> Whose data? Anyone's data that you can stuff into the system: "The drivers to read from and write to the platform can be implemented in any language making it

> Whose data? Anyone's data that you can stuff into the system: "The drivers to read from and write to the platform can be implemented in any language making it possible to integrate with legacy data sources and systems." > Is it a service? No, it's a platform. You could turn it into a Platform-as-a-Service, like Amazon does with various technologies. "S4 is a ... platform" > What could it do for me (in simple terms)? What's a basic use case? My first thought would be real-time trending calculations. You have a massive, never-ending stream of data...how do you extract real-time insights from that? > Why do people assume that we can mind-read? Perhaps because after being immersed in a project for a long time, it's easy to forget what is obvious to you, but non-obvious to others.