Rockset Testimonials

“We were stuck on feature development and working too hard on features that should have been easy to build. The data stack and model that we started Windward with twelve years ago was not ideal for the search and analytical features needed to digitally and intelligently transform the maritime industry.”

”At ido-data, we develop waterproof GPS-connected wristbands that allow rescuers to locate water sports participants in an emergency. The ability to analyze geolocation data in real time is of critical importance to us and our customers. Knowing exactly where the wearer of our wristband is at any point in time can be the difference between life and death. We use Amazon DynamoDB as our primary database to store beacon data from the GPS tags in our wristbands. When we needed to build real-time applications on this data, we found Rockset to be the simplest way to achieve the performance we require. Rockset offers click-and connect integration with DynamoDB, so we do not have to write a single line of ETL code. All modifications in DynamoDB are continuously synced to Rockset, which automatically builds indexes to enable SQL queries that run in milliseconds. With Rockset, we were able to set up our application in a matter of hours instead of weeks. Since DynamoDB and Rockset are both serverless, our lean engineering team can focus on delivering life-saving innovations in the product rather than managing data infrastructure, because we trust DynamoDB and Rockset to give us the reliability and scale we need. DynamoDB and Rockset additionally offer the data encryption and GDPR compliance that we require for our product. We are always adding features to our product and are currently implementing functionality to determine whether a wristband is on land or water, given its latitude and longitude. This can be a complicated undertaking, as water polygons can have thousands of vertices, but Rockset’s high-performance indexing, including support for geospatial queries, will shorten our develop."