How SnapLogic's Enterprise Integration Cloud Accelerates Kaplan's Big Data Initiatives
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- SnapLogic Enterprise Integration Cloud
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon EMR
- Amazon Kinesis
- Amazon DynamoDB
Tech Stack
- Amazon Web Services
- SnapLogic
- Google BigQuery
- MongoDB
- Salesforce.com
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Product Research & Development
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Kaplan Test Prep is a well-established company headquartered in New York, NY, with a workforce of 3,000 employees. For nearly a century, Kaplan has been a leader in the education industry, helping millions of students and professionals master the skills necessary for career advancement. The company is renowned for its quality test preparation products and services, covering more than 100 standardized tests. Kaplan is committed to staying at the forefront of digital technology to uncover opportunities and improve the quality of its offerings. By leveraging big data, Kaplan aims to innovate and transform its business, providing students and professionals with the tools they need to succeed in their educational and career pursuits.
The Challenge
Kaplan Test Prep faced significant challenges due to the accumulation of disparate applications storing data in different formats, which created a technology strain. This situation prevented the company from having a single version of truth or a flexible architecture, making it difficult to gather and harmonize data across all domains. The company had accumulated a large amount of data over the last decade, and early attempts to integrate this data using data virtualization technology and off-the-shelf products were time-consuming and inefficient. Kaplan needed a solution that could streamline data integration and provide insights more quickly to support their business innovation and digital transformation goals.
The Solution
Kaplan sought an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) to streamline data integration and support their big data strategy. They chose SnapLogic's Enterprise Integration Cloud for its flexibility, ease of use, and compliance with security standards. SnapLogic enabled Kaplan to integrate data seamlessly from legacy systems, increasing productivity and enabling more self-service. As a cloud-based company, Kaplan implemented Amazon Web Services as their preferred partner for their big data initiative. With SnapLogic, Kaplan created a data lake within Amazon Redshift and ingested data from various sources, including Amazon Kinesis, S3 buckets, Amazon DynamoDB, and AWS Lambda. This integration allowed Kaplan to create a big data platform using Amazon EMR, empowering data scientists to distill insights and business departments to identify areas for improvement.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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