Sisense re-architected its analytics platform on microservices for cloud scaling
Ashley Kramer · Fireside Chat: Ashley Kramer (CMO & CPO, Sisense) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark) · Nov 1, 2020 · at 10:26
Ashley Kramer, CPO and CMO of Sisense, discusses the technical architecture and cloud integration strategy of Sisense during a Data Driven NYC fireside chat with Matt Turck.
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“We're completely microservices based architecture. Another decision made to stay ahead of the game was a rewrite of the platform. And so now we can fit into any cloud ecosystem in scale as the data and the analytics scale.”
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