Optensity CEO Pam Arya Representing Optensity @ Astia Global Pitch Competition

Optensity’s CEO, Pamela Arya, will participate in a Global Pitch Competition at Astia’s Fourth Annual “We Own It Summit” in London June 27-28. The Global Pitch Competition showcases five startups, including Optensity Inc., selected from an international application pool of over 100 companies. Full summit details – http://astia.org/content/view/2324/856/.

Board of Advisors Addition – Mr. Bob Gourley

Optensity, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Bob Gourley, Publisher of CTOvision.com, renowned national security technology expert and former CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency has joined their Board of Advisors. Mr. Gourley brings to Optensity his deep experience in evaluating Big Data solutions to serve the mission.

Optensity Wins Best Disruptive Technology Award

Optensity was presented with the Best Disruptive Technology Award at the Innovation, Identification and Investment (I3) forum hosted by the Innovative Solutions Consortium (ISC). Optensity showcased its AppSymphony platform at the event (http://optensity.com/optensity-tech-demo-may-14-2013-iscvivid-innovation-identification-investment-i3-forum/), highlighting AppSymphony’s graphical composition approach to defining and deploying big data analytics across multiple cloud environments. For more information on the award – http://www.innovativesolutionsconsortium.com/content/optensity-received-best-disruptive-technology-award-isc

Optensity Nominated for the 2013 Hot Ticket Awards

Optensity has been nominated for the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC’s) 2013 Hot Ticket Awards, hosted on June 26, 2013. The awards focus on celebrating the hottest entrepreneurial technology companies that have exhibited that special something that makes them “Hot Tickets”. A number of “Hottest” awards will be up for grabs that evening. Winners will be announced poolside – can you spell c-a-n-n-o-n b-a-l-l? More about NVTC’s 2013 Hot Ticket Awards – http://www.nvtc.org/events/geteventinfo.php?event=HOTTKET11

Optensity to be showcased at MAVA Capital Connection 2013 conference June 5-6

Optensity will be one of eighteen innovative start-up companies showcased at the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s (MAVA’s) Capital Connection 2013 conference. The conference will bring together some of the hottest ideas and emerging technologies the East Coast has to offer. Among them, the Optensity team will highlight the utility of AppSymphony in the development of applications and big data processing within a cloud computing environment. More on the MAVA Capital Connection 2013 – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130514006983/en

Optensity Tech Demo May 14, 2013 @ ISC/VIVID Innovation Identification and Investment (I3) Forum

Optensity will be among a select group of companies demonstrating innovative solutions to solve some of the most vexing problems in intelligence, defense, security, technology and related fields on Tuesday May 14, 2013 as the Innovative Solutions Consortium (ISC) convenes for its Innovation, Identification and Investment (I3) forum. AppSymphony will be showcased as a contending solution to address the “Data to Decisions” problem area. More information about the I3 Forum – http://www.innovativesolutionsconsortium.com/content/iscvivid-innovation-identification-and-investment-i3-forum More information on the ISC – http://www.innovativesolutionsconsortium.com/

Board of Advisors Addition – Mr. Fran Landolf

Optensity, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Fran Landolf, a former Senior Executive with the National Security Agency (NSA), has joined their Board of Advisors. Mr. Landolf brings to Optensity his extensive experience in the intelligence community and advising small product companies that have products with both commercial and government applications.

Carahsoft and Optensity Team Up to Help Government Rapidly Compose and Execute Big Data Analytics

Read the Official Press Release McLean and Reston, VA (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 Optensity, the innovative software product company that specializes in developing applications and processing big data within the Cloud, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solution provider, today announced a strategic alliance under which Carahsoft will proactively market, sell and distribute Optensity’s AppSymphonyTM software to federal, state and local government agencies. “Our partnership with Carahsoft helps us further our vision of providing a platform where users can easily and rapidly develop new BI analytics and exploit the full power of Big Data. […]

Optensity Workshop 2/25 @ 1pm during IDGA’s Cloud Computing Summit

Optensity will be hosting a workshop session at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement’s (IDGA’s) 4th Annual Cloud-Computing for DoD & Government Summit on the 25th of February @ 1pm. We also have a number of admission passes which cover attendance for all days of the conference. Please contact us if you would like one (only government employees are eligible to use this type of pass). More information on IDGA’s Cloud Computing Summit can be found here http://www.cloudcomputingevent.com

Optensity Featured in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Case Study

Optensity Inc. gains an important competitive advantage by leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS), as recently detailed in an AWS case study. Optensity’s AppSymphony platform, running on AWS as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering, allows analysts and subject matter experts to exploit the power of big data in multiple cloud infrastructures without requiring them to be experts in cloud software development. AppSymphony’s intuitive composition interface includes AWS components for users who want to graphically compose workflows that interact with AWS APIs, such as Amazon S3, Amazon SNS, and Amazon SQS. Optensity also uses Amazon […]