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The Data Tank
The Data Tank
29th October 2009
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
The Data Tank
Our Mission
Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data.
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
The Data Tank
Our Mission
Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data.
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
The Data Tank
Our Mission
Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data.
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Expensive – Difficult – Boring
Hans Rosling at TED (movie)
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Expensive – Difficult – Boring
Bret Taylor
(Founder at
FriendFeed)
“I think all of these barriers to data
are holding back innovation at a
scale that few people realize.”
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Expensive – Difficult – Boring
Tim Berners-Lee
(Inventor of the
World Wide
Web)
“Sure, make a beautiful website, but
first, give us – all of us – the
unadulterated data. We have to ask
for raw data now.”
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
“ Werkte
aanvankelijk, tot
hun dienstregeling
werd uitgebreid
naar bus- en andere
diensten, waardoor
ze nooit is
gereleased. . . ”
Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
Never released
Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
Never released
Dockyard Realtime
“ De achterzijde
van RealTime is net
noodgedwongen een
beetje gewijzigd
omdat Infrabel een
nieuwe versie van
RailTime heeft
gelanceerd. ”
i-Speech Traininfo
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
Never released
Dockyard Realtime
Unreliable
i-Speech Traininfo
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
Never released
Dockyard Realtime
Unreliable
i-Speech Traininfo
www.railtime.be/
website/
DisclaimerNL.htm
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Build a community around your data
Small Case Study: NMBS
Mac OS X widget
Never released
Dockyard Realtime
Unreliable
i-Speech Traininfo
Legal issues
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Chicken-or-the-Egg
The Data Tank is bringing together hungry data consumers. . .
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Chicken-or-the-Egg
. . . to convince data owners into publishing.
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
There is a community for your data out there!
NMBS
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
There is a community for your data out there!
De Lijn
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Market Size
Public Sector: HUGE!
Art. 7. §1. De instanties die authentieke
gegevensbronnen beheren overeenkomstig
artikel 4, §1, of de entiteiten, vermeld in artikel
4, §3, stellen de metagegevens van de
authentieke gegevensbronnen kosteloos en
publiekelijk open [. . . ]. — Vlaams decreet
van 18 juli 2008
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Market Size
Private Sector: HUGE!
“Gartner Says Companies Should Implement
Information Access Technologies, Rather
Than Buying More Storage, to Man age Old
Corporate Data.” — 7th August 2008
“Gartner Recommends Key Cost-Cutting
Tactics in Data Management and
Integration.” — 10th March 2008
“Gartner Says Organisations Must Establish
Data Stewardship Roles to Improve Data
Quality.” — 22nd January 2008
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Business Model
Direct Revenue Model
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Business Model
What’s in it for the Data Owner?
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Business Model
What’s in it for the Data Consumer?
The Data Tank
Business Model
What’s in it for the Client?
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Underlying Magic
Modern
Technologies
Ruby on Rails
Amazon Web Services
Rising Trends
Cloud Computing
Web Database
Open Source
Free Software
Affero GPL license
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Competition
-
-
-
Source:
Users Authoritative
Content:
Niche Broad
Consumption:
Hard Easy
DBPedia
FreeBase
CrunchBase data.gov
Suikermuseum
VTi
Google Maps data.gov
data.gov
DBpedia
FreeBase Google Maps
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Team
Tom Coen
I Engineering PhD from KULeuven
I Co-founded Dsquare NC (spin-off company of KULeuven
focused on data mining in process industry)
I Started INDUCT (control for machinery)
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Team
Bart Van Loon
I Master in Computer
Science from KULeuven
I Co-founded Villa Vespa
(beautifully renovated
Vespas)
I Co-founder and Managing
Partner of Zeropoint.IT
(managed IT outsourcing
to Pakistan)
The Data Tank
The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact
Let’s connect:
Thank you!
I Bart Van Loon
I (+32) 472/94.14.34
I bart@thedatatank.com
I Tom Coen
I (+32) 497/26.20.63
I tom@thedatatank.com
The Data Tank

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The DataTank

  • 1. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact The Data Tank The Data Tank 29th October 2009 The Data Tank
  • 2. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact The Data Tank Our Mission Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data. The Data Tank
  • 3. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact The Data Tank Our Mission Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data. The Data Tank
  • 4. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact The Data Tank Our Mission Becoming the worlds trusted source for published and public data. The Data Tank
  • 5. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Expensive – Difficult – Boring Hans Rosling at TED (movie) The Data Tank
  • 6. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Expensive – Difficult – Boring Bret Taylor (Founder at FriendFeed) “I think all of these barriers to data are holding back innovation at a scale that few people realize.” The Data Tank
  • 7. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Expensive – Difficult – Boring Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) “Sure, make a beautiful website, but first, give us – all of us – the unadulterated data. We have to ask for raw data now.” The Data Tank
  • 8. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo The Data Tank
  • 9. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget “ Werkte aanvankelijk, tot hun dienstregeling werd uitgebreid naar bus- en andere diensten, waardoor ze nooit is gereleased. . . ” Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo The Data Tank
  • 10. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Never released Dockyard Realtime i-Speech Traininfo The Data Tank
  • 11. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Never released Dockyard Realtime “ De achterzijde van RealTime is net noodgedwongen een beetje gewijzigd omdat Infrabel een nieuwe versie van RailTime heeft gelanceerd. ” i-Speech Traininfo The Data Tank
  • 12. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Never released Dockyard Realtime Unreliable i-Speech Traininfo The Data Tank
  • 13. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Never released Dockyard Realtime Unreliable i-Speech Traininfo www.railtime.be/ website/ DisclaimerNL.htm The Data Tank
  • 14. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Build a community around your data Small Case Study: NMBS Mac OS X widget Never released Dockyard Realtime Unreliable i-Speech Traininfo Legal issues The Data Tank
  • 15. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Chicken-or-the-Egg The Data Tank is bringing together hungry data consumers. . . The Data Tank
  • 16. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Chicken-or-the-Egg . . . to convince data owners into publishing. The Data Tank
  • 17. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact There is a community for your data out there! NMBS The Data Tank
  • 18. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact There is a community for your data out there! De Lijn The Data Tank
  • 19. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Market Size Public Sector: HUGE! Art. 7. §1. De instanties die authentieke gegevensbronnen beheren overeenkomstig artikel 4, §1, of de entiteiten, vermeld in artikel 4, §3, stellen de metagegevens van de authentieke gegevensbronnen kosteloos en publiekelijk open [. . . ]. — Vlaams decreet van 18 juli 2008 The Data Tank
  • 20. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Market Size Private Sector: HUGE! “Gartner Says Companies Should Implement Information Access Technologies, Rather Than Buying More Storage, to Man age Old Corporate Data.” — 7th August 2008 “Gartner Recommends Key Cost-Cutting Tactics in Data Management and Integration.” — 10th March 2008 “Gartner Says Organisations Must Establish Data Stewardship Roles to Improve Data Quality.” — 22nd January 2008 The Data Tank
  • 21. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Business Model Direct Revenue Model The Data Tank
  • 22. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Business Model What’s in it for the Data Owner? The Data Tank
  • 23. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Business Model What’s in it for the Data Consumer? The Data Tank
  • 24. Business Model What’s in it for the Client?
  • 25. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Underlying Magic Modern Technologies Ruby on Rails Amazon Web Services Rising Trends Cloud Computing Web Database Open Source Free Software Affero GPL license The Data Tank
  • 26. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Competition - - - Source: Users Authoritative Content: Niche Broad Consumption: Hard Easy DBPedia FreeBase CrunchBase data.gov Suikermuseum VTi Google Maps data.gov data.gov DBpedia FreeBase Google Maps The Data Tank
  • 27. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Team Tom Coen I Engineering PhD from KULeuven I Co-founded Dsquare NC (spin-off company of KULeuven focused on data mining in process industry) I Started INDUCT (control for machinery) The Data Tank
  • 28. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Team Bart Van Loon I Master in Computer Science from KULeuven I Co-founded Villa Vespa (beautifully renovated Vespas) I Co-founder and Managing Partner of Zeropoint.IT (managed IT outsourcing to Pakistan) The Data Tank
  • 29. The Data Tank Problem Opportunities Solution Market Size Business Model Technology Competition Team Contact Let’s connect: Thank you! I Bart Van Loon I (+32) 472/94.14.34 I bart@thedatatank.com I Tom Coen I (+32) 497/26.20.63 I tom@thedatatank.com The Data Tank