Vivint Drives Smart Home Automation With Datameer
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Vivint touchscreen panel
- Datameer
Tech Stack
- Hadoop
- Datameer
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Vivint is the largest home automation company in North America, leading the charge in the data-driven, connected home movement. The company serves more than 800,000 homes with its touchscreen panel, the hub through which all of their other products communicate. This creates a streamlined network that connects all of the home’s smart systems including security, HVAC, lighting, small appliances, video, and other devices. As a part of the Internet of Things and big data, Vivint’s solutions enable homes to be smarter, safer, and more energy efficient for its customers.
The Challenge
Vivint, the largest home automation company in North America, was facing a challenge with their analytics infrastructure platform, Hadoop. The team was spending too much time on mundane, technical tasks preparing and integrating the data rather than doing actual, value-added analysis. They were looking for a solution that could make their staff more efficient and seamlessly integrate with their Hadoop analytics platform. Another key consideration was the ability to integrate and analyze not just row data but also streaming data, which is a key component to their smart home analytics solution to big data for Internet of Things.
The Solution
After reviewing a number of technology options, Vivint selected Datameer as their big data analytics solution. Datameer is used to join and analyze terabytes worth of data collected from its Internet of Things solution and various in-home automation, security, and energy management devices, including thermostats, smoke alarms, automatic locks and door and window sensors to better understand usage patterns and improve services. Unlike most traditional business intelligence or data analytics tools that sit on top of traditional databases and require data modeling, Datameer uses Hadoop as its underlying storage and compute platform. This allows analysts to work with raw structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources fluidly when dealing with big data and Internet of Things.
Operational Impact
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