Megaputer: An Emerging Force in Data and Text Analysis
June 23, 2008
Megaputer, based in Bloomington, Indiana, continues to expand the capabilities of its data and text analysis system. The next release, said Sergei Ananyan, one of the company’s founders, will a 64-bit version, browser-based reporting, and support for text analysis in multiple languages.
Dr. Ananyan, a Ph.D. in nuclear physics, spoke to ArnoldIT.com and said:
Megaputer keeps developing PolyAnalyst as a powerful and flexible analytic platform, but our real strength derives from the ability to build push-button custom solutions for handling typical tasks in various application domains.
Megaputer was founded in 1994, which makes the company one of the more mature in the data and text analysis fields. The company has landed a number of blue-chip customers in law enforcement, pharmaceuticals, and financial services.
As organizations realize that individual users and work units require customized content processing systems, Megaputer’s approach has been attracting attention. Megaputer can deploy its range of analytic tools to meet the needs of different users without having to do the manual coding and hands-on rework that plague many of the firm’s competitors.
The company, however, is anchored in mathematics, quite advanced algorithms. Dr. Ananyan says:
We value math, and I suppose we share that technical foundation with Google. So, okay, we are good at math just like Google but with one difference. I think we are specialists in the type of math necessary to make Megaputer solve our clients’ problems.
The key to success, says Dr. Ananyan:
While providing users of PolyAnalyst with lots of functionality, we try to lower the learning curve for new users. We spend lots of thought and effort on keeping PolyAnal6yst as simple in use as possible. We make every effort to simplify the user experience with the system. The user builds a data analysis scenario through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. The developed scenario is represented as a graphical flow chart with editable nodes and can be shared for collaboration or scheduled as a task for future execution. The results of any analytical step can be saved in an easy-to-comprehend and visually appealing report the user generates on the fly.
Megaputer has several advantages compared to some vendors who provide a specific text processing function:
- The company’s technology suite is broad and deep, supporting on-the-fly categorization, ease-of-use, and versions for single user and on premises enterprise installations
- The strong foundation in mathematics does not get in the way of the users due to careful design of the system interfaces
- The inclusion of data cleansing, federation, and visualization functions allows the system to meet a range of needs without forcing licensees to seek add-ins or third-party utilities.
You can learn more about Megaputer here. The full text of the interview with Dr. Ananyan appears on ArnoldIT.com here as part of the Search Wizards Speak series.
Stephen Arnold, June 23, 2008
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