The Hive Group

The Hive Group was 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]

The Hive Group
Typeprivately held
Industrysoftware
Founded2000
HeadquartersRichardson, Texas

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]

References
  1. Treemapping Solutions for the Enterprise
  2. The Association for Operations Management
  3. Wag, Jeremy (April 28, 2006), The Wall Street Journal, Click for 2,000 Results
  4. Information Week, Treemaps Rule: Even The Marines Think They're Cool
  5. Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies
  6. Visual Action Software and The Hive Group Announce Merger
  7. BusinessWeek
  8. APICS Magazine
  9. BeyeNETWORK, Discovering Business Intelligence Using Treemap Visualizations
  10. Spoke.com
  11. Marine Corps Equipment Readiness Information Tool (MERIT)
  12. APICS Magazine
  13. US Navy eGov Award
  14. DoD CIO Award (2nd Place Team Category)
  15. Excellence.Gov Federal CIO Award
  16. GCN Award
  17. SOLE Field Award
  18. AFEI Excellence in Enterprise Integration Award (PDF)
  19. DLA 2008 Technology Implementation of the Year Award
  20. CCR Small Business Search
  21. UN Global Marketplace (PDF)
  22. The Hive Group: Board of Directors:
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