Hydrolix is pioneering advancements in data management through its Innovation Lab, focusing on cutting-edge solutions that directly address customer needs. To do this the company has developed a patented anomaly detection system. This smart patented solution enables users to efficiently drill down to the underlying causes of anomalies and proactively act on them quickly and effectively. This intelligence-led, proactive approach means problems can be addressed quickly and drives greater operational efficiency.
The Innovation Lab is Directed by Alok Aggarwal and run by Senior Product Manager, Ashley Vassell. It’s powered by an innovative in-house team of fifteen deep domain engineers who have a proven expertise in AI, ML and data engineering. Combined, they work on a varied slate of projects intended to grow, improve and expand Hydrolix’s products and services. Hydrolix then ingests that full-fidelity data and compresses it 25 to 50 X. This transition empowers customers to keep more of their data at a much-reduced cost.
Enhancing Data Accessibility
Hydrolix’s top priority is to make data available and useful. They do this by building all kinds of connectors, like an integration with Grafana. These connectors are easy enough for customers to use their data productively while delivering value at a low cost.
“We enriched our offerings by releasing a query assistant.” – Alok Aggarwal
The company appreciates the pain customers experience with products such as Grafana. They are particularly worried by the problems with the ClickHouse Grafana plugin. In reaction, Hydrolix has deepened its commitment to developing solutions specifically designed to meet these needs.
“For example, we heard from Hydrolix customers who primarily use Grafana that they faced issues with the ClickHouse Grafana plugin.” – Alok Aggarwal
These improvements are an important part of our larger direction. We want to make sure that Hydrolix users have freedom and flexibility to access and move around their data without incurring exorbitant costs. Those connectors you created open a world to accessing data in accessible, easy, effective ways. Plus, they integrate seamlessly with current systems, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.
Revolutionizing Anomaly Detection
Hydrolix’s anomaly detection system is different, because it’s built on a machine learning foundation. Unlike rudimentary detection platforms, it cross-references dozens of metrics, offering users a deep-dive analysis. This feature makes it possible to immediately identify any anomalies without the need for any manual intervention from customers.
“Our anomaly detection system is ML-based and focuses on correlating data from different metrics to pinpoint the root cause of an anomaly.” – Ashley Vassell
By providing accessible, actionable insights, the system helps users prioritize and understand how to best fix concerns. It enables non-technical roles inside organizations to harness Hydrolix’s powerful analytical capabilities without requiring them to learn how to write code. This democratization of data access has a powerful impact on productivity, allowing professionals across different departments to work more efficiently.
“Our customers don’t have to do any manual operation around our anomaly detection system.” – Ashley Vassell
With traditional detection systems, they leave their users scrambling when an alert actually gets generated. They don’t provide any helpful information on how we should interpret the anomalies that have been detected. Hydrolix solves this limitation by providing a clear, holistic view and prioritized actions to take, so users can always know how to respond quickly and proactively.
Future Innovations and Natural Language Processing
Looking to the future, Hydrolix is now developing agentic AI. The aim? To increase user engagement by using the cutting-edge natural language processing technology. This new cutting-edge technology would let users of all shapes and sizes interact with Hydrolix just by asking questions in conversational language.
“The goal is for a salesperson, for example, to interact with Hydrolix in natural language, such as ‘Tell me what my sales were last week.’” – Ashley Vassell
Beyond smart mobility Furthermore, this approach is a part of a wider trend towards more user-friendly technology that makes data analysis and decision-making processes easy and intuitive. Hydrolix is busy evolving its streaming data lake. They are working on integrating the Kibana Gateway and building summary tables to further improve this functionality.
“Due to our work in the Innovation Lab, we have become a supplemental solution to the Splunk installation base.” – Alok Aggarwal
The company is on the cutting edge of what’s next. It is focused on innovating for their ultimate customers, and quickly bringing to market solutions that have the greatest impact.
