DataMarket

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DataMarket
TypePrivate
FoundedReykjavík, Iceland (2008 (2008))
Founder
Headquarters
Reykjavík
,
Iceland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
, Gunnlaugur Briem
Servicesdata visualization
OwnerQlik[citation needed]
Number of employees
7
Websitedatamarket.com

DataMarket is a privately held Icelandic company that specialises in providing access to and visually displaying data from public and, to a lesser extent, private institutions and companies. DataMarket was established in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland in 2008. The Guardian Technology blog labeled DataMarket as being "Impressive, and interesting".[1]

One of DataMarkets contracts was to graphically visualize the 2011 budget for Reykjavík municipality.[2] DataMarket has gotten wide media coverage in Iceland.[3][4][5][6]

Initially DataMarket focused on the Icelandic market by incorporating data from various public institutions such as Statistics Iceland, the Central Bank of Iceland, the , the , , Registers Iceland, the Report of the Althingi Special Investigation Commission and the private Icelandic consultancy firm to name a few.

Recently it has branched out and DataMarket now provides access to international data from Eurostat, United Nations Statistics Division, The World Bank and the Gapminder Foundation.[7][8]

DataMarket won two awards at the annual 2011 , awarded by the non-profit , one for the most interesting web and one for the best service and information web.[9][10]

In 2014, DataMarket was acquired by Qlik.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Josh Halliday (24 January 2011). "The Technology Newsbucket: Google's opt-outs, Windows Phone 7 feature availability, and more". The Guardian. London.
  2. ^ Vefur Reykjavíkurborgar - Fjárhagsáætlun 2011 Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today (Icelandic)
  3. ^ Microsoft notar nafnið DataMarket
  4. ^ Alþjóðleg gögn aðgengileg á DataMarket
  5. ^ DataMarket opnar gagnatorg á netinu
  6. ^ Nýju gagnatorgi á vefnum hleypt af stokkunum
  7. ^ "13 thousand data sets, 100 million time series, 600 million facts « DataMarket blog". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  8. ^ Sardar Mohkim Khan (26 January 2011). "DataMarket Expands Horizons: Adds 100 Million Time Series, 600 Million Facts". ArcticStartup.
  9. ^ "Icelandic Web Awards Presented". Iceland Review. 8 February 2011.
  10. ^ Úrslit í Íslensku Vefverðlaununum (Icelandic)
  11. ^ "Datamarket selt fyrir 1.440 milljónir króna". Viðskiptablaðið. 31 October 2013.

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