Pentaho helps LightBox Bring its Data to Life While Improving its Own Customer Experience and Success 

Escalating vacancies, high interest rates, sustainable building codes – these and other competing forces create a complex and stressful environment for commercial real estate firms. Many of these firms turn to LightBox and its platform to understand commercial, geographic, spatial and environmental building data that helps them thrive in a competitive and dynamic market.  

LightBox is committed to providing comprehensive, up-to-date information to its clients, and understands how a robust data management and governance foundation is crucial to that mission. To bring even more value to its platform, LightBox needed to simplify complex data integration tasks while making it easier for business users to access information.  

The Value of a Platform Approach 

Jesse Canada led the initiative at LightBox and ran an extensive selection process to find a solution that was flexible, user-friendly and delivered the right capabilities for their goals.   

Unlike other solutions that added unnecessary complexity, the Pentaho+ platform delivered across every aspect of LightBox’s needs while avoiding unnecessary costs or implementation complexity.  

“Pentaho has changed the way we handle data,” said Canada. “Its ease of use and the responsive support team have made it possible for us to improve our data management processes in ways we didn’t think were possible. We’ve unlocked new use cases, like vendor management and metadata management, and we’re constantly finding more.” 

Creating Impact Across Every Data Touchpoint  

The LightBox implementation of Pentaho+ has delivered several significant outcomes: 

• Enhanced Data Governance: With the Pentaho Data Catalog and Pentaho Data Integration, LightBox established clear data standards and quality rules, ensuring data asset reliability. 

• Operational Efficiency: By empowering business-savvy users to analyze data independently, engineering resources were freed up to tackle more complex tasks. 

• Customer-Centric Product Evolution: Feedback from LightBox played a pivotal role in refining Pentaho+, fostering a collaborative relationship that enhanced product development. 

• Observability: Automation for data quality assurance and monitoring became a reality, improving oversight and management. 

• Time to Insights: LightBox experienced a rapid time to value, achieving significant returns on investment and total cost of ownership within just one year. 

• Ease of Use: The platform was quickly adopted by both business and IT users, streamlining workflows across the organization. 

The deployment of the Pentaho+ platform has led to substantial operational improvements at LightBox. The solution is projected to pay for itself within eight months, with even greater cost savings and efficiency gains expected by year-end. 

With Pentaho, LightBox is both streamlining its data management operations and setting a new standard for data governance in the real estate industry. As LightBox continues to lead the charge in real estate data, their strategy serves as a strong example for organizations looking to optimize their data management practices and drive meaningful change. 

Learn more about Pentaho+ at https://pentaho.com/ or request a demo at https://pentaho.com/request-demo/.