[SatNews]  GCS and Sharpe Engineering, two leading developers of Big Data applications, are teaming to build and deliver next-generation streaming analytics solutions based upon the IBM InfoSphere Streams platform.

The GCS – Sharpe team will focus upon real-time analytical processing (RTAP) applications in key verticals including healthcare, energy, retail, cyber-security, and government. GCS delivers highly customized solutions that communicate meaningful geographic information and enhance workflow optimization. GCS clients come from a broad spectrum of industry sectors with a common need: Streamlined access to business insights distilled from massive, complex data sets. Technical expertise and collaborative client relationships allow the GCS team to design the powerful, elegant solutions needed to maximize productivity. GCS systems are crafted at the convergence of cloud, analytics, and mobility to ensure the entire enterprise can access answers everywhere, all the time.
 
Sharpe Engineering is a software engineering company based in Crested Butte, Colorado, that provides consulting services related to complex low-latency Big Data analytics. With extensive experience in energy and healthcare, Sharpe focuses on the effective combination of technologies and methods to address challenges related to data-in-motion that are beyond the capabilities of traditional approaches. The firm specializes in ultra-low-latency stream processing to analyze a wide range of explicit contextual information and produce actionable insights in real time.
 
“Healthcare, energy, retail and cyber-security have unique Big Data challenges,” said Sharpe. “Together, our two companies have the industry-specific knowledge and solutions-development capabilities to meet their needs.”

The GCS infosite is accessible via http://www.yourdatasmarter.com/

Sharpe Engineering information may be obtained at http://www.sharpe.com/