Dataminr Blog

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month With Dataminr

6 minute read | September 19, 2022

Every year, the Dataminr community gets together to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed from September 15 to October 15. This year, we’re once...

Life at Dataminr

| February 2, 2021

Dataminr Celebrates Black History Month

At Dataminr, Black History Month has served as a time of education, reflection, and celebration of the rich contributions and history of Black Americans and people of African... Read More

Introducing Our New Study Conducted By Forrester Consulting: ‘Risk in a Real-time World’

Corporate Risk

3 minute read

| January 27, 2021

Introducing Our New Study Conducted By Forrester Consulting: ‘Risk in a Real-time World’

One year ago, corporate risk managers found themselves suddenly thrust into the spotlight, as their companies worked quickly to understand if they had the playbooks needed to... Read More

Dataminr Honors Veterans Day and Military Family Month

Public Sector

8 minute read

| November 14, 2020

Dataminr Honors Veterans Day and Military Family Month

Each November, we observe Veterans Day and Military Family Month in the U.S., and Remembrance Day in Commonwealth member states. At Dataminr, we recognize our former and... Read More

Helping Journalists Find Breaking News During a Global Pandemic

Journalism

3 minute read

| October 16, 2020

Helping Journalists Find Breaking News During a Global Pandemic

The global outbreak of coronavirus is the beginning of a story that will shape generations. The virus is on course to wreak havoc for months, if not years to come—with... Read More

Maximizing Event Detection for Unanticipated Major Event “Cascades” like COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence

7 minute read

| September 22, 2020

Maximizing Event Detection for Unanticipated Major Event “Cascades” like COVID-19

2020 has been a year unlike any other—from the initial outbreak of COVID-19, to the effects of the pandemic sweeping across the world, to record-breaking wildfires blazing... Read More

Gaining Valuable Time During a Corporate Crisis

Corporate Risk

3 minute read

| August 25, 2020

Gaining Valuable Time During a Corporate Crisis

It was an ambitious project from the start—Japan’s largest convenience store chain was launching its own mobile payments app, in a country where the majority of transactions... Read More

Announcements

4 minute read

| July 28, 2020

Risk Is Your Business

Every organization must embrace risk as part of their existence, from the early formation of a startup company, to the largest, most mature Global 1000 brand. As companies... Read More

Life at Dataminr

3 minute read

| June 24, 2020

Dataminr Celebrates Pride Month

Pride Month this year feels different, but very familiar in a lot of ways. As a Black, openly gay man, and the global lead of our LGBTQIA+ employee resource group... Read More

Corporate Risk

4 minute read

| May 26, 2020

How WeWork Uses Dataminr

Across the city, thousands of cell phones were pinging their owners, warning that an earthquake was imminent. In seconds, it came, rocking Mexico City at a 7.1 on the Richter... Read More

Real-Time Alerts and COVID-19: Planning for the

Corporate Risk

4 minute read

| April 21, 2020

Real-Time Alerts and COVID-19: Planning for the "Next Normal"

At Dataminr, we use our own real-time alerts day in and day out. Thanks to our early alerts on the spread of COVID-19, we had an early warning to make the decision to... Read More

Dataminr Celebrates Women's History Month

Life at Dataminr

2 minute read

| March 10, 2020

Dataminr Celebrates Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month and earlier this week, March 8th, marked International Women’s Day. As a woman who has worked in the technology industry since the late ‘90s,... Read More

Harnessing the Power of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to Make Social Impact

Life at Dataminr

3 minute read

| February 24, 2020

Harnessing the Power of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to Make Social Impact

Previously, I wrote about the importance of building better teams through diversity, equity and inclusion as the right thing to do and the best way to deliver exceptional... Read More