Analysts International Corporation Leads Partnership to Enhance Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center's Information
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN and LAS VEGAS, NV, Jul 23 (MARKET
WIRE) --
Analysts International Corporation (AIC) (NASDAQ: ANLY), a leading
systems integrator for State and Local Government, and RiverGlass
Incorporated, a provider of intelligent web monitoring and analytics
solutions, have joined together with Microsoft Corporation to help deploy
an information sharing and analytics solution for the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
"The LVMPD is continuously seeking to prevent, reduce and disrupt crime
and terrorism through the effective use of innovation and technology,"
said Skip Fogus, General Manager, AIC's Government Solutions Division.
"Together with its partners, AIC will provide the Southern Nevada Counter
Terrorism Center (SNCTC) with improved information sharing and analysis
tools that better support law enforcement's mission of protecting the
people, property and rights of the Las Vegas community."
"If we're responding to an event, we've already lost," said LVMPD
Lieutenant and SNCTC Director Tom Monahan. "AIC's solution will help us to
quickly and accurately assemble information and turn it into knowledge so
that we are better prepared to prevent an act of terrorism, solve a crime,
identify trends and appropriately deploy our resources. Improving the
speed and accuracy of our work will help us to make Las Vegas the safest
community in America."
The new information sharing and analysis solution designed by AIC aligns
with the LVMPD's existing Microsoft-based enterprise architecture and
leverages national industry standards such as the National Information
Exchange Model (NIEM) and the Justice Reference Architecture (JRA). The
solution incorporates the RiverGlass Fusion Center Solution Suite(TM),
applying sophisticated machine learning techniques to analyze disparate
data and address the information overload problems facing intelligence
analysts today.
"AIC's proven team provided the best solution to improve our information
sharing and analysis capabilities," said Phil Roland, LVMPD's Chief
Information Officer. "Their use of national integration standards and
service oriented architecture provides us with a more flexible solution
and mitigates risk. Speed was also a factor: within just a few weeks AIC
will deliver the first set of tools for our fusion center analysts."
"We look forward to helping transform the way the LVMPD gains situational
awareness and actionable intelligence from the high volume and velocity of
data in Southern Nevada," said Kirk D. Dauksavage, RiverGlass CEO. "Thanks
to our partners, AIC and Microsoft, RiverGlass technology will be
integrated with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007(TM), providing a
rich communication and collaboration environment for law enforcement to
quickly share time-sensitive information anytime, anywhere."
"Government agencies with law enforcement and homeland security missions
like the LVMPD are realizing enormous value in terms of speed, accuracy,
intelligence and safety by 'connecting the dots' from data generated by a
tip, dispatch, arrest or booking," said Gail Thomas-Flynn, State and Local
Government General Manager for Microsoft's US Public Sector business. "The
Microsoft Office System and enterprise application server technology, such
as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, offer the flexibility and
seamless integration that make these benefits possible."
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential. Microsoft continues to focus on providing software
to organizations that will empower them to make good business decisions
based on data. Microsoft's Public Sector organization has invested
significantly in building an architecture for sharing information to help
improve public safety. Microsoft works with system integrator partners
such as AIC to bring this expertise to fusion center and intelligence-led
policing projects.
About RiverGlass
RiverGlass, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced, intelligent web
information collection and analysis solutions. The company was formed in
2003 to commercialize eight years of grant-funded research at the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of
Illinois. RiverGlass provides application solutions to government agencies
and commands in defense, intelligence, law enforcement and major
corporations. RiverGlass is a private company with principal offices in
West Chicago, Illinois and Champaign, Illinois.
About Analysts International Corporation's Government Solutions Division
The Government Solutions Division of Analysts International Corporation
(AIC) is a leading systems integrator for State and Local Government. The
Division helps government clients share information across departments,
agencies and jurisdictions, leveraging deep industry-specific knowledge
and proven components. Possessing deep expertise in law enforcement,
justice, public safety and homeland security, AIC's Government Solutions
Division focuses this knowledge to help clients solve business and
technology issues associated with information sharing, interoperability,
system integration, information workflow and continuity of operations.
About Analysts International Corporation
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Analysts International Corporation (AIC) is
a diversified IT services company. With sales and customer support
offices in the United States and Canada, AIC provides information
technology solutions and staffing services, including: Technology
Solutions, which provides network services, infrastructure, application
integration, IP telephony and hardware solutions to the middle market;
Professional Services, which provides highly skilled, project managers,
business analysts, developers and other IT consultants to assist its
clients with strategic change; and IT Resources Staffing, which provides
best value, best response supply of resources to high-volume clients. For
more information, visit www.analysts.com.
AIC Contact:
Marne Oberg
952.838.2867
RiverGlass Contact:
Nancy Dobrozdravic
630.578.4267
Microsoft Contact:
Rapid Response Team
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/contactpr.mspx
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