The Kalido KONA Information Appliance

The Kalido KONA Information Appliance is a full-featured, pre-built and customizable information delivery solution built on top of a Kalido-branded Netezza data appliance. The Kalido KONA Information Appliance is an end-to-end solution that spans data sourcing, integration, storage, analysis and presentation. Kalido KONA comes with Kalido software and other third party software pre-installed and pre-integrated, and tuned for optimal performance.


Designed for Kalido, the hardware is based on the Netezza® TwinFin™ architecture which delivers greater scalability and performance at a fraction of the cost of traditional hardware.

Key Benefits:

  • Easy to buy

    The Kalido KONA Information Appliance is delivered as a targeted solution that meets specific business needs. The complete solution is sold and supported by one vendor at an attractive price.

  • Easy to Implement

    Each solution includes pre-integrated software components, a customizable business information model, pre-built data loaders, integration and analytics, and pre-built dashboards to effectively manage KPIs. The pre-built, customizable solutions can start delivering real business value in 30 days -- no more manually integrating disparate tools and data to create your solution.

  • Easy to use and inexpensive to maintain

    The Kalido KONA Information Appliance uses QlikView dashboards that work the way people think without the need for extensive training. Kalido’s model-driven technology allows the system to match your business information model and meet changing business requirements. A high degree of automation and pre-built integration dramatically reduces support cost. The entire system can be supported and maintained with less than a single FTE resource.

Vertical Solutions

Kalido KONA for Pharmaceutical Sales & Marketing Analytics

This solution allows pharma sales and marketing business analysts, line-of-business managers and executives to analyze and report on key performance indicators and metrics. The appliance sources and integrates CRM, IMS and ERP data to form a complete data foundation, including a product master, on which to base business decisions.

Kalido KONA for Insurance Sales & Distribution Analytics

This solution provides insight into customer acquisition and retention performance of property and casualty insurance companies by sourcing and integrating policy, premium, and agent/broker data in one easily accessible location.

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Information Brief: The Kalido KONA Information Appliance


In this information brief, you'll gain insight into the latest Kalido product offering, the Kalido KONA Information Appliance. This document outlines the challenges KONA helps overcome, as well as an outline of the industry solutions and key capabilities of the KONA product.