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OAKLAND, Calif. — June 1, 2015 — Franz Inc.’s CEO, Dr. Jans Aasman, will participate on a panel for a “Conversation on Data Privacy in a Rapidly Growing Connected World of Intelligent Machines” being organized by the Netherlands Office for Science & Technology (NOST) June 23rd at the offices of the Consulate General of the Netherlands … Continue reading Franz’s CEO, Jans Aasman to participate on a panel for a “Conversation on Data Privacy in a Rapidly Growing Connected World of Intelligent Machines” →

OAKLAND, Calif. — May 26, 2015 — Franz Inc.’s CEO, Dr. Jans Aasman, will present at the Smart Data Conference this August in San Jose, CA. The Smart Data Conference is designed to accommodate all levels of technical understanding, and brings together emerging disciplines that are focused on more intelligent information gathering and analysis. Healthcare Analytics with a … Continue reading Franz’s CEO, Jans Aasman to Present at the Smart Data Conference in San Jose →

OAKLAND, Calif. — May 22, 2015 — Franz Inc.’s CEO, Dr. Jans Aasman, will present at the 2015 NoQL Now! conference this August in San Jose, CA. The fifth annual NoSQL Now! Conference is the largest vendor-neutral forum focused on NoSQL (Not Only SQL) technologies. The conference is intended for every enterprise looking for better, faster and cheaper … Continue reading Franz’s CEO, Jans Aasman to Present at the 2015 NOSQL NOW! Conference in San Jose →

Graph Databases Identified as the Fastest Growing Segment of the Database Market OAKLAND, Calif. — May 5, 2015 — Franz, Inc., the leading supplier of Semantic Graph Database technology, today announced its flagship product, AllegroGraph, has been named a Champion by Bloor Research in its recent Graph Database Market Update report. AllegroGraph is a high performance Semantic Graph Database that … Continue reading Bloor Research Positions AllegroGraph as a ‘Champion’ in Burgeoning Graph Database Market →

Oakland, CA — March 10, 2015 — — Franz Inc. has been selected for the 2015 Best of Oakland Award in the Graph Database Technologies category by the Oakland Award Program. Each year, the Oakland Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their business category. Interest in Graph Databases exploded … Continue reading Franz Receives 2015 Best Semantic Graph Database Award →

AllegroGraph 5.0 Unveils New Multi-dimensional Indexing for Complex Location Aware Applications OAKLAND, Calif. — February 9, 2015 — Franz, Inc., the leading supplier of Semantic Graph Database technology, today announced AllegroGraph 5.0 with unique multi-dimensional indexing capabilities. Data Scientists can think of these new multi-dimensional indices as similar to OLAP data cubes or HyperCubes but with the powerful dynamic data linking of a Graph Database. … Continue reading Franz Extends its Semantic Graph Database →

From the New York Times – June 20, 2018 This article caught our attention because they featured a startup that was using Prolog for AI.   We have been strong proponents of Prolog for Semantic Graph solutions for many years. For the past five years, the hottest thing in artificial intelligence has been a branch known … Continue reading New York Times Article – Is There a Smarter Path to Artificial Intelligence? →

Franz’s CEO, Jans Aasman, recently wrote the following article for Health IT Outcomes: ‘In the near future, it will be possible for patients throughout the healthcare industry to understand the probability of susceptibilities based on their genes, medical records, family history, and current medical condition. By combining artificial intelligence, semantic technologies, Big Data, graph databases, … Continue reading How Cognitive Probability Graphs Can Save Lives →

In 2009 Tim Berners-Lee presented his vision of the Semantic Web.  Here is his visionary TED Talk