About us

Our high end technologies, based on top research, combine the experience of University researchers and Industrial professionals. We have a vast Industrial experience to push your development to a more competitive customer solution.

Sparsity was created based on the technologies developed at DAMA-UPC.

We are partners in European Projects.

LDBC / CoherentPaaS / IT2Rail / CIGO / SoMatch / ENRICH / SCDC

We are an award-winning company.

SME with highest Innovative Potential in Europe (2015)
CINC prize for novel enterpreneurs (2009)

Our clients and partners are our best asset.

Barclays / Acceso / CA Technologies / MPG

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European Projects and prizes

LDBC
Benchmarking graph databases and RDF Read more
SoMatch
Fashion trends estimation Read more
Tetracom - Enrich
Query Expansion Read more
CoherentPaaS
Integrating NoSQL, SQL and CEP Read more
LDBC - FP7
The Linked Data Benchmark Council, established as an outcome of the LDBC EU project, brings industry and users together for developing benchmarks whereby the state-of-the-art and advances in graph data management technologies can be assessed and directed.

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SoMatch - H2020
SoMatch is a EU funded project with the objective to improve the competitiveness of European SMEs dedicated to fashion design and Textile & Clothing (T&C) sectors by providing an IT solution that will deliver reliable fashion trends estimations and forecasts of user acceptance for clothing designs.

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Tetracom · Enrich - FP7
ENRICH aims at improving the search capabilities of websites by using query expansion graph based techniques (Guisado-Gámez et al. ICMR'14).

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CoherentPaaS - FP7
CoherentPaaS EU project provides a full ACID coherent environment integrating NoSQL, SQL and CEP data management technologies, while allowing application developers to program using a simple and powerful programming model and query language.

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IT2Rail
Multimodel travel offer Read more
Tetracom - SCDC
Scalable Community Detection on the cloud Read more
Cigo
City Mobility Read more
Awards
We are an award-winning company Read more
IT2Rail - H2020
The IT2Rail project is designed as the first step towards the long-term Shift2Rail 4th Innovation Programme “IT Solutions for Attractive Railway Services”. Its main objective is to enable the development of solutions providing a seamless travel experience by giving access to a complete multimodal travel offer.

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Tetracom · SCDC - FP7
The Scalable Community Detection on the Cloud (SCDC) project is based on an algorithm born form the conjunct work of DAMA-UPC and Sparsity. SCDC aims at understanding the structures and organisation of social networks.

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Blog post
Cigo - FP7
CIGO is a platform in the form of a Web App and a set of associated Mobile Apps designed to ease the implementation of mobility policies in an innovative way that benefits four key customer segments: the City Government, shops and restaurants in the city, final users and mobile apps providers. The project is part of the frontierCities initiative.
Awards
SME with highest Innovative Potential in Europe (2015)
CINC prize for novel enterpreneurs (2009)

Scalable high-performance graph database

SparkseeSparksee (formerly known as DEX), makes space and performance compatible with a small footprint and a fast analysis of large networks.


SparkseeIt is natively available for .Net, C++, Python, Objective-C and Java, and covers the whole spectrum of Operating Systems.


SparkseeSparksee mobile is the first graph database available for iOS and Android.


Why Sparksee

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Small memory footprint that is easy to manage

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The graph is represented through bitmap data structures that allow high compression rates.

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Node adjacencies are represented by bitmaps to minimize their footprint.

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Each value in the database is represented only once, avoiding unnecessary replication.

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I/O efficiency retrieving data from the database

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Each of the bitmaps is partitioned into chunks that fit into disk pages to improve I/O locality.

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The number of times each data page is brought to memory is minimized with advanced I/O policies.

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It provides direct access to OS buffers, avoiding the decoding and encoding of other solutions

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Boosting performance at its maximum

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Using bitmaps, operations are computed with binary logic instructions that simplify the execution in pipelined processors.

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The C++ core avoids overhead execution and complex memory management, as opposed to Java based engines.

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High concurrency and low latency query response times secure high performance even under stress conditions.

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Wide compatibility to be user oriented

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Full native indexing allows an extremely fast access to each of the graph data structures.

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Natively available for .Net, C++, Python, Objective-C and Java, and for iOS, Android and BB10 based mobile devices.

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Low level API with direct access to the core engine functionalities.

Scenarios

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Social Networks Analysis
Perform fast analytical operations in your applications for Twitter or Facebook.
General Use Case PDF / Viral users BLOG POST / Social capitalists BLOG POST
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Bibliographical Networks
Implement analytical tools to extract and relate information from networks such as Wikipedia or IMDB.
General Use Case BLOG POST
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Media analysis
Recommend new content, relate your social data with your media data.
Music recommendation BLOG POST
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Security Networks & Fraud Detection
Key in a pattern or security log analysis.
General Use Case PDF / Money laundering BLOG POST / Insurance fraud BLOG POST
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Physical Networks exploration & optimization
Optimize logistical routes, identify bottlenecks in your network, and search the minimum route to arrive to a certain location.
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Biological Networks
Analyze and express in a graph genetic and protein networks. Detect mutations and evolution through time.
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Recomendation for Ecommerce
Get and store information such as “people who has bought this also...”
BI apps for indoor positioning BLOG POST

More information

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Introduction to Sparksee
Learn Sparksee’s benefits & characteristics.
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Sparsity Technical Overview
Learn the architecture and implementation details of Sparksee to see how bitmaps result in a lightweight & high-performance solution.
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Commercial Brochure
Sparksee’s booklet with product information.
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Java Seminar Tutorial
Sparksee Java technical tutorial. We recommend complementing this with the Starting Guide.
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Sparksee 5.2
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Sparksee Mobile 5.2
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Apache Maven 5.2
Sparksee dependency




I have read and agree to the License Agreement

1) The evaluation license provided has the following configuration:

XSMALL size (up to 1M objects) / 1 session / High Availability functionality (HA) disabled

If you need to upgrade to another configuration, take a look at the licenses & prices section and contact us!
2) Required information will be only used to manage the download of the software and to provide promotional news in the future, but it will never be public or distributed to third parties.


I have read and agree to the License Agreement

1) Sparksee mobile only works with a valid license.

2) When we contact back we will provide a download and a license with the following configuration:

XSMALL size (up to 1M objects) / 1 session / High availability functionality (HA) disabled
If you need to upgrade to another configuration, take a look at the licenses & prices section and contact us!

3) Required information will be only used to manage the download of the software and to provide promotional news in the future, but it will never be public or distributed to third parties.
You can also test Sparksee through Apache Maven: <dependency> <groupId>com.sparsity</groupId> <artifactId>sparkseejava</artifactId> <version>5.2.0</version> </dependency>

Documentation

Starting Guide
Install, configure and build your first application with Sparksee in a few minutes. PDF/ HTML
User Manual
Everything you need to know about Sparksee with examples in all the available languages. PDF / HTML
High Availability Manual
Learn how to configure and use the HA functionality.
PDF / HTML
Java technical reference
Javadoc for Sparksee Java.
PDF/ HTML
.Net technical reference
Help file for Sparksee .Net
HTML/ CHM
C++ technical reference
Doc file for Sparksee C++.
PDF/ HTML
Python technical reference
Doc file for Sparksee Python. PDF/ HTML
Objective-C technical reference
Doc file for Sparksee Objective-C. PDF/ HTML
Technical reference archive
Sparksee 5.1, Sparksee 5.0, DEX 4.8 & DEX 4.7
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Sparksee 5.1

Java technical reference PDF / HTML
.Net technical reference HTML / CHM
C++ technical reference PDF / HTML Python technical reference PDF / HTML

Sparksee 5.0

Java technical reference PDF / HTML
.Net technical reference HTML / CHM
C++ technical reference PDF / HTML Python technical reference PDF / HTML

DEX 4.8

Java technical reference PDF / HTML
.Net technical reference HTML / CHM
C++ technical reference PDF / HTML

DEX 4.7

Java technical reference PDF / HTML
.Net technical reference HTML / CHM
C++ technical reference PDF / HTML

Technical Details

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Graph-Model
Labeled and directed attributed multigraph.
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Os compatibility
Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android & BB10.
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Language
C++ core
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Transactions: full ACID
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Export formats
Most common graph formats: graphml, grahviz, ygraphml.
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License
Large range of options free & commercial.
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API
.Net / Java / C++ / Objective-C / Python
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Blueprints interface

Support

We encourage your participation! Visit our Google Group to discuss anything related with Sparksee.
Feel free to share your doubts and suggestions with the staff and community.

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Licenses & Prices

Select your type of license and select your configuration
We believe in tailored licenses that will allow your application grow as you grow while paying only what that situation requires.

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Evaluation License
Free
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Research License
Free
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Development License
Free
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SME License
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Corporate License
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Startup License
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Evaluation license
Evaluate Sparksee for free downloading the evaluation version right now. The evaluation license provided has the following configuration:

XSMALL size (up to 1M objects) / 1 session / High availability functionality (HA) disabled
If you need a bigger configuration consider the rest of license options.

Free License!
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Required information will be only used to manage the download of the software and to provide promotional news in the future, but it will never be public or distributed to third parties.
Sparsity Technologies encourages research with Sparksee by offering free licenses to PhD students, academics and other university staff, for non-commercial purposes. Request your license:


Sparsity Technologies encourages the use of Sparksee by offering free licenses to selected companies during their development stages. Request your license to see if you are qualified.


Estimate your license cost. Prices shown here are for 1 year of the commercial license, include 2 development license and basic support.

Database sizes

Small: 10M objects*
Medium: 100M objects
Large: 1B objects
Very large: >1B objects

* objects = nodes + edges
Support hours

20 hour pack included per year

Availability
Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 CET

Communication channel
E-mail

Software update
Scheduled: Minimum once per year and major bugfixing service pack if required.
Sparsity Technologies also offers special discounts for OEM. Ask our sales team more information to learn about the discounts on multiple copies.
Functionalities & Benefits

We offer special functionalites and benefits for bigger corporations that require high level tailored support during their development and deployment of applications using Sparksee.
Development/deployment of critical operations of your application as a built-in function within the Sparksee core, to boost your performance.

Corporate licenses include 4 development licenses & larger support hour packages

Sparksee's high availability functionality included in all our corporate licenses

Availability
Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 CET

Response time
Less than 24h (typically less than 4h)

Communication channel
E-mail, skype, phone

Software update
Specific distributions on demand and emergency patches.
Database sizes for Corporate licenses start at the Medium size. We offer the following sizes:

Medium: 100M objects*
Large: 1B objects
Very large: >1B objects

* objects = nodes + edges
Contact our sales team for pricing

Sparsity Technolgies offers a specific program for all the entrepreneurship startups that would like to use Sparksee Graph Database to power their idea.

Sparksee will help in your positioning steps ahead from your competition.
Join the program now and get these special advantages:

Free technical support assistance during the development phase, with the amount of time specified depending on the final size of license.
Free license of the size needed for the project during the entire development phase.

Once in production, a 30% discount of the price of the commercial license during the 1st year.
It is required a date of registration for the company of less than 3 years. development phase.

During the development and the first year, we will require the company joining the Startup support program, to publically recognize the use of Sparksee in a form agreed by both sides.