Project "Speed Data": the French Government Joins AT Internet and LaBRI to Collectively Meet the Economic and Technological Challenges of Big Data

Project "Speed Data": the FrenchProject "Speed Data": the French Government Joins AT Internet and LaBRI to Collectively Meet the Economic and Technological Challenges of Big Data PR Newswire BORDEAUX, France, October 29, 2013 AT Internet, a major player in the field of Digital analytics and Online Intelligence since 1995, and the Bordeaux-based IT research lab (LaBRI) have announced their joint venture in the 2.7 million Euro "Speed Data" project, with more than 50% State-funding as part of the digital section of the French government's "Investments for the future" initiative (Call for proposals "Cloud Computing" number 3 - Big Data). The aim of the project, supported by Cap Digital*, is to develop a decision- making platform in SaaS mode which will offer unrivalled data by relying on innovative and competitive technology that will respond to the new challenges of Big Data: storing, exploiting and interpreting masses of heterogeneous data. Analytics & BI: towards increased convergence Today, (online and offline) data processing tools provide exhaustive analyses, but with no real convergence and via systems which are still too divided. The aim of the "Speed Data" project is to bring together Digital Analytics and Business Intelligence to provide the world of Business Intelligence with the dimensions of real-time, agility and responsiveness in the areas of data performance, data mining and data visualisation.