At BrightPlanet we often throw around the acronym OSINT and talk about open source intelligence but what is it, what/if anything does it have to do with the Deep Web and how is it being used? We answer those questions in this post.
Being in the business of harvesting content from the web and delivering the data in a usable format, we are often asked if we’re able to deliver data in multiple languages. The easiest answer to that question is yes, we can harvest and enrich content in any language online, but today we’ll dive into more specifically how we […]
We are finding many different industries are able to capitalize on Data-as-a-Service (DaaS). In this post we’ll uncover how a mining company is using BrightPlanet’s Data-as-a-Service model to monitor the Ebola health outbreak to keep their expatriates informed and out of harm’s way with the use of one dataset. You’ll see what type of data is […]
At BrightPlanet, we receive a number of questions about how BrightPlanet’s technology differs from our biggest competitors. People will commonly see companies like Kapow and Connotate and assume that our technologies are in direct competition. In reality though, they’re not. In this post, we hope to give you an understanding of how extraction companies and […]
Earlier this week, Forbes released an article titled “Insider Trading on the Dark Web”. BrightPlanet was mentioned within the article, and BrightPlanet was introduced as a company that collects content from what is called the Dark Web. While we appreciate being mentioned in Forbes, there are a few definitions we want to clear up for […]
Today is the date when 25 years ago Sir Tim Berners-Lee released a publication proposing a system for managing information on the Internet. Information within that publication would become the framework for the World Wide Web we know today and many consider this day to be the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. The […]
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the World Wide Web officially turns 25 and the exponential growth of the Internet is showing no signs of stopping. As of February 2014, the Pew Research Center estimates that 87% of American adults now use the Internet regularly. The importance of the Internet as the largest, single open source […]
If you have been tracking our blog, we have predicted that Big Data-as-a-Service will be the next big thing and that it will lead to companies looking for external data sets as a resource for their Big Data projects. Our third and final prediction for 2014 is that this concept of external Big Data-as-a-Service is […]
On February 14th, 2014, Netflix released the entire second season, a total of 13 episodes, of their hit drama series House of Cards for Netflix subscribers’ streaming pleasure. Discussion of the recently released House of Cards season took over the Internet as Netflix proved competent at not only offering content for subscription services, but creating […]
In 2013, people were beginning to understand the true potential of large data sets. We began to see companies that were successfully using internal proprietary data sets to help increase revenue. Retailers were increasing their target marketing utilizing data from current customers, car manufacturers relied on sensor data to report potential issues with vehicles, and […]