Truviso
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business intelligence, Analytics software |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Michael J. Franklin, Sailesh Krishnamurthy |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Acquired by Cisco |
| Headquarters | Foster City, California , United States |
| Products | TruCQ, Visitor Insight & Analytics |
| Parent | Cisco (from 2012) |
Truviso (pronounced true-VEE-so) was a venture-funded enterprise located in Foster City, California, focusing on continuous analytics solutions built upon PostgreSQL. The firm created proprietary software designed for real-time data processing aimed at internet-centric clients. On May 4, 2012, Truviso was acquired by Cisco.
History
Established in 2006 by UC Berkeley professor Michael J. Franklin and his doctoral student Sailesh Krishnamurthy, Truviso transformed Berkeley's Telegraph project research into a commercial continuous analytics platform.
The company's primary offering, TruCQ, enhanced the open-source PostgreSQL database to perform real-time streaming data analysis by integrating live data feeds with historical or static datasets. This enabled persistent queries that provide results exponentially faster than conventional batch processing methods. Among its prominent users was the blog indexing service Technorati, which employed Truviso to generate dynamic tag cloud visualizations.
As a pioneer in continuous analytics, Truviso reshaped business intelligence by enabling immediate data processing rather than depending on static data repositories.
Before its acquisition by Cisco in 2012, the company attracted investment from ONSET Ventures, Diamondhead Ventures, and the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund.
Technology
Truviso’s approach to analytics revolves around persistent queries that evaluate streaming data continuously, differing from traditional BI techniques that rely on periodic batch aggregation.
Their continuous analytics platform tackles challenges associated with high-volume, always-on data streams through a scalable PostgreSQL-based system capable of handling multiple simultaneous SQL queries on live data. This framework supports analysis across various data forms—streaming, stored, or hybrid.
- Continuous queries provide real-time updated outputs for downstream applications
- Data is neither stored nor altered during processing, enabling scalability to vast datasets
- Supports thousands of concurrent queries on a single server instance
- Queries operate seamlessly on both live and archived datasets
- Incoming streams can be optionally archived for purposes such as replay, backtesting, detailed examination, or benchmarking
On May 4, 2010, Truviso introduced Visitor Insight & Analytics, a dedicated solution tailored for web analytics.
See also
- Streaming Media Overview of companies specializing in streaming media
- Event Stream Processing (ESP) methodologies for managing related data streams
- Event Driven Architecture (EDA) design pattern focused on event generation and response
- Real-time business intelligence Application of BI techniques to dynamic, immediate processes
- Real-time computing Complex event processing systems as real-time solutions
- Operational Intelligence Technologies like CEP and ESP supporting operational insights
External links
- Business intelligence software
- Business intelligence companies
- Analytics companies
- Data analysis software
- PostgreSQL
- Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Software companies established in 2006
- Companies based in Foster City, California
- Cisco acquisitions
- 2012 mergers and acquisitions
- Defunct software companies of the United States