Squirro

Yay, we're finalist in the category 'Startups' for the Swiss Technology Award. 

The award, founded by Nicolas Hayek, the 'Uber-Father' of Swatch and Swiss Watch making generally, recognises exceptional technologies with a world wide potential. 

Together with our Technology Partner Qlik, we're organising a workshop on advanced data analytics for wealth management. We'll show how organizations increase revenue and client satisfaction through the simultaneous analysis of both structured and unstructured data. 

Date & Time: 28 October 2014, 10am-1pm Place: New York, 292 Madison Ave 

In a widely-reported study of orchestrated deception, the Center for Public Integrity found that President Bush and seven top officials made 935 false statements leading up to the Iraq war. The Center’s main challenge was to pull together the sources of lies, integrate them into an easy to use and effective platform. The solution the Center was looking for had to deliver the following:

Integration of 528 information sources

Linking of timeline to political figure to lies

Search by topic

Capacity to slice and dice through database rapidly end efficiently

Squirro partnered with Visible Government to provide the integration of unstructured and structured data into a QlikView dashboard. This enabled the incorporation of 528 sources of information. Once the sources integrated, they were linked to structured dimensions such as time and „author“ to enable easy slicing and dicing. Finally Squirro added a layer of unstructured data analytics to facilitate the search of specific topics and concepts. The Center for Public Integrity, thanks to the combination of unstructured and structured data, has been able to provide on their website a simple and elegant interface for the public to view and consume the information about the Iraq war.

Users can simply select any political figure and any period and gets a list of the corresponding deceptions.

The solution enables the user to search efficiently the 380,000 words of every public pronouncement by top Bush administration officials on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and on the links between Iraq and Al Qaeda with a few simple clicks.

Check out the dashboard here.

About the Center for Public Integrity:

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2014/15 Premier League dashboard in partnership with BIPB. Our aim is to provide all Premier League fans with one easy to use dashboard where they will get all the information they are looking for.

You can now analyse the league as never before – by team, match, player or even referee. Pair this with the latest news feeds on your data selections to manage your fantasy football team to victory.

Gain insight into team performance vs the number of English players, track who’s got the highest goals/match, check which position on the pitch is scoring the most goals and much more.

By Chris von Csefalvay

I'm sure I'm not alone with dreading the question 'what is it you do?'. It's difficult enough to explain what systems architects do – but then to explain that I work in 'search-based data discovery' (SBDD) is almost a guarantee to get blank stares. I might be tempted to slightly fib and say I work in Big Data, but of course that immediately evokes either the image of dealing with huge spreadsheets or massive OLAP cubes, which is of course not quite what SBDD is, or some Orwellian nightmare, which it is even less. And it's not the audience's fault, either – SBDD is a newcomer to the Big Data analytics field and in many ways, a term crying out for a definition.

The term originated with US-based IT consultancy Gartner, who define it as tools that

enable users to develop and refine views and analyses of structured and unstructured data using search terms. Like visualization-based data discovery tools, they have three attributes: (1) a proprietary data structure to store and model data gathered from disparate sources, which minimizes reliance on predefined business intelligence (BI) metadata; (2) a built-in performance layer using RAM or indexing that lessens the need for aggregates, summaries and pre-calculations; and (3) an intuitive interface, enabling users to explore data without much training. However, as well as having a broader scope (visualization-driven data discovery tools focus exclusively on quantitative data) they differ at the user interface layer, with search-based data discovery tools using text search input and results to guide users to the information they need.

That, I suppose, is as good a definition as any, but it's not exactly something that rolls off the tongue, never mind that by the time you're through points (2) or (3), the dinner party is over and your date has fled for the hills. Clearly, we need something handier. Here's one we've come up with at Squirro, where SBDD is what we eat, drink, live, breathe and bleed.

We're building noise-cancelling headphones for your data.

SBDD is the clever little tool that lets you enjoy Beethoven's 5th (or the latest set from Hudson Mohawke) on a plane full of screaming infants, a stag party and some rambunctious school kids on a class trip (and a massive sugar rush). Once you decided what it is you care about (that is, to stick with the analogy, selected your song), SBBD can help you discover what data exists out there. SBBD might have 'search' at the start, but it is as far from Google as it gets. Rather, SBBD lets you find things you did not know you did not know. By filtering out the noise from what you know and don't care about, SBBD helps you focus on the possible 'unknown unknowns'.

This is not a particularly difficult exercise when it comes to structured data. It gets problematic when your query meets the messy reality of people using different words for the same concept, mistyping words and plenty of other issues. Let's face it – humans are messy. And searching messy data is challenging. And that's exactly where SBBD shines. Unlike Search-based Data Retrieval (aka 'Google'), SBDD lets you figure out where you want to search as you search – in an iterative process of refining, slicing and dicing, you find the data and the correlations you need.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 7 August, 2014: Analytics8 today launched the Contextual Intelligence Challenge, a unique competition for business intelligence professionals to submit their innovative use cases for leveraging the Squirro unstructured data analytics platform to their organisational advantage.

The most innovative use case with the potential to return real organisational benefit will win a Squirro unstructured data analytics solution valued at up to $100,000.

Analytics8 and Sovereign Merchant announced the challenge on 7 August 2014 at the “Technology & Innovation – the Future of Customer Experience and Business Intelligence Forum” in Sydney where they presented real and current use cases from multiple clients in various industries.

Today, companies base 95% of their decisions on only 20% of the data available to them; the remaining 80% is untouched. The Squirro Context Intelligence solution extracts huge value from the 80% of unstructured information, and can combine it with structured data analysis in order to radically improve decision-making, drastically reduce costs and help organisations achieve major increases in effectiveness.

The Contextual Intelligence Challenge aims to encourage business intelligence professionals to truly investigate the potential value locked away in unstructured data repositories, both internal (e.g. CRM, email, documents, etc.) and external (Forums, Newsfeeds, Chatter, Blogs, Social Media, etc.).

Regardless of the entrant’s role or industry, the Squirro unstructured data analytics platform will provide the opportunity for high speed to value context intelligence. Participants can choose the data they want to combine in real-time to achieve unparalleled insights into their customers, business, and markets. Whether for Financial Services, Automotive, Industrial, Life Science, Healthcare, Technology, Government or Non-Profits, Squirro will equip anyone with the ability to analyse unstructured data and improve their decision-making.

Over the next month, this challenge invites the Australian business intelligence community to truly accelerate their investigation of the potential lying dormant in unstructured data, turning it into true competitive advantage.

By donating their expertise valued at up to $100,000 to one winning entrant, Analytics8, Sovereign Merchant and Squirro are playing their part in fuelling an ecosystem of BI, analytics and data science professionals building Squirro powered business solutions. In addition, all other entrants will receive the right to discounted Proof of Concept investigations.

For more information, and to submit your use case, visit the Contextual Intelligence Challenge at www.contextualintelligence.com.au.

  About Analytics8

Analytics8 is an objective, independent, best-of-breed Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing consultancy, that helps lead organisations to sustained and measurable success by leveraging our experience, expertise and partnering approach.

About Sovereign Merchant

Sovereign Merchant is a Go-to-market Consultancy and distributor for cloud-based disruptive technologies.

About Squirro

Big Data still continues to be the "buzz word" of the moment and as we start to see new job titles emerge that focus on big data, it doesn't look like it is going anywhere, anytime soon.

Has your company decided to invest in a CDO? What even is a CDO and what skills should they have?

With the amount of data out there ever growing when put into an image like the below it gives us a stark realisation of what the average person needs to consume to reach their daily quota of information.

With big data still one of the “Buzz Words” of the moment more and more emphasis is being put on how we store all the data we are accumulating, with very little on how we use it.

A recent article on Forbes.com stated that “Industry analysts have predicted that there will be somewhere between 26 and 30 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices by the year 2020.” This in turn leads to an increase in the data that can be captured.

However, why are people capturing this data? Is it because we think we should? Yes we should be collecting it but we should also be analysing it and using the findings to our advantage.

Squirro’s take on this is that the problem arises from ignoring context and ignoring the 80% of data that is unstructured. A great deal of that captured data is thrown away, unused because people do not have the analytical capability.

The problem, then, is that we're overwhelmed by data but the big data revolution remains distinctly underwhelming when it comes to the issue of making us smarter, helping us make better decisions and improving our lives. In fact, if the theory of 'agony of choice' is true then more data without more meaning is actually harmful. This emphasises the importance of creating solutions that interpret data, that help data make sense and help people make better decisions based on that data – Just like Squirro can!

It’s time to put the first law of big data into practice!

The last two months have seen the Squirro team grow dramatically with new team members and a whole host of new partners. The main area of growth for the team has been on the Technology side showing our dedication to producing the best solution to our customers.

We welcome Marco De Luca as a Senior Solution Architect, Markus Warg as a Solution Architect, Chris von Csefalvay as a Solution Architect for the UK and Ireland, Melissa Craven as sales manager for UK and Ireland and finally Roger Gomol as Managing Director of the DACH region.

Together they bring years of experience and knowledge of the IT industry having worked for market leaders in previous roles. Not only this but they also bring with them an enthusiasm for customer satisfaction and delivering the best possible solution for the end user.

We see this as a positive step for Squirro and we hope that it shows a commitment to our customers and future customers to providing the best technology solution in the market place.

ETL systems are commonly used to integrate data from multiple applications, typically developed and supported by different vendors or hosted on separate computer hardware.

If you already have an investment in an ETL framework, it is understandable that bringing in a whole new system is not viable. But what about adding to your investment and being able to use previously untouched data? Squirro allows you to do just that.

By combining your ETL system with Squirro you can leverage your investment and analyse the 80% of unstructured data that you have not been able to utilize to date.

The main benefit of integrating Squirro with you ETL stack is the ability to connect many data sources and analyze them all. Those customized databases and intricate documents can now be searched and analzed with ease.

The analysis of unstructured data is one of the most important core technologies in today’s knowledge industry. The ever-growing amount of digital data available poses a real challenge to current solutions as their results risk lacking in relevance, timeliness, and adaptability and their usage can be extremely time consuming.

Squirro’s Smart Filter Technology offers the next evolutionary step in unstructured data technologies. Broader than feeds and more specific than search, Squirro can scan multiple sources to find the most relevant information and update it continuously and automatically.

Squirro can also display your data in many formats. From line charts to relationship graphs, Squirro can break down your data and show you the why not just the what.

CHINA, July 13, 2014 – Squirro, the leader in Context Intelligence, and Advanced Analytics Services, a leading Big Data and Advanced Analytics Solutions company specialising in Big Data Platform and Applications and BI solutions have signed an Elite Master Reseller agreement to deliver Context Intelligence solutions to the Chinese and Southeast Asia markets.

Context Intelligence is the ability to combine structured and unstructured data to generate actionable insights and for better-informed decision-making.

Today companies base 95% of their decisions on only 20% of their available data; the remaining 80% is left untouched. Squirro’s Context Intelligence solution extracts huge and key value from the 80% of unstructured information, combining it with structured data in order to radically improve decision-making, drastically reduce costs and help achieve major increases in effectiveness across the enterprise.     

Squirro was the first Swiss company selected for FinTech Innovation Lab London. The Lab, which was launched by Accenture in 2012, is a collaboration between Accenture and leading financial institutions such as Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley. Furthermore, Squirro’s client portfolio includes, amongst others, worldwide companies like ABB, the international engineering consortium, Swisscom, Experteer, The Vanella Group.

Advanced Analytics specializes in solving complex challenges  related to Big Data and creating business value from datas, as well as providing Big Data Platforms, Advanced Analytic Solutions, Tools, Enterprise and SaaS Applications and BI, Enterprise Data Warehousing and Performance Management Solutions  to leading multinational and large Chinese companies in Asia Pacific. 

Advanced Analytics are dedicated to introducing new transformational technologies to the Greater China market based on traditional software vendors, such as Congos and SAP. This new joint partnership with Squirro will enable both parties to provide broader services to their clients allowing them to get the most from their data.

Speaking about the partnership, Dorian, CEO and co-founder of Squirro said “We are very committed to strengthening our presence in China and South East Asia and Advanced Analytics dedication to introducing new transformational technologies couldn’t have been a better fit for growing our presence.”

“Analytic Services is focused on implementing leading edge analytics  software to enable organizations to better manage and analyze data. Our partnership with Squirro will enable us to better combine structured and unstructured data, giving end users real time and incredibly powerful insights which will enable them to make better business decisions” said Glenn McCarthy, Managing Director of Analytics.   

About Advanced Analytic Services

Analytic Services is a Big Data Platform, Advanced Analytics, and  SaaS Applications company headquartered in Shanghai with operations across Greater China and Asia Pacific.  The company provides Big Data Platforms, Advanced Analytics Solutions, Analytics Tools, Enterprise Applications and SaaS Applications, APIs, Mobile BI, and Enterprise Data Warehousing and Performance Management Solutions using cutting edge technology.    We leverage leading industry tools, our in house development team, big data analytics and data scientists, systems integration, and industry applications,. With 275 employees and 12-years of industry experience with MNC’s and large Chinese enterprises we develop and adapt leading edge global analytics for the Asia market. We specialize in the Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Auto, Distribution, FMCG, FSI, Telco and Retail Industries.

For more information on Advanced Analytic Services, visit: analyticservice.net

Glenn McCarthy Managing Director E-mail: [email protected]

About Squirro

Squirro is the leader in Context Intelligence, combining structured and unstructured data to provide the ‘Why’ behind the data. The result is a relevant, real-time contextual stream procuring an embedded 360° context radar delivering better and more effective decision-making. What Business Intelligence systems did for numbers, Squirro does for content: make unstructured data usable.

For more information on Squirro, visit: www.squirro.com

Contact: Cesare Allavena Marketing Director

                Is your inbox just another data source or are you using the dominant digital communication channel as a source of information and unexpected insights? Are there hundreds if not thousands of inboxes to monitor and search?

Squirro is here to solve your troubles by analysing Exchange content.

Squirro not only lets you analyse the structured data such as sender and date, but also keywords used within the email. With powerful concept search and timeline segmentation, Squirro let’s you sift through your mail like never before.

Visualize specific relations with the chord chart and get the whole thread instantaneously.

Gain unexpected insights from your email communication by integrating it back into your existing enterprise applications such as your CRM or ERP system. A leading private bank in Switzerland is using such an integration to gain insights into identifying up- or cross-sell opportunities for existing customers. With concept search and the integration of email as a source of information into their CRM system such insights become a reality.

Key highlights of linking Squirro with Exchange

• Use keywords and refine the results with the timeline and filters

• Concept search brings it to the next level

• Dashboards let you visualize and trend topics and sentiment in your emails

• Integrate email analysis results back into your existing enterprise applications

Connecting your Exchange server to Squirro is done using Exchange Web Services. This enables Squirro to analyse both online versions of Exchange as well as installations which are deployed on-premise.

Watch the video: Squirro for Exchange smarter email search and sign up for the beta version of the application.

Together with our partner Cellent we developed a World Cup Dashboard. You get all the match statistics, the players, social media posts, news and much more on that dashboard. Have a go yourself!

Australia June 26, 2014 – Squirro, the leader in Context Intelligence, and UXC Professional Solutions, one of Australia’s most trusted technology and delivery companies have signed a reseller agreement to deliver Context Intelligence solutions to the Australian market.

Context Intelligence is the ability to combine structured and unstructured data to generate actionable insights for better-informed decision-making.

Today, companies base 95% of their decisions on only 20% of the data currently available to them; the remaining 80% is untouched. Squirro’s Context Intelligence solution extracts huge value from the 80% of unstructured information, combining it with structured data in order to radically improve decision-making, whilst drastically reducing costs and helping organisations achieve major increases in effectiveness.

Squirro was the first Swiss company, along with six other Leading Financial Innovators selected for FinTech Innovation Lab London. The Lab, was launched by Accenture in 2012, as a collaboration between leading financial institutions; Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley.

Squirro’s client portfolio also includes global companies such as ABB, the International Engineering Consortium, Swisscom, Experteer and The Vanella Group.

UXC Professional Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of UXC Limited, the largest Australian-owned IT company providing ICT solutions in Consulting, Business Applications, Infrastructure and the Cloud. The company currently services over 2,500 client organisations in the private and public sectors across Australia and New Zealand.  

UXC Professional Solution’s attitude to creating a reputation and reality that is customer centric and value adding is evident through the quality of its service and the character of its staff, as a result Squirro is very excited to add UXC Professional Solutions to its  partner network.

The partnership between Squirro and UXC Limited was driven by Master Reseller Sovereign Merchant.

Speaking about the new partnership Glenn Fielding, CEO of UXC Professional Solutions said: “Our company is always on the lookout for new, innovative technologies that we can make available to our clients.  This partnership is very exciting for all involved and we look forward to working with Squirro.”

Dr. Dorian Selz, Co-Founder, CEO at Squirro added: “Bringing UXC Professional Solutions onboard will allow us further strengthen our presence in Australia as they leverage their preferred vendor partner relationships for their customers. Their uniques in their scale, through the depth and breadth of their capability coupled with Squirro’s drive for success is a great opportunity for us to take Squirro to the Australian market.

About UXC Professional Solutions 

UXC Professional Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of UXC Limited, established in 1999 and publicly listed in 2007. As part of UXC, it is the largest Australian owned IT services organisation with over 2,200 highly qualified professionals.

UXC Professional Solutions partners with Australia’s top-tier corporate & government organisations, and has established an enviable reputation for delivering high quality IT services and building long-term trusted customer relationships.

Its business has been built by working closely with its customers, anticipating their needs and delivering inventive solutions through streamlined project delivery, as a result industry leading growth continues to characterise its performance.

For more information on UXC Professional Services, visit: www.uxcps.com.au  

Contact:         

Julian Lim

Business Manager

Phone: (03) 9224 5900

E-mail: [email protected]

  About Squirro 

Squirro is the leader in Context Intelligence, combining structured and unstructured data to provide the ‘Why’ behind the data. The result is a relevant, real-time contextual stream procuring an embedded 360° context radar delivering better and more effective decision-making. What Business Intelligence systems did for numbers, Squirro does for content: make unstructured data usable.

For more information on Squirro, visit: http://www.squirro.com

Contact:

Cesare Allavena

Marketing Director

Phone: +41 44 586 98 98