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PROJECT SHAPESHIFT ENHANCES APACHE DRUID FOR IMPLY

How the popular open-source database for real-time analytics applications had a makeover .

Imply ’ s Project Shapeshift is a multi-phased initiative designed to tackle and solve the most pressing issues that organizations face when building real-time analytics applications and transforming the developer experience for Apache Druid .

The focus of this project is along three strategic pillars : cloud-native , simple and complete .
Across the milestones , new features and enhancements have been made including Imply ’ s contributions to Apache Druid and their commercial cloud service offering Imply Polaris .
David Wang , VP of Product at Imply , takes our questions on the newly announced enhancements .
Can you provide examples of how companies are using Imply ’ s solutions and what value and benefits they have experienced ?
Apache Druid is a popular open-source database for real-time analytics applications . Developers at thousands of companies choose this database because of its performance at scale and under load along with its comprehensive features for analyzing
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