VMblog recently connected with a company called Striim.  Their unified data integration and streaming platform connects clouds, data and applications with speed and simplicity to deliver the right data at the right time.  And enterprises are using Striim to monitor business events across any environment, build applications that drive digital transformation, and leverage true real-time analytics to provide a superior experience to their customers.

To find out the latest, we spoke with Alok Pareek, Founder & EVP of Products at Striim.

VMblog:  First off, congratulations on the release of Striim Cloud. Can you tell our readers more about it?

Alok Pareek:  Striim Cloud is the industry's first and only fully-managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for real-time streaming data integration and analytics. With a few clicks, customers can easily build real-time data pipelines to stream trillions of events every day, backed by enterprise-grade operational, security and management features. Striim Cloud's zero-maintenance, infinitely scalable platform enables customers to transform their businesses by adopting new cloud models, digitizing legacy systems, and modernizing their application infrastructure.

VMblog:  What is the problem that Striim Cloud solves?

Pareek:  Handling and analyzing large-scale data for real-time decision-making and operations is an ongoing challenge for every enterprise; one that is only going to become more challenging as more data sources come online. These challenges are driving ‘digital transformation.' Striim Cloud is a powerful, cloud-based, SaaS platform that gives enterprises worldwide an invaluable advantage in reaching this goal.

VMblog:  What is the importance of utilizing real-time data?

Pareek:  With recent shifts in the global economy and a more distributed workforce, operations across a myriad of industries (retail, manufacturing, logistics/supply chain, healthcare) are forced to become more responsive and reliable. These shifts create an immense demand for access to real-time data. With real-time data, operations leaders can use analytics to assess both demand and cost-to-serve, and make informed decisions. Additionally, the customer experience must be personalized and differentiated to be relevant and competitive in today's digital economy.  

VMblog:  Does Striim Cloud integrate with other data platforms? If so, which?

Pareek:  Striim Cloud seamlessly integrates data into platforms such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Google Big Query, and Snowflake. By doing so, Striim Cloud enables businesses to power business intelligence and decision-making to meet the needs of the digital economy while delivering an unbeatable, data-driven customer experience.

VMblog:  What's on the horizon for Striim over the next twelve months?

Pareek:  Ingesting real time data from applications, and moving data into applications for actionable insights, Making Striim Cloud for real time Analytics available in multiple regions and on different clouds, and building a Striim community are major initiatives over the next year.

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