InfoZoom

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InfoZoom

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Basic data

developer humanIT
Current  version 2020
operating system Windows
category Application program
License Closed source
www.infozoom.com

InfoZoom is paid software for analyzing large amounts of data in the computer's main memory (in-memory). A quantity-oriented, visual process maps complete data sources on one screen and enables navigation and processing of the data. The data can be loaded and analyzed from various databases or text files . A separate formula language enables the calculation and processing of the data in real time. The integrated database assistant with SQL editor allows different data sources to be connected. The analyzed data can then be presented in the form of tables or graphics . The software has over 100,000 users and over 1000 customers worldwide.

history

InfoZoom is the central product of the Bonn-based software company humanIT, which was founded in 1997 as a spin-off from the GMD Research Center for Information Technology , today Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology , and which develops and sells the InfoZoom software. The company has been a 100% subsidiary of the ERP provider proALPHA Business Solutions GmbH since 2003 .

technology

InfoZoom works with in-memory technology and was programmed in the programming languages C ++ and C # / .NET .

Versions

InfoZoom is sold under the name InfoZoom Desktop for end customers either as a single or multi -user license ( concurrent user license model with copy protection plug / dongle ).

Product versions

  • InfoZoom Desktop Professional 32-bit / 64-bit
  • InfoZoom Desktop Business 32-bit / 64-bit
  • InfoZoom Desktop Explorer 32-bit / 64-bit

Further products

  • InfoZoom Data Quality Control (IZDQ): Automated DQM using flexible sets of rules
  • InfoZoom Anywhere: Web application for self-service data analysis

Data sources

The following data sources can be loaded:

Output options

The results are visualized using an integrated component for displaying tables and graphics. Optionally, the results can be output directly in Microsoft Office. Results can be actively linked so that the displayed data can be changed later.

There are free add-ins for Microsoft Excel . The analyzed data can be inserted directly into Excel using the add-in.

In addition to its own proprietary format, InfoZoom can export the data to HTML , Excel , text files , Open Document Text , Word , and CSV files .

Other applications can use InfoZoom via the .NET data provider as a dynamic data source. B. Crystal Reports 2008.

Areas of application

Companies that process large amounts of granular data with high compliance requirements benefit from the analysis software. The free combination of data attributes and characteristics is decisive. Due to the new visualization of data, the software is used in particular in the area of ​​data quality management. InfoZoom is used in the fight against crime through electronic search for clues in mobile phone data at police and criminal authorities, in the energy sector and by financial service providers.

literature

  • Michael Maliszewski: Software for the analysis of tax-relevant data: Evaluation of selected software tools for the preparation for an electronic tax audit . 1st edition. Publishing house Dr. Müller, 2008, ISBN 3-639-05789-9 .
  • Björn Knebel: Data Profiling with Eclipse: From the basics to the prototype . 1st edition. Diplomica Verlag Hamburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8366-7122-4 .
  • Michaela Schütt: Information management on electronic B2B marketplaces: Support of electronic procurement through integrated information processes . 1st edition. Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8350-0360-6 .
  • P. Chamnoi, P. Gluchowski: Analytical Information Systems: Business Intelligence Technologies and Applications . 3. Edition. Springer-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-29286-9 .
  • P. Chamnoi, P. Gluchowski: Business Information Warehouse: Perspectives on operational information supply and decision support based on SAP systems . 3. Edition. Springer-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-67528-0 .
  • Paul Wenzel: Business applications with SAP R / 3 . 1st edition. Vieweg Verlagsgesellschaft, 2001, ISBN 978-3-528-05751-0 .
  • A. Hufgard, H. Hecht, W. Walz, F. Hennermann, G. Brosch, S. Mehlich, C. Bätz: Business integration with SAP solutions . 1st edition. Springer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-540-21350-3 .
  • Yang Cai: Ambient Intelligence for Scientific Discovery: Foundations, Theories, and Systems . 1st edition. Springer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-24466-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ User reports, http://www.softlakesolutions.com/index.php/customers/case-studies ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ InfoZoom development at the Fraunhofer Institute FIT http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/de/profil/ausgruendung.html ( Memento from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Automated data monitoring: InfoZoom Data Quality (IZDQ). In: InfoZoom. Accessed December 21, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ InfoZoom Anywhere: data for everyone, from anywhere, with any device. In: InfoZoom. Accessed December 21, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Use in data quality management. In: InfoZoom. Accessed December 21, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Electronic search for clues in mobile phone data on the website of the Federal German Criminal Police Officer http://www.bdk.de/fileadmin/Bundesseite/PDF-Dokumente/A4_AWB_FZA_screen_final.pdf , viewed October 25, 2012
  7. ↑ Andreas Brüggenthies, Self-Service BI brings creativity to the departments: New business potential through free data analysis , itmanagement, October 2012 edition

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