Last week I wrote about some of the new work that I saw coming out of Fuzzy Logix and their partner Aperity. It turns out that the Aperity deal is part of some bigger news from the guys at FL. Today at the Netezza Midwest User Group meeting in Columbus, Fuzzy Logix announced the commercial release of their in-database analytics product called DB Lytix. For the full background, you can see a new page on FL’s web site (http://www.fuzzyl.com/in-database_analytics.php).
Over the past year Fuzzy Logix has worked closely with a number of Netezza customers in a model that, to date, has been very consultative and solution-focused. Some excellent case studies have come from their work, and we continue to get a significant amount of interest from the field in Fuzzy Logix’s approach. From what’s in the online description, DB Lytix is a packaging and extension of many of the in-database algorithms that we’ve seen FL leverage in their engagements.
The difference with this announcement is that Netezza users, application developers, and partners will now have access to FL’s foundational advanced analytics library to develop and deploy their own applications. This is a clear move up the technology stack, and will empower a much larger audience to take advantage of OnStream. And on a broader note, the release of a package like DB Lytix is an indication that the Netezza Developer Network is evolving as we hoped it would. Our charter with the Netezza Developer Network is to put the OnStream technology directly in as many hands as possible and enable partners to run with it.
So far there’s no news on how Fuzzy Logix will be licensing DB Lytix and making it available to the Netezza community. I’ll be speaking with the FL crew later today, and will try to get more news out to you in the coming days. Stay tuned in the meantime…
