Buffalo Studios Chooses Talend Big Data Integration for Popular Bingo Blitz Social Game

Talend Enterprise Big Data enables online social games developer to retrieve critical data necessary to make faster, smarter business decisions

LOS ALTOS, Calif.--()--Talend, the global big data integration software leader, today announced that Buffalo Studios, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based social and mobile games developer behind Bingo Blitz, the world’s largest online bingo game, chose Talend Enterprise Big Data to retrieve critical data captured through their games.

Buffalo Studios, a subsidiary of Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE), has millions of monthly active users. In the case of Bingo Blitz, the company processes approximately 10,000 events per second and over 100 gigabytes (GB) of data daily and expects that number to continue to increase.

“Our industry in general is extremely data-driven and we make content, marketing and product decisions after reviewing reams of data and analytics,” said Barry Sohl, Chief Technology Officer, Buffalo Studios. “But before it can be of value to us, we have to turn our data into actionable insights. That’s why it’s critical that our data is accurate and gets into our data warehouse in a timely manner.”

Prior to using Talend, getting the data into the warehouse used to be clunky for Buffalo Studios. The company used a mixture of custom code and Python scripts, but the results were far from ideal. The company sought a solution that would provide greater flexibility at the data integration layer, so it could quickly add new data instrumentation points, and retrieve critical data necessary to make smarter business decisions.

Buffalo Studios searched for a best-of-breed vendor that could meet its need for more flexibility and recognized that Talend offered a more mature and full-featured development environment than other solutions in the marketplace. The company considered a handful of options but during a proof-of-concept, Talend delivered the most successful results. Buffalo Studios also liked that Talend was Java-based, enabling its team to leverage an existing skill set and use Talend out of the box, in conjunction with its own existing custom Java code. Today, Buffalo Studios is using Talend Enterprise Big Data to achieve the flexibility it previously lacked.

“We need to measure the effectiveness of our features – whether positive or negative – in near real time,” added Sohl. “The easier it is for us to instrument the data, the better it is for our Business Intelligence team to use. Talend is helping us streamline the process, achieve more agility, and get more value from our data.”

In addition, because Buffalo Studios is spending less time fixing data integration issues, its engineers are able to be more productive, build new and innovative technology, and drive customer growth and loyalty.

“Big data is at the foundation of all the megatrends happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming,” said Mike Sheridan, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Talend. “Our team is thrilled that Buffalo Studios has chosen Talend Enterprise Big Data to improve their customers’ gaming experience, streamline processes and gain a competitive advantage.”

About Buffalo Studios

Our mission is to create fun and accessible social games that introduce casual audiences to new experiences that go above and beyond the current offerings. The goal is to provide social networks with games that help friends build relationships through interactive entertainment. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the team’s focus is to design games with simple action that’s unparalleled in engagement and enhanced by teamwork. For more information, visit www.buffalo-studios.com.

About Talend

Talend’s integration solutions allow data-driven organizations to gain instant value from all their data. Through native support of modern big data platforms, Talend takes the complexity out of integration efforts and equips IT departments to be more responsive to the demands of the business, at a predictable cost. Based on open source technologies, Talend’s scalable, future-proof solutions address all existing and emerging requirements of integration.

More than 4,000 enterprise customers worldwide rely on Talend’s solutions and services. Privately-held and dual-headquartered in Los Altos, CA and Suresnes, France, the company has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, along with a global network of technical and services partners. For more information, please visit www.talend.com and follow us on Twitter: @Talend.

Contacts

Talend, Inc.
Juliet McGinnis, 617-797-6213
press@talend.com
or
PAN Communications
Kim Leadley, 617-502-4300
talend@pancomm.com

Release Summary

Buffalo Studios Chooses Talend Big Data Integration for Popular Bingo Blitz Social Game

Contacts

Talend, Inc.
Juliet McGinnis, 617-797-6213
press@talend.com
or
PAN Communications
Kim Leadley, 617-502-4300
talend@pancomm.com