InfoZoom
Encyclopedia
InfoZoom software is a data analysis, business intelligence
and data visualization
software
product created using in-memory analytics. The software is created and supported by humanIT and the Fraunhofer Institute, the same organization that created MP3
compression technology. The software has over 36,000 licensed users and over 800 customers worldwide.
. It was created in 1997 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Society
which is the same scientific organization that contributed to MP3 compression technology.
Since 2003, humanIT is a wholly owned subsidiary
of proAlpha, an ERP vendor based in Weilerbach, Germany. Today, InfoZoom is co-developed and supported by the Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT), as known as the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology in St. Augustin, Germany.
InfoZoom v6.0 was released in March, 2009. The 64-bit version of InfoZoom was released as v6.4 in November 2009. InfoZoom v7.0 was released in November, 2010, with v8.0 being released at the end of 2011.
By the end of 2009, InfoZoom had grown significantly reaching 36,000 licensed users and 800 client organizations worldwide.
InfoZoom is also integrated into other software products and used as the reporting and analytical module. It is also implemented for analysis on the internet or intranet.
InfoZoom Software is available in four main product lines:
Business intelligence
Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
and data visualization
Data visualization
Data visualization is the study of the visual representation of data, meaning "information that has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information"....
software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
product created using in-memory analytics. The software is created and supported by humanIT and the Fraunhofer Institute, the same organization that created MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
compression technology. The software has over 36,000 licensed users and over 800 customers worldwide.
History
InfoZoom software is developed by humanIT GmbH near Bonn, GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was created in 1997 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Society
Fraunhofer Society
The Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 60 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science . It employs around 18,000, mainly scientists and engineers, with an annual research budget of about €1.65 billion...
which is the same scientific organization that contributed to MP3 compression technology.
Since 2003, humanIT is a wholly owned subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of proAlpha, an ERP vendor based in Weilerbach, Germany. Today, InfoZoom is co-developed and supported by the Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT), as known as the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology in St. Augustin, Germany.
InfoZoom v6.0 was released in March, 2009. The 64-bit version of InfoZoom was released as v6.4 in November 2009. InfoZoom v7.0 was released in November, 2010, with v8.0 being released at the end of 2011.
By the end of 2009, InfoZoom had grown significantly reaching 36,000 licensed users and 800 client organizations worldwide.
Products
InfoZoom allows users to extract large amounts of information from multiple data sources, including any ODBC-compliant databases, Microsoft Excel, text files and other data sources. The software allows for data visualization of entire datasets through an easy to use graphical interface. The tool has applications in ad-hoc data analysis and identification of data quality issues and has been used by major government organizations, including universities, as well as by corporations.InfoZoom is also integrated into other software products and used as the reporting and analytical module. It is also implemented for analysis on the internet or intranet.
InfoZoom Software is available in four main product lines:
- InfoZoom Professional
- InfoZoom Business
- InfoZoom Explorer
- InfoZoom Viewer (available for free)