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Health Market Science: Digging Deep for Useful Data
Raw data is like unrefined crude oil—comparatively worthless until it reaches the refinery. Health Market Science has built a thriving business by transforming raw data into valuable information Read More...
ModCloth: Using Social Networking Technology to Build an Online Retailer
In 2006, Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger started ModCloth, a web-based vintage clothing retailer, using leading-edge social-networking techniques to market the company and build a community of dedicated customers. Today, the company employs 30 in the Pittsburgh area. Judging from the current economic meltdown, Read More...
Infinera: A Critical Part of the Internet’s “Circulatory System”
Typical web users don’t think much about how the Internet works to send email and instantly connect to videos, news and shopping sites-any more than they think about how their hearts, lungs, liver and kidneys keep their bodies running smoothly. But the inner workings of Read More...
Vivisimo: Clustering Web Data for a Different Kind of Search
Ask people where they go to find a map, an address, a phone number or a factoid, and the answer will probably be the same-the Internet. But behind the scenes of the web queries we now rely so heavily on are Internet search and enterprise Read More...
FORE Systems: The Ripple Effect of a Pittsburgh Success Story
When Carnegie Mellon students developed their Department of Defense research project in the 1980s, they never dreamed it would turn into an industry leader that would become the model for new venture capital and technology growth in the Pittsburgh region. But that’s exactly what happened, Read More...
SalvageDirect: Making a Total Loss into a Thriving Business
When a car is totaled, few of us ever gives a second thought to what happens after it’s hauled away. But totaled cars have quite an afterlife, thanks in large part to the efforts of Titusville-based SalvageDirect. SalvageDirect sells total-loss vehicles strictly online, working Read More...
Vivisimo: Search Technology That Cuts through the Internet Clutter
Vivisimo, the creator of innovative web-search software that clusters information according to topics, has unveiled a special Ben Franklin web portal in honor of Franklin’s 300th birthday. Vivisimo launched a comprehensive one-stop web portal for searching Franklin’s own writings and a selectively curated collection Read More...
