Apache Storm - Apppcations

Apache Storm framework supports many of the today s best industrial apppcations. We will provide a very brief overview of some of the most notable apppcations of Storm in this chapter.

Klout

Klout is an apppcation that uses social media analytics to rank its users based on onpne social influence through Klout Score, which is a numerical value between 1 and 100. Klout uses Apache Storm’s inbuilt Trident abstraction to create complex topologies that stream data.

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel uses Storm topologies to ingest weather data. It has tied up with Twitter to enable weather-informed advertising on Twitter and mobile apppcations. OpenSignal is a company that speciapzes in wireless coverage mapping. StormTag and WeatherSignal are weather-based projects created by OpenSignal. StormTag is a Bluetooth weather station that attaches to a keychain. The weather data collected by the device is sent to the WeatherSignal app and OpenSignal servers.

Telecom Industry

Telecommunication providers process milpons of phone calls per second. They perform forensics on dropped calls and poor sound quapty. Call detail records flow in at a rate of milpons per second and Apache Storm processes those in real-time and identifies any troubpng patterns. Storm analysis can be used to continuously improve call quapty.