Ness Technologies Launches Two Systems That Help Fight Terror and Crime in Urban Areas, at ISDEF

Ness Technologies Launches Two Systems That Help Fight Terror and Crime in
Urban Areas, at ISDEF

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, October 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness
Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC and TASE: NSTC), a global provider of information
technology services and solutions, today announced the launch of two systems
that help fight terror and crime in urban areas, at ISDEF - Israel Defense,
the international army and police exhibition, being held October 12-14, 2009,
in Tel Aviv, Israel. The first system is ASM - Area Smart Monitoring, and the
second is The Sixth Sense - a system that identifies suspicious persons in an
urban scene.
ASM builds intelligence situation pictures for urban areas. The system is
based on a real-time data fusion and sensor management engine that integrates
information acquired in real-time with analyzed intelligence information. The
system monitors urban areas and helps enhance urban security, creating a
real-time urban situation picture that provides critical information to
homeland security, law enforcement and public safety agencies. ASM identifies
and tracks suspicious activities of individuals or groups, and helps prevent
terror and criminal acts, as well as capture suspects after an event has
occurred. The system generates alerts when suspected activities are detected.
The real-time information is received from various sources, such as
cellular location systems, license plate recognition systems, video cameras
equipped with automatic content analysis algorithms, GPS location systems and
human observers.
ASM can work in two modes of operation: collection mode and command and
control mode. In collection mode, the system collects, integrates and
displays information gathered on a person, a group or a site, enabling the
user to create a routine behavior pattern. In command and control mode, ASM
integrates in real-time the data received from the real-time sources with the
analyzed intelligence data.
The Sixth Sense is an automatic system that alerts the end user to
abnormal patterns of motion. A scene is surveilled by video cameras. All
moving objects (e.g., humans, animals, vehicles) are automatically detected
and tracked. Each trajectory is carefully examined in order to determine
whether it is normal or not. Two types of alerts are produced by the system.
The first is based on user definitions, such as loitering, running, abrupt
direction changes, etc. The second is based on system self-learning. It
accumulates statistics during the learning stage and applies them to each
incoming trajectory during the recognition stage.
The Sixth Sense can also be integrated within the ASM as a source of
information immediately and directly contributing to the urban situation
picture generated by the ASM. Sixth Sense successfully deals with crowded
urban areas where human operators can hardly perceive and absorb all the
incoming information. In such situations the system draws the operator's
attention to specific events in the scene. The system is also used in the
areas where human supervision is not available 24 hours a day.
"Terror and crime in urban areas are a growing threat to public safety in
many countries. ASM and The Sixth Sense enable continuous monitoring and
information collection, both in routine and emergency times, in order to spot
unusual behavior and identify potential threats," said Michael Zinderman,
President, Technologies & Systems Group (TSG), Ness Technologies. "These
systems are another milestone in our portfolio of innovative systems serving
military, homeland security, law enforcement and emergency agencies."
About Ness Technologies
Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC) is a global provider of IT and business
services and solutions with specialized expertise in software product
engineering; system integration, application development and consulting; and
software distribution. Ness delivers its portfolio of solutions and services
using a global delivery model combining offshore, near-shore and local teams.
With about 7,800 employees, Ness maintains operations in 18 countries, and
partners with numerous software and hardware vendors worldwide. For more
information about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com.
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results or those projected in forward-looking statements include the "Risk
Factors" described in Ness' Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009. Ness is under no
obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its
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information, subsequent events or otherwise.
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Intl: +972-54-425-5307
Email: media.int@ness.com

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USA: +1-201-488-3262
Email: investor@ness.com

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