The Hive Group was a software company that applied visualization technology in operational intelligence (OI), business intelligence (BI), and complex event processing (CEP) contexts.[1] The company primarily developed enterprise treemapping software used by major corporations and public agencies such as Intel Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Sun Microsystems, the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard.[2][3][4][5]
On January 26, 2015, The Hive Group announced that it had merged with Visual Action Software.[6]
History
The Hive Group is a privately held company founded in 2000, with headquarters in Richardson, Texas.[7] The company’s treemapping software is called Honeycomb. Ben Shneiderman, the inventor of the treemap concept, is a member of The Hive Group’s Board of Advisors.[8][9] The number of employees is believed to be fewer than 50.[10]
Industry recognition – Early adoption by the United States Marine Corps
A large quantity of information can be found, both in printed form and on the internet, detailing the Honeycomb-based USMC MERIT application. In 2003, the USMC deployed treemaps to all theaters of USMC operation.[11] This deployment has led to broad adoption of treemaps within the United States Department of Defense[12] and has received the following industry awards and recognition:
- US Department of Navy eGov[13]
- US Department of Defense CIO (second place, team category)[14]
- Excellence.Gov - Federal CIO[15]
- Government Computing News[16]
- International Society of Logistics Field Award[17]
- The Association for Enterprise Information Excellence in Enterprise Integration[18]
- Defense Logistics 2008 Technology Implementation of the Year[19]
Public sector
The Hive Group is registered as a small business in Central Contractor Registration (CCR),[20] and in the United Nations Global Marketplace.[21]
Patents
The Hive Group holds several patents around treemapping technology (US Patents 7,027,052; 7,076,742; 7,346,858; and 7,509,591).
Board of directors and advisors
The Hive Group’s board of directors and advisors include:[22]
- Bill Jesse: Chairman, Jesse Capital Management
- Ben Shneiderman: inventor of treemapping; founding director, Human Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park
- Joseph P. Urso: CEO, Aerus LLC; Chairman, Inthinc
- Pierluigi Zappacosta: Chairman, Digital Persona; Chairman, Sierra Sciences; Founder and former CEO, Logitech
External links
- Visual Action Software Website
- Treemap sample from The Hive Group
- Ben Shneiderman at the University of Maryland
- The Hive Group Gallery
- The Washington Post, The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet's Raw Data
- USMC MERIT Joint Release Announcement
- Finding the Needle in the Haystack
- A Picture Worth a Thousand Control Loops
- London 2012 Olympics – Interactive Medal Standings (by country, sport, event, medal & athlete)
References
- ^ Treemapping Solutions for the Enterprise
- ^ The Association for Operations Management
- ^ Wag, Jeremy (April 28, 2006), The Wall Street Journal, Click for 2,000 Results
- ^ Information Week, Treemaps Rule: Even The Marines Think They're Cool
- ^ Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies
- ^ Visual Action Software and The Hive Group Announce Merger
- ^ BusinessWeek, archived from the original on July 29, 2009
- ^ APICS Magazine
- ^ BeyeNETWORK, Discovering Business Intelligence Using Treemap Visualizations
- ^ Spoke.com
- ^ Marine Corps Equipment Readiness Information Tool (MERIT)
- ^ APICS Magazine
- ^ US Navy eGov Award
- ^ DoD CIO Award (2nd Place Team Category)
- ^ Excellence.Gov Federal CIO Award
- ^ GCN Award
- ^ SOLE Field Award
- ^ AFEI Excellence in Enterprise Integration Award (PDF)
- ^ DLA 2008 Technology Implementation of the Year Award
- ^ CCR Small Business Search
- ^ UN Global Marketplace (PDF)
- ^ The Hive Group: Board of Directors