Inside a Big Data Headquarters
February 12, 2015 10:00 AM
1. Inside A Big Data Headquarters
Heres a peek inside the companys Karlsruhe, Germany headquarters which combines people, process, and plenty of data center horsepower. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
2. Meet the Founder
Michael Feindt, a nuclear physicist, founded Blue Yonder in 2008. During his earlier scientific research at CERN, he developed the NeuroBayes algorithm. The algorithm combines neural network techniques wit bayesian statistics to yield a well performing, fast algorithm for data analysis. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
3. Build, Expand, Repeat
Blue Yonders headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, could be a harbinger of more IT to come. Concern about the lack of local venture capital prompted Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel to devise a plan to build a new market for enterprises like Blue Yonder and spur investment. Among the recent milestones: Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, committed $75 million to Blue Yonder in December 2014. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
4. Hardware Beneath the Software
Computer server towers stand inside Blue Yonders data storage center. Blue Yonder claims the scalable, cloud-based system delivers precise predictions for demand planning and replenishment. The SaaS offering also supports dynamic pricing and customer analytics. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
5. Building the Brand
As you tour the data center, youll notice the Blue Yonder brand just about everywhere. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
6. Big Data, Big Numbers
Blue Yonders infrastructure and network connections allow software to make 30,000 predictions per section -- tracking 35 million combinations of products and locations. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
7. Training Data Scientists
In January 2014, Blue Yonder launched the Data Science Academy. It seeks to strive executives, business users and IT on next-generation data science capabilities. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
8. Keeping it Real
Amid all the infrastructure and big data code, Blue Yonders headquarters still has room for brainstorming. The idea is to stretch your mind and your legs as you think long and hard about the future of predictive analytics, big data, churn management and plenty more. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
9. Growing Market
Already, about 40 percent of German enterprises use predictive analytics solutions for quality assurance, supply chain management and more, notes Pierre Audoin Consultants. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
10. Next Moves
So where does Blue Yonder go from here? CEO Uwe Weiss is driving the companys direction. His goal is to bring together world-class data science and world-class standard enterprise software. Earlier, he co-founded Crossgate, a B2B software company that SAP acquired in 2011 for an undisclosed sum. Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Credit: Bloomberg / contributor
11. Even More
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