Customer Story
From complexity to success: Exasol AG’s R&D funding journey with innoscripta
Consulting & software support
Positive collaboration & future projects
Industry
Enterprise Data Analytics Software
Company Size
Medium-Sized Enterprise
Location
Nuremberg, Germany
“Both the consulting expertise and the software used are a great help in carrying out these projects. That's why we have successfully implemented several projects in recent years and have already commissioned new projects for the future. The collaboration is very positive, and we would gladly recommend innoscripta to other companies.”
Meet Exasol
Exasol is a technology company focusing on transforming the future of data analytics. With 20 years of experience, Exasol supports more than 200 organisations across 30-plus countries, serving an international customer base with over 500 installations worldwide. The company is renowned for their powerful analytics engine, which is an in-memory database designed to handle complex data workloads while offering strong performance at a competitive price.
Exasol is trusted by global enterprises from different industries because of their reliability and speed. Their technology combines in-memory computing, massively parallel processing, self-tuning features, and advanced AI capabilities. These features support organisations in simplifying complex analytics, gain valuable insights from their data, and keep operational costs under control.
The Challenge: Navigating complex R&D funding
Exasol serves the highly competitive tech market and continuous product innovation is critical. Their strong focus on R&D has brought increased attention to research grants and economic development topics.However, the program’s high standards, such as its research funding requirements and the large scale of their projects, led them initially to conclude that managing and securing research funding would be a time-consuming challenge.
The Solution: Partnering with the right experts
To manage these complexities effectively, Exasol partnered with innoscripta. innoscripta, as the specialised partner with deep expertise, supported Exasol throughout the process of acquiring funding for multiple projects. innoscripta's comprehensive approach included innovations consultation, expert guidance, and processes backed by the dedicated software platform, Clusterix. This structured method helped to streamline the activities and reduce the internal effort required from Exasol to manage the process of pursuing the research allowance.
The Impact: Successful outcomes and ongoing collaboration
The collaboration led to the successful pursuit of government-backed funding for several projects over recent years through the research grant. Encouraged by the positive results, built confidence, and smooth cooperation, Exasol has already commissioned additional projects. The partnership is viewed as highly valuable by Exasol, and innoscripta is confidently recommended to other companies facing similar challenges.
