Sqrrl
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Genre | Software Development |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | sqrrl enterprise |
| Website | www |
sqrrl data, Inc. is a Boston-based enterprise software company which provides Apache Accumulo-based products. It contributes to Accumulo and related Apache projects. [1]
Apache Accumulo is based on Google’s BigTable design and built atop Apache Hadoop. Other open-source projects incorporating some elements of BigTable include Cassandra and HBase. [2]
The sqrrl technology is promised to provide a secure, scalable and easily adaptable way for companies to manage big data.
History
Most of its founding staff worked at the National Security Agency; "because after you’ve created data-analysis tools for top-secret intelligence work, what’s the next logical life-step but to start a small company with a cute cartoon squirrel for a logo" A few on the team also helped develop the Apache Accumulo project. [3]
In August 2012, sqrrl announced a $2 million seed round led by Atlas Venture and Matrix Partners.[4] [5] [6]
Product
sqrrl's flagship product is sqrrl enterprise which leverages Apache Accumulo and includes the following features:
- Batch and Streaming Data Ingest
- JSON support
- Graph format
- Security
- Seamless integration with Enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, such as Active Directory, LDAP, and PKI
- Encryption of data-at-rest and data-in-motion
- Auditing and compliance capabilities
- Real-Time Analytics
- SQL
- Full-text search
- Graph analysis
Awards
- In August 2013, CRN named sqrrl among the "The 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2013".[7]
- In January 2013, Boston Business Journal named sqrrl among the "12 Boston tech firms making 'big data' possible".[8]
Partners
Selected sqrrl partners include:
See also
References
- ^ Williams, Alex (20 August 2012). "Sqrrl Raises $2 Million For Secure, Scalable Big Data Technology Originally Developed At NSA". TechCrunch. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Kelly, Jeff (20 August 2012). "Accumulo: Why The World Needs Another NoSQL Database". Wikibon. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Kolakowski, Nick (20 August 2012). "Sqrrl Wants to Make Database Technology Extra Secure". Slashdot. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Kirsner, Scott (20 August 2012). "New database startup Sqrrl raises $2 million, relocates from D.C. to Cambridge". Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Etherington, Darrell (20 August 2012). "sqrrl Closes $2M in Funding, Moves to Cambridge to Grow Big Data Solution". BetaKit. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Darrow, Barb (20 August 2012). "Big Data Startup with NSA Roots Nets $2M". BetaKit. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "The 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2013". Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "12 Boston tech firms making 'big data' possible". Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ sqrrl Cozies Up to Big Data Elephants Hortonworks and MapR, siliconANGLE , 2013-10-03
- ^ sqrrl Cozies Up to Big Data Elephants Hortonworks and MapR, siliconANGLE , 2013-10-03