The Hive Group

The Hive Group is a software company that applies visualization technology in operational intelligence (OI), business intelligence (BI), and complex event processing (CEP) contexts.^[1] The company primarily develops enterprise treemapping software used by major corporations and public agencies such as Intel Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Sun Microsystems, the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

On January 26, 2015, The Hive Group announced that it had merged with Visual Action Software.^[6]

History

The Hive Group is a privately held company founded in 2000, with headquarters in Richardson, Texas.^[7] The company’s treemapping software is called Honeycomb. Ben Shneiderman, the inventor of the treemap concept, is a member of The Hive Group’s Board of Advisors.^{[8] [9]} The number of employees is believed to be fewer than 50.^[10]

Industry recognition – Early adoption by the United States Marine Corps

A large quantity of information can be found, both in printed form and on the internet, detailing the Honeycomb-based USMC MERIT application. In 2003, the USMC deployed treemaps to all theaters of USMC operation.^[11] This deployment has led to broad adoption of treemaps within the United States Department of Defense^[12] and has received the following industry awards and recognition:

• US Department of Navy eGov^[13]
• US Department of Defense CIO (second place, team category)^[14]
• Excellence.Gov - Federal CIO^[15]
• Government Computing News^[16]
• International Society of Logistics Field Award^[17]
• The Association for Enterprise Information Excellence in Enterprise Integration^[18]
• Defense Logistics 2008 Technology Implementation of the Year^[19]

Public sector

The Hive Group is registered as a small business in Central Contractor Registration (CCR),^[20] and in the United Nations Global Marketplace.^[21]

Patents

The Hive Group holds several patents around treemapping technology (US Patents 7,027,052; 7,076,742; 7,346,858; and 7,509,591).

Board of directors and advisors

The Hive Group’s board of directors and advisors include:^[22]

• Bill Jesse: Chairman, Jesse Capital Management
• Ben Shneiderman: inventor of treemapping; founding director, Human Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park
• Joseph P. Urso: CEO, Aerus LLC; Chairman, Inthinc
• Pierluigi Zappacosta: Chairman, Digital Persona; Chairman, Sierra Sciences; Founder and former CEO, Logitech

External links

• Visual Action Software Website
• Treemap sample from The Hive Group
• Ben Shneiderman at the University of Maryland
• The Hive Group Gallery
• The Washington Post, The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet's Raw Data
• USMC MERIT Joint Release Announcement
• Finding the Needle in the Haystack
• A Picture Worth a Thousand Control Loops
• London 2012 Olympics – Interactive Medal Standings (by country, sport, event, medal & athlete)

References