metaphacts, creator of the leading knowledge graph platform metaphactory, today announced the acquisition of VISmart Ltd.

VISmart is the company behind Ontodia, an open-source platform for exploration and visualization of graph-based data. Prior to the acquisition, metaphacts integrated Sputniq, the commercial version of Ontodia, into the metaphactory platform. The VISmart team has joined metaphacts to strengthen its software engineering team and to support the expansion of consulting and support services worldwide.

Sputniq - An integral part of metaphactory

Through the VISmart acquisition and the transfer of intellectual property of Sputniq and Ontodia, metaphacts is strategically expanding its metaphactory platform with innovative data exploration, data analytics, data authoring and knowledge sharing functionalities. metaphacts and VISmart customers will benefit from an enhanced portfolio for creating and managing knowledge graphs.

"Sputniq delivers ground-breaking innovations in the area of graph data exploration, visualization and authoring. It has been fully integrated into the metaphactory knowledge graph platform as of the 3.0 release. We are excited about the opportunity to shape the Sputniq component to meet our customers’ demands and offer it as an integral part of the platform. We are happy to have the VISmart team join forces with metaphacts and drive our solutions further", commented Dr. Peter Haase, CEO at metaphacts.

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