Vigillo introduced a new Big Data business intelligence platform called Athena that provides customizable interactive dashboards and reports. Athena gathers data from various sources and presents it in an easy to understand format to help trucking companies improve operational factors like safety, efficiency and profitability. Initial reports in Athena will focus on safety, operations, sales, maintenance, fuel purchasing, and driver recruiting through customizable dashboards. Vigillo will continue gathering data from public sources and work with industry partners to integrate additional relevant data sources into Athena.

1. Vigillo Introduces Athena™
New Big Data Business Intelligence platform provides performance enhancing
customizable, interactive dashboards and reports
PORTLAND, Ore./DALLAS – December 5, 2013 – Vigillo LLC, creators of data
mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex
fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, today announced at
the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Executive Summit on Technology-
Driven Performance its new Athena™ Big Data Business Intelligence platform.
Named for the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena is an open source Big Data
solution that gathers data from a wide variety of sources, distills it into
understandable information and then presents it in a straightforward format that
trucking companies can use to improve a range of operational factors. The web-
based solution is accessible through all types of devices and provides data-
visualization through interactive dashboards and a report deployment scheduler.
“Big Data is a four step process…Acquire, Analyze, Visualize and Publish,”
stated Steve Bryan, CEO of Vigillo. “Eighty percent of data projects fail at step
one but with our years of experience gathering and working with CSA
information, we understand where valuable data can be found. Getting data that
isn’t designed to be found and presenting it in an easy to use and meaningful
format is where we excel!”
The initial Athena platform will launch with 12 basic channels focused primarily
on trucking safety, efficiency and profitability, with the majority of data coming
from public sources.
“We will continue to gather information from FMCSA, DOT and the standard
locations we’ve been using for CSA information,” explained Bryan. “However,
with Athena we’re taking it one step further and not just looking at CSA but at all
things related to trucking.
“We’re looking at US population statistics, GDP, weather, traffic, highway
infrastructure investments, tolls, and more. Our goal is to intelligently answer the
question ‘why’ and deliver that answer to anyone, anywhere, any time and in a
way they can understand, whether it’s the CFO or safety manager, shipper,
driver or insurer. Athena is designed to pull all of trucking’s data into one platform
and then publish that wisdom on demand.”

2. In addition to gathering data from public sources, Vigillo will be working with other
industry data sources, such as legal, training and onboard system providers, to
capture relevant data from a wide variety of integrated channels, and join them in
a cohesive Business Intelligence environment. Initial reports will be presented in
a set of about 30 highly customizable dashboards for effectively managing
safety, operations, sales, maintenance, fuel purchasing, and driver recruiting and
retention, among others.
About Vigillo LLC
Founded in 2007 by a team of statisticians and nimble software engineers with a
talent for deciphering complex information and delivering it in an at-a-glance
scorecard format, Vigillo specializes in taking copious amounts of data and
turning it into factually reliable and usable information. Leading the industry in
trend-setting concepts for fleet safety and business compliance issues for the
U.S. commercial transportation industry, Vigillo’s Suite of CSA Scorecards is the
most widely used CSA reporting system in the industry today. Operating on the
philosophy of “if you can measure it, you can manage it”, Vigillo presents data in
such a way that companies can quickly and clearly understand and address their
most critical safety and compliance issues. For more information on Portland,
Oregon-based Vigillo, visit www.vigillo.com.
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