Company type | privately held |
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Industry | software |
Founded | 2000 |
Fate | Merged with Visual Action Software |
Headquarters | Richardson, Texas |
Website |
hivegroup |
The Hive Group was a software company that applied visualization technology in operational intelligence (OI), business intelligence (BI), and complex event processing (CEP) contexts. [1] The company primarily developed 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]
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]
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:
The Hive Group is registered as a small business in Central Contractor Registration (CCR), [20] and in the United Nations Global Marketplace. [21]
The Hive Group holds several patents around treemapping technology (US Patents 7,027,052; 7,076,742; 7,346,858; and 7,509,591).
The Hive Group’s board of directors and advisors include: [22]