Press Release: FBI Turns to ClearForest To Power New Counter-Terrorism Data System


Abstract
Unstructured Data Management system to ensure discovery and sharing of all FBI terrorism-related information internally and with the CIA, Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal agencies.

Ok, now this is a little scary (just kidding). I mean I am a fan of ClearForest but it is a little weird to think about one of your analysis tools being used by a government agency that would have to kill you if you knew what they were doing. Of course this could turn out to be a good thing as well if the government pays for all kinds of interesting research that migrates into the private sector. This is certainly the case with the folks who bring us VantagePoint.

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FBI Turns to ClearForest To Power New Counter-Terrorism Data System
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Unstructured Data Management system to ensure discovery and sharing of all FBI terrorism-related information internally and with the CIA, Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal agencies.

Washington, DC-(April 15, 2003)- ClearForest, a leader in transforming unstructured content into valuable insights, today announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has selected ClearTags™ and
ClearResearch from ClearForest to power the bureau's new counter-terrorism data system. ClearResearch will be used to quickly analyze the FBI's entire document repository-over 1 billion existing documents plus up to one thousand new documents per day-improving collaboration around the
FBI's terrorism-related information, both internally and with the CIA, the Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal agencies. The data management system is intended to enhance the government's ability to thwart terrorist attacks.

To power the new program, called Terrorism and Intelligence Data Information Sharing Data Mart, the FBI will deploy ClearResearch on the desktops of all 300 analysts in the agency, enabling them to quickly draw
valuable, previously unknown insights from counter-terrorism intelligence gathered from disparate sources, and to respond immediately and efficiently to field events, based on the total information environment.
The bureau plans to connect the data mart to state and local databases, telephone records, Pentagon databases, Drug Enforcement Agency and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm databases, the State Department's visa database and other agencies.

"ClearForest's technology will help the FBI fight terrorism by uncovering mission critical insights that are currently hidden in huge masses of intelligence data" said Barak Pridor, CEO of ClearForest, "We are very
proud to have been chosen by the Bureau to participate in this critical counter-terrorism program and contribute to America's national security".

ClearForest offers a product suite designed to rapidly extract value from an organization's textual content base. Utilizing state of the art Intelligent Hybrid Tagging techniques, ClearForest automatically
classifies documents and discovers pertinent entities, facts, events and relationships buried within documents, producing richly tagged XML. ClearForest's intelligence applications automatically integrate the tagged content and deliver highly visual, interactive summaries designed to allow users rapid and valuable insights into mission critical intelligence - a capability never before available. This enables intelligence professionals to identify patterns, trends and insights that were previously unknown, resulting in faster decisions and rapid actions, based on the total available information environment.

About ClearForest
ClearForest is the leading provider of next generation unstructured data management (UDM) software products. ClearForest enables research-intensive organizations and their content providers to make educated decisions and accelerate time to market, by enhancing the value of internal and external
unstructured information. Results are delivered in a highly visual, interactive and actionable form. ClearForest is used at Global 2000 firms for a wide variety of meta-tagging and UDM business intelligence
applications. Customers include Dow Chemical, Rohm and Haas, USJF, Thomson Financial, and Ford Motor Company. ClearForest is headquartered in New York with R&D facilities in Israel and sales offices in Washington DC. For more information on ClearForest, please visit http://www.clearforest.com, email info@clearforest.com or call 212-432-1515.

Media Contacts:

ClearForest Corporation Contact
Omer Malchin
ClearForest Corp.
(415) 970-5204
omer@clearforest.com

Posted: Tue - April 15, 2003 at 08:33 PM   Patinformatics   Vendor News   Email Comments

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