Zoomdata is a
business intelligence
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software
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...
company
that specializes in real-time
data visualization of
big data,
streaming data
Streaming data is data that is continuously generated by different sources. Such data should be processed incrementally using stream processing techniques without having access to all of the data. In addition, it should be considered that concept d ...
,
and
multisource analysis.
The company's products are deployable
on-prem, in the
cloud
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, and
embedded in other applications. SAP Data Visualization by Zoomdata is a
SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is con ...
version of Zoomdata for
SAP
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Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a separ ...
customers. On June 10th, 2019, Zoomdata was acquired by
Logi Analytics
Logi Analytics, Inc. is a computer software company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States with offices in the UK and Ireland. It offers interactive data visualization products for business intelligence and business analytics. On Apri ...
for an undisclosed sum.
Product and Differentiators
Zoomdata sells a
data visualization and analytics platform designed for people to explore and analyze vast quantities of data and near-real-time data.
The product is different from other offerings in the business intelligence industry in several ways. One distinction is due to a patent the company holds around "Data Sharpening"
to visualize big data. The user's dashboard "sharpens" and becomes clearer as more data is processed, . Matt Asay of readwrite.com compared it to watching a streaming movie, where you see some results immediately, soon followed by the whole. The Zoomdata web software also includes a Data DVR with a "Live mode" feature so dashboard visualizations can be updated in near-real-time, paused, rewinded, and fast-forwarded at different speeds.
Zoomdata claims that their product is intended for business users to explore "modern" data on their own. They claim that unlike traditional business intelligence products that are designed to work with relational databases and are SQL-centric, Zoomdata "Smart Data Connectors" connect to a wide variety of modern data sources and can retrieve data using SQL, native APIs, or a combination of both SQL and native APIs. This allows users to work with data in such disparate systems as search-engine databases like
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch is a search engine based on the Lucene library. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Elasticsearch is developed in Java and is dual ...
,
big data Hadoop databases like
Apache Impala
Apache Impala is an open source massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL query engine for data stored in a computer cluster running Apache Hadoop. Impala has been described as the open-source equivalent of Google F1, which inspired its developmen ...
, cloud data warehouses like
Snowflake
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, and more. The company offers several methods of working with multiple databases at the same time, including a data blending feature they call Data Fusion.
Another distinction is that Zoomdata pushes down ad-hoc queries, filters, groupings (aggregations), and even calculations to existing high-performing databases. This is in contrast to solutions that take custody of data in a proprietary system, such as Power BI ''import'' and Tableau ''extract'', and is also more open and flexible than Arcadia Data's bet on Hadoop with a tightly-coupled, ''converged BI'' platform. The company claims that its advanced support for pushdown processing takes advantage of investments in modern, high-performing data platforms, and since data does not need to be moved, extracted, or imported, Zoomdata claims it is more accessible for organizations with regulated,
PII (personally identifiable information), proprietary, and other sensitive data that must be tightly monitored for security purposes in a single system.
Patents and Technology
Zoomdata has been granted a number of patents since 2014
Patent US8631325, Real-time data visualization of streaming data has been cited in patent applications submitted by Apple Inc, Beats Music, Google, and Hewlett-Packard.
Zoomdata claims that their technology is based on standard APIs, a
microservices
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architecture, and the
WebSocket
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communication protocol for real-time interactivity between the web browser and the Zoomdata engine. A Custom Chart CLI can be used to extend the visualization capabilities with custom charts and libraries. If the product's HTML5 web application isn't wanted, the company also offers a JavaScript client and
REST
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Relief from activity
* Sleep
** Bed rest
* Kneeling
* Lying (position)
* Sitting
* Squatting position
Structural support
* Structural support
** Rest (cue sports)
** Armrest
** Headrest
** Footrest
Arts and enter ...
APIs that can be used to build custom front-ends to the Zoomdata Query Engine, which provides query scalability, enterprise-level security, and access to the wide variety of Smart Data Connectors.
Awards and recognition
Zoomdata won th
2018 Technology Innovation Awardfrom Dresner Advisory Services in the
Big Data Analytics
Though used sometimes loosely partly because of a lack of formal definition, the interpretation that seems to best describe Big data is the one associated with large body of information that we could not comprehend when used only in smaller am ...
category. Dresner Advisory Services was founded by chief research analyst Howard Dresner, who is credited with coining the term
business intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information. Common functions of business intelligence technologies include reporting, online analytical p ...
in 1989. In 2017, Zoomdata's customer
GlaxoSmithKline was a finalist for the
Cloudera
Cloudera, Inc. is an American software company providing enterprise data management systems that make significant use of Apache Hadoop. As of January 31, 2021, the company had approximately 1,800 customers.
History
Cloudera, Inc. was formed on J ...
Fifth Annual Data Impact Award as Rookie of the Year.
In prior years, Zoomdata won the Big Data and Analytics Innovation Award in the annual Hot Tickets competition hosted by The Northern Virginia Technology Council. Zoomdata was also awarded an Information Technology Innovation Award in from Ventana Research in the category of Operational Intelligence and was named a Gartner Cool Vendor in the Cool Vendors In-Memory Computing Technologies, 2016 report by Gartner, Inc. Justin Langseth, co-founder and former CEO, was recognized by
Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2016 at its Builders + Innovators Summit.
Investors
In November 2012 Zoomdata announced a $1.1 million seed round with funding from a series of angel investors. In July 2013 Zoomdata raised a $4.1 million Series A round led by
Columbus Nova Technology Partners
Columbus Nova is an investment company founded in 2000 by Andrew Intrater, who serves as the company's chief executive officer and is cousin to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
History
On September 17, 2013, online music service Rhapsod ...
(CNTP) with participation from
New Enterprise Associates
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an American-based venture capital firm. NEA focuses investment stages ranging from seed stage through growth stage across an array of industry sectors. With ~$25 billion in committed capital, NEA is one of the w ...
(NEA), CIT GAP Funds, Razor's Edge Ventures and B7. The company announced a $17 million Series B led by
Accel Partners
Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional ...
in October 2014 with participation from existing investors NEA, CNTP, Razor's Edge Ventures, and B7.
In February 2016 Zoomdata closed a series C round of funding of $25 million, led by Goldman Sachs. According to Robert J. Terry at Washington Business Journal "Joining Goldman's Principal Strategic Investments Group in the round was new investor Comcast Ventures and previous backers Accel Partners, Columbus Nova Technology Partners and New Enterprise Associates, based in Chevy Chase."
Management
Zoomdata's executive management team includes:
* Chairman of the Board: Justin Langseth formerly of
Clarabridge
Clarabridge is an American software company. It was founded in 2006 in Reston, Virginia. Clarabridge offers customer experience software as a service (SaaS) using AI-powered text and speech analytics. The data typically used for analysis comes fro ...
and Augaroo
*CEO: Nick Halsey
* CFO: Bob Aldrich
* CTO: Ruhollah Farchtchi
* VP Channel Sales: Russ Cosentino
*VP of Sales: Michael Proia
*VP of Marketing: Robyn Forman
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External links
Official websiteat zoomdata.com
2012 establishments in Virginia
Big data companies
Business intelligence companies
Companies based in Reston, Virginia
American companies established in 2012