KRAFTON builds unified gaming data governance and analytics with Databricks
Game publisher KRAFTON unified fragmented data systems across game studios using the Databricks Data + AI Platform and Unity Catalog, managing 20PB of data from 40+ services and processing 60TB of streaming data daily across 2,000 employees, cutting insight time to under 15 minutes.
Overview
Game publisher KRAFTON unified fragmented data systems across game studios using the Databricks Data + AI Platform and Unity Catalog, managing 20PB of data from 40+ services and processing 60TB of streaming data daily across 2,000 employees, cutting insight time to under 15 minutes.
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Fragmented data management across KRAFTON's game development teams, each using different systems such as Amazon EMR, Azure Synapse, Snowflake and in-house tools, caused operational inefficiencies, inconsistent data access, and a complex data access structure that strained strategic decision-making and use of AI.
The solution
KRAFTON adopted the Databricks Data + AI Platform to unify data management processes, allowing teams to analyze player behavior, game performance and in-game economics in one place, and used Unity Catalog to create a comprehensive data governance strategy, integrate data warehouses into metastores, and simplify access management.
Reported business value
KRAFTON now manages over 20 petabytes of data across 20,000+ tables, processing over 60 terabytes of data daily with 100,000 vCPUs, letting over 2,000 employees access, analyze and visualize data from over 40 services in a single solution. Databricks has reduced the time it takes KRAFTON to go from collecting user data to finding insights to under 15 minutes.
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