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Looker Unveils Looker Data Apps: Analytical Applications for Every Business FunctionLooker, the company that is powering data-driven businesses, today announced Looker Data Apps, analytical applications for business units and departments. Looker Data Apps have been developed from years of experience building custom applications for data-leading companies, including innovative brands like Kohler and Gilt Groupe, industry disruptors like HubSpot (News - Alert) and Warby Parker, as well as tech giants Sony and Yahoo!. Now businesses can quickly deploy one data platform to serve all business functions, making it easy for teams to operationalize their insights and turn data into business results. "Data should be transformative for businesses, but outdated tools and inflexible out-of-the-box solutions often handcuff business users from access to the valuable insights they want and need," said Frank Bien, CEO of Looker. "Looker Data Apps makes it easy for all users to engage with the data that's important to their business function with the peace-of-mind that they're built on Looker's trusted data platform." Looker Data Apps Looker Data Apps give key business functions and departments, as well as a number of industries, a competitive edge by equipping them with the data they need to run their business. Looker Data Apps are deployed on top of the Looker Data Platform at no additional cost. Instead of relying on isolated departmental tools with historical reports, the entire company can use Looker to understand each aspect of their business with up-to-the-minute data to make data-driven decisions. "For over 140 years, Kohler (News - Alert) Co. has focused on driving leading-edge technology and innovation to help maintain our leadership position and relevancy with customers," said James Sandora, Director - Digital Strategy & Integration at Kohler. "Looker collaborated with us to reinvent our approach to understanding volumes of data. We now have a universal interface into all of our key data, including third-party, giving us a thorough and comprehensive view of the marketplace. We can make even faster, more well-informed decisions than before. It's been so positive that we plan to integrate this capability within many other business functions." Looker Data Apps by Department
Looker Data Apps are Available Today To learn how the Looker Data Platform and Looker Data Apps can help your business, check out the Customer Success video, review the analytics modules available with each app on looker.com or contact Looker for a demo. Developers can create additional apps and further customize existing apps through Looker's innovative LookML language and open APIs. More
About Looker Looker brings data-driven decision-making to every level of an enterprise with a data platform that creates a single source of truth so every business team can easily ask and answer their own questions. The company is powering data-driven cultures at more than 500 industry-leading companies such as Yahoo!, Gilt, Warby Parker, and Sony. The company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with offices in San Francisco, New York City, and London. Investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, First Round Capital, Sapphire Ventures, and PivotNorth. For more information, follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook or visit looker.com.
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