SnapLogic announced the Fall 2014 release of its integration platform with new capabilities for data wrangling and enhanced support for Hadoop 2.0 deployments. Key updates included the Hadooplex option to run SnapLogic pipelines natively on Hadoop as YARN applications and expanded support for Hadoop file formats. The release also improved usability, deployability, security, and performance. SnapLogic's enhancements help solidify its position as a provider of integration solutions for big data environments.

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Abstract
In September 2014 SnapLogic announced the Fall 2014 release of its integration solution with new
data wrangling capabilities and major SnapReduce enhancements for Hadoop 2.0 deployments. This
ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) impact brief covers the announcement,
identifying significant new capabilities and direction that the new release provides.
SnapLogic Announces Fall 2014 Release
On September 30, 2014, SnapLogic (http://www.snaplogic.com/) announced the Fall 2014 release of
its SnapLogic Elastic Integration Platform. The new release offers an expanded set of capabilities for
big data acquisition, preparation, and delivery to provide true integration platform as a service (iPaaS)
capability. The release includes the new Hadooplex option, by which users can schedule and trigger
a multi-source pipeline to run natively as a YARN application. The new release also supports new
Hadoop file formats for transforming workflows into MapReduce jobs. Additionally, the Fall 2014
release includes significant upgrades in the areas of usability, deployability, security and performance.
SnapLogic provides data and application integration tools for connecting cloud data sources, SaaS
applications and on-premise business applications. SnapLogic describes its approach as Elastic
Integration, helping companies connect enterprise applications and data in the cloud and on-premise
for improved business agility and faster decision-making. With the a SnapLogic Elastic Integration
Platform, organizations can more quickly and affordably accelerate migration to the cloud of enterprise
IT with a fast, multi-point and modern integration platform as a service. SnapLogic was founded in
2006 and is headed by co-founder and ex-CEO of Informatica, Gaurav Dhillon. In October 2014 the
company announced the initial closing of its $20 million Series D financing. SnapLogic is headquartered
in San Mateo, CA
Key Observations
• Hadooplex: With the Fall 2014 release, SnapLogic users can now set, schedule and trigger a multi-source
pipeline to run natively as a YARN application. Users can configure the elastic execution
grid can by selecting the Hadooplex option when running in a Hadoop cluster. The new option is
certified by Cloudera and Hortonworks.
• Hadoop-enabled pipelines: Via the multi-tenant, cloud-based SnapLogic Designer, users can select
SnapReduce to transform pipelines, which are Snaplogic-configured data flows, into MapReduce
jobs that run on Hadoop. The new release introduces support for parsing and formatting additional
Hadoop file formats (SequenceFile and RCFile) and document (JSON) processing for MapReduce
jobs.
• Productivity and performance: The Fall 2014 release includes significant productivity and
performance improvements to better support full enterprise iPaaS. Users now have the ability to
preview a subset of data and its structure before and after it has been transformed. Hierarchical
SmartLinking has been enhanced to respond to context from JSON and XML documents.
Additionally, data flow designers can now easily see previous versions of a pipeline and replace an
existing pipeline with a newer one or rollback to a previous version.
• Details: For more detailed information on the Fall 2014 Snaplogic release, visit:
http://www.snaplogic.com/fall2014
SnapLogic Enhancements Support
iPaaS for Hadoop 2.0 Environments

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EMA Perspective
Enterprise integration requirements are becoming ever more complex and demanding as the number
of mobile, cloud, and social apps that enterprises are called upon to integrate continues to grow.
SnapLogic’s cloud-based iPaaS significantly reduces the amount of time and resources required to
incorporate new integration points. The SnapLogic drag-a-drop development tool “snaps” together
integration objects visually, supporting complex multi-point integration scenarios in addition to basic
point-to-point integration. With the Fall 2014 release, Snaplogic solidifies its position in the market as
the provider of simplified and accelerated integration solutions for big data environments.
At the core of the SnapLogic offering are “Snaps.” These are modular collections of integration
components built for a specific application or data source. Some Snaps provide connectivity to databases,
cloud and on-premise applications, while others enable data transformation such as document filtering
or adding, removing, or modifying fields. Snaps are also used to sort, join and aggregate data. Snaps
are designed to support a wide variety of use cases, including big data analytics, identity management,
social media, online storage, and ERP. Snaps are used to bring together such disparate data types as
XML, JSON, Oauth, SOAP and REST. SnapLogic pipelines are workflows built from Snaps. Users
construct pipelines via the SnapLogic Designer, with each Snap encapsulating a specific application or
technology functionality.
With the enhancements provided in the Fall 2014 release, SnapLogic takes significant steps in the
direction of providing true iPaaS capability for big data. The Hadooplex option enables SnapLogic
users to designate Hadoop as an execution target for SnapLogic pipelines. Hadooplex leverages YARN
to schedule execution of pipelines (workflows) on Hadoop nodes. SnapLogic’s SnapReduce 2.0 enables
a Hadooplex to translate SnapLogic pipelines into MapReduce jobs. These pipelines are compiled to
MapReduce jobs to execute on very large data sets within HDFS. Additionally, the productivity and
performance enhancements – including the ability to preview a subset of data and its structure before
and after it has been transformed, hierarchical SmartLinking, which understands context from JSON
and XML documents, and the ability to view previous versions of a pipeline and replace an existing
pipeline with a newer one (or rollback to a previous version) – all support a more flexible and robust
overall integration environment.
SnapLogic has recently announced upcoming support for Apache Spark as a target big data platform.
Similar to SnapReduce, the new Spark functionality will enable users to compile SnapLogic pipelines
into Spark code so that pipelines can run as Spark jobs. With the significant uptake in usage by Spark
that we have witnessed over the past few months – with more organizations using Spark, and those that
are using it deploying increasingly mission-critical solutions via Spark – SnapLogic’s announcement is
well timed.
When looking at the technology developments at SnapLogic and the recent infusion of capital, SnapLogic
is well positioned to make the case that the company and its solution are moving into a strong leadership
position in the big data analytics and integration space. EMA considers SnapLogic as an excellent strategic
option for organizations to adopt and implement cloud-based data integration strategies.
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