standards-based MDX query language technology and its incredibly deep data connectivity expertise were the catalysts for Kognitio’s ability to provide multi-dimensional query and analysis functionality within the Kognitio Analytical Platform. Simba’s solution enables our customers to use the OLAP-based BI front-end of their choice – including IBM Cognos, Microsoft Excel PivotTables and SAP BusinessObjects – to perform extreme analytics on Big Data and fully leverage the power that Kognitio delivers. By engaging Simba to work with us, we’ve been able to leapfrog our competitors by combining the in-memory prowess of the Kognitio Analytical Platform with Simba’s leading OLAP expertise for enabling connectivity to large-scale virtual cube environments."

"Over my many years in BI and Machine Learning, we in the market have built great self-service technologies for business users. But we have always struggled to give these users simple, effective and well-managed access to live data in business applications. Magnitude’s new Gateway solution wraps up business-friendly intelligent adapters, a wide range of standard adapters, and high performance universal drivers. For business users, this simplifies live data access. For IT, the Gateway simplifies deployment and maintenance, while also providing insights to usage and governance."

"We got great help from Simba how to set the ODBC attributes, which ones were relevant help for tuning and configuration. Every issue we encountered, we got answers very, very quickly."

"SAP AG partnered with Simba Technologies to develop and support the resulting OLE DB for OLAP Provider created for Business Information Warehouse. We were very satisfied with the results of this project as Simba was able to deliver an effective data connectivity solution that allowed us to meet the needs of our customers."

"Simba’s highly collaborative approach helped us achieve our enterprise milestone to release new products and features with quick turnaround. Simba’s engineers really cared about the success of our product. We wanted a good partnership and really good connectivity software and we got both."

"We do not hesitate to sell [our SimbaEngine- built] ODBC driver. It's an essential part of our toolkit."

“Engineers appreciate talking to other engineers. And that’s one thing that set [Simba Technologies] apart.”

"Outcome: a high performance, standards-based custom ODBC driver allows the company’s legacy applications to continue to work while enabling additional functionality in their data landscape."