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Big Data Analytics

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Big data, data analytics, business intelligence …

Are these the methods that will characterize the business world of the future?
Or are they just buzz words used by technophile trendsetters? Is data really the ‘new oil’?
Or is it a passing fad?

At Folge 3, we firmly believe that data and its analysis will play a more prominent role for businesses in the future.
It will influence not only decision makers and financial controllers, but also staff in various departments as much as in marketing and sales.

Increasingly, many companies are finding themselves confronted with ever greater volumes of data on account of the progression of digitalization.

We identified questions, that keep reoccurring throughout all sectors:

How can I use the incoming data…

… to obtain more precise insights?

… to plan for the future?

… to increase the company’s performance?

Folge 3 supports authorities, institutions and organizations in developing data analytics solutions.
We develop projects in cooperation with our clients, ensure implementation and upon demand operate the solution.

At the beginning of a project we support you in defining objectives and selecting methods.
We develop project specifications and develop scenarios for implementing these.
We help to determine what the right tools are, and set up the processes necessary for our clients’ success.
If necessary, we carry out the projects independently, or support staff in implementing them.

Folge 3 has many years of experience in implementing recommender systems, structuring and operating ontology-based applications,
visualizing large volumes of data and retrieving text-based information. Using Reshin, our data platform, we conduct specific data mining and enable real time data analytics as a continuous process.

Please contact us for more information.

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Real estate guide

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The real estate guide of the German business magazine Capital gives an overview of residential properties in 180 German cities. Prospective buyers and tenants can get detailed information about the residential market in designated areas. Holiday properties in 166 destinations are listed as well.

Users get information about the locality, the architectural structure und infrastructure of the area as well as the average rent and property prices. A performing forecast for the next 12 months is also available. The results can be compared with other areas. The comments box allows users to directly exchange their input.

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Calculator for cost of living

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ZEIT ONLINE and ZEIT CAMPUS developed a calculator which lets students determine what budget they need to persue their education in various German cities.

Different prices for housing, food and beverages but also different life styles determine an individual monthly budget. Depending on the location the calculator shows the average cost for students. Different criterias like rent, food and spare time expanses are being compared.

The data originates from a social survery of the German federation of students from 2012. More than 15.000 students from over 227 universities participated in order to cover a broad range of social and economic backgrounds.

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Smart Data for businesses

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Flexible dashboards for companies – Reshin visualizes your data quickly and individually, and it is accessible wherever you are: in the office or mobile.

Reshin is based on Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana – thoroughly tried-and-tested tools for use with big data – and it also offers user administration and data management. You decide which data to import and who has access to it.

There are many use cases for Reshin:

  • Log file monitoring
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • Excel dashboard replacement
  • Data analysis
  • Internet-of-things
  • Web tracking

In Reshin you have a tool that supports all your visualization requirements.

We have developed industry solutions for publishers which cover everyday analysis needs and allow flexible expansion. For example, the IVW dashboard reduces the effort of daily IVW tracking to just a few minutes. [IVW = German Information Association for the Establishment of the Distribution of Advertising]. And click tracking provides live information about the traffic on your website.

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U-Multirank Sunburst

U-Multirank is a new multidimensional, user-driven approach to international ranking of higher education institutions.

As a benefit U-Multirank provides an individualized seal for each institution representing the results of the indicators in each dimension as a downloadable element. All measures are grouped around the central symbol of U-Multirank, the „u“ on a circle-shaped button. All graphic elements refer to the identity of the web-tool and persue the corporate design of U-Multirank.

The seals are positioned on the profile page of each institution and can be downloaded by the universities for multiple use.

… more about the project: U-Multirank

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Monitor Lehrerbildung

Transparency in diversity in teacher education: The “Monitor Lehrerbildung” (teacher education monitor) platform provides current information and data about the various arrangements for teacher training within the individual German federal states and at the respective national universities for fact-based discussions and decisions.

The aim of the project is to create the comparability needed for a discussion. It focuses on target groups concerned with teacher education, i.e. politicians, journalists and players from teacher training, universities and ministries.

The project duration is set initially for the next five years. In addition to data updates, several extensions of the portal are set to take place during this period. We have already developed the diagram level as a first step. Thus the data can be retrieved in the conventional table view as text or as a graphic representation.

Project partners are the Bertelsmann Foundation, the CHE Centre for Higher Education Development, the Deutsche Telekom Foundation and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Association for the Promotion of German Science and Humanities).

… more about the project: MLB charts

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ClickCounter

ZEIT ONLINE Counters is the generic term for a series of tracking and analysis tools that capture the relevant online figures in near real-time. For ZEIT ONLINE, they represent a complement to web analytics tools such as Omniture or WebTrekk for its day-to-day work.

The counters are optimized for at-a-glance overviews. The key figures are presented graphically from different viewpoints. The results can then serve as a decision-making basis for further planning of tenders. All counters come with their own web and HTML5 mobile interface and can also be integrated into the CMS via a REST API.

ClickCounter: The ClickCounter counts the number of hits on the editorial pages of ZEIT ONLINE. The source is a web beacon. The hits for the article are evaluated every five minutes. The figures are graphically represented in five-minute intervals for the last hour and in one-hour intervals for the past 24 hours. Access is via a web interface, and programmatic access is possible via a REST API. ZEIT ONLINE also allows for integration into the CMS.

AdCounter: AdCounter counts the number of ad impressions for individual campaigns. The source is a web beacon. Campaigns can be defined in terms of time and be assigned to different channels. Values obtained are compared against expectations. The data are read every five minutes and are graphically represented. Furthermore, they are available down to the channel level. Past campaigns are archived.

TextCounter: The TextCounter gives information about the number of published articles per period/desk/author. The source is a Lucene SOLR index operated by ZEIT ONLINE. The search results are enriched with the corresponding values from the ClickCounter on an article basis.

Dashboard: The Dashboard collects the key figures from the individual counters and displays them graphically and textually. In addition, the current IVW (German Information Community for the Assessment of the Circulation of Media) data are integrated. To that end, the dashboard replaces the IVW Collectorbox at ZEIT ONLINE, which was taken down in 2011.

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PM magazine

We designed and implemented the new website of P.M. magazine for Gruner+Jahr. Since then, we have handled the continuous maintenance and further development of the website.

In addition to content from the current issue, the site offers news and background information in the P.M. subject areas such as “man”, “nature” and “technology”.

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Press portal

In collaboration with various departments of North German Radio (NDR), Folge 3 developed the portal for press releases from the NDR and has continually upgraded it ever since.

The press portal shows registered users the upcoming NDR program for the next few weeks. The broadcasts for the current week are updated in 15-minute intervals so that you can look up last minute changes quickly.

In addition, a number of newsletters and the NDR press releases are sent via the press portal. The press department can invite people and the press to its events via the integrated invitation module.