Outerthought / Lily Partnerships
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The document discusses Outerthought's vision and strategy for addressing the growing amount of digital content and user data. Their mission is to become the premier provider of content application technologies for the emerging "content as opportunity" age. They are developing technologies like Lily, a NoSQL content repository, and frameworks to help clients capture, process, and extract knowledge from large amounts of user data at scale. Their partnership strategy involves collaborating with technology companies, domain experts, and businesses to develop customized solutions and mutually support an open software platform.
Outerthought / Lily Partnerships
- 1. Outerthought IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org
- 2. Our Vision We live in interesting transitioning times: content as cost ➙ content as opportunity IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 2
- 3. Data Deluge 1.000 ExaBytes (1018) of data stored per year 800 600 400 200 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 © IDC 2007 IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 3
- 4. Content opportunity » content » metadata » usage data » user behavioural data IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 4
- 5. User Behavioural Data » clicks = usage » click trail = user-generated linkmaps » social data » user generated content (comments, tags, annotations, ...) » I Like, My Friends Like ... ➙ social graphs IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 5
- 6. Read vs Write Centricity READ WRITE CONTENT ++ + METADATA ++ + USAGE - ++ UBD ? +++ IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 6
- 7. Data Usability Usability CONTENT +++ METADATA ++ USAGE + UBD ? ➙ need for processing IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 7
- 8. Needs for Scalable Content » wire-speed capturing » batch-oriented post- processing » semantic lifting : extracting knowledge out of noise » data and inferred data become one IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 8
- 9. Needs for Scalable Content » wire-speed capturing ➡ NoSQL & write- optimized storage » batch-oriented post- processing ➡ map/reduce » semantic lifting : ➡ NLP extracting knowledge out of noise » data and inferred data ➡ smart content become one repositories IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 9
- 10. Our Mission » to become the premier content application technology provider for the content-as-an- opportunity age IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 10
- 11. Our Strategy » technology » partnerships technology domain THIS N OTE B OOK B ELO N GS TO : business Noteblock_03.indd 1 23/05/10 14:42 IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 11
- 12. Technology »Lily : NoSQL-based content repository (HBaseN OTESOLR) N GS TO: THIS + B OOK B ELO » Kauri : REST centric webapp dev framework » Daisy : techdoc / QDoc / publishing CMS IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 12
- 13. Expertise As heard on BBC IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 13
- 14. Partnerships » technology » You're a software company building content-centric applications (CMS, portal, publishing, analytics, archiving) or services provider and are interested in embedding Lily in your solutions. » domain » You're a solutions provider specializing in a specific vertical domain (media, health, biotech, e-government). You need a Lily-based solution tailor-made to your domain of expertise. » business » You're a consultancy, integrator or professional services provider. You need a scalable and searchable content repository for a customer project.You need enterprise priority support. IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 14
- 15. What’s in it for you ? » get priority access to the Lily development team for advice and bugfixing » get early access to Lily releases and features » get Lily training and support » be able to influence the Lily roadmap » benefit from partnership networking » mutually support a software commons that addresses shared needs IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org 15
- 16. Let’s talk. partners@outerthought.org IIC » TECHNOLOGIEPARK 3 » B-9052 ZWIJNAARDE (GENT) » www.outerthought.org