DataSift Selects Datameer to Power New Social Analytics Offering

SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Datameer, Inc. (www.datameer.com), a provider of end user analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop, today announced that DataSift has selected Datameer to power DataSift Insights, their new social media analytics offering. DataSift Insights enables data analysts and business users to perform powerful analytics and data visualizations across social media and other data without the need for IT assistance.  

One of only two licensed re-syndicators of Twitter data globally, DataSift provides 100% of the real time Twitter stream with all the social metadata, including enriched augmentations such as geolocation, social influence and sentiment analysis. DataSift also provides a powerful real time social media data filtering platform for end users to select and analyze the most relevant data.

"DataSift is excited to be partnering with Datameer to provide the analytics engine for our new DataSift Insights solution," commented Nick Hastead, CEO of DataSift. "DataSift Insights is revolutionary in its combination of comprehensive social media data feeds from Twitter and other sources and its powerful analytics capabilities provided by the imbedded Datameer Analytics Solution.  DataSift and Datameer share a bold vision for the future of real time social media data analytics and we look forward to driving innovation with Datameer."

"We are pleased to have DataSift as both a customer and partner as they apply Datameer's powerful analytics capabilities against their massive volumes of social media and other data," commented Stefan Groschupf, CEO of Datameer. "Datameer's ability to quickly provide sophisticated yet easy-to-use Hadoop-based analytics to DataSift's users means data analysts can gain incredible insights into market and customer sentiment and trends."

For more information, please visit www.datameer.com.

About Datameer

Datameer offers the first data analytics solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use massive amounts of data. Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, the company's breakthrough product, Datameer Analytics Solution (DAS), provides unparalleled access to data with minimal IT resources. DAS scales to 4,000 servers and petabytes of data and is available for all major Hadoop distributions including Apache, Cloudera, EMC, IBM, MapR, Yahoo! and Amazon. Datameer is based in San Mateo, Calif.

About DataSift

DataSift provides a powerful real time social media data filtering platform.  One of only two licensed re-syndicators of Twitter data globally, DataSift provides 100% of the real time Twitter stream with all the social metadata, including enriched augmentations such as geolocation, social influence and sentiment analysis all in one place, delivered through API and extensive analytics partnerships. DataSift is a self service platform with a flexible pricing scale that is designed to be used for any level of data consumption, from the needs of a single developer to a large enterprise. Born on previous successes with Tweetmeme, the company responsible for the green retweet button. Tweetmeme currently serves over 9 billion buttons per month across over 200,000 sites including Yahoo!, Sky and Wired amongst many others. DataSift is a product of a legacy of expertise in building social media tools and platforms.  With offices in Europe and the US, DataSift is a global brand aiming to democratize data.

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SOURCE Datameer, Inc.