How Candy Crush creator King uses Exasol to get the most out of Hadoop

Danny Palmer
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'For every dollar you spend, Exasol was about 20 times faster from a performance by price point of view compared to our Hadoop cluster'

For King, the company behind the hugely popular Candy Crush iPhone, Android and Facebook game, collecting and analysing data is a vital part of its day-to-day operations. The firm, based in Lond...

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