Overview of turn data management platform for digital advertising

  • Authors:
  • Hazem Elmeleegy;Yinan Li;Yan Qi;Peter Wilmot;Mingxi Wu;Santanu Kolay;Ali Dasdan;Songting Chen

  • Affiliations:
  • Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Turn Inc.;Facebook Inc

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper gives an overview of Turn Data Management Platform (DMP). We explain the purpose of this type of platforms, and show how it is positioned in the current digital advertising ecosystem. We also provide a detailed description of the key components in Turn DMP. These components cover the functions of (1) data ingestion and integration, (2) data warehousing and analytics, and (3) real-time data activation. For all components, we discuss the main technical and research challenges, as well as the alternative design choices. One of the main goals of this paper is to highlight the central role that data management is playing in shaping this fast growing multi-billion dollars industry.