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LAS, Memex Team up To Enhance Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism Tools; Criminal intelligence software leader adds advanced name-recognition tools from LAS
HERNDON, Va. --(Business Wire)-- April 27, 2004 -- Language Analysis Systems announced today a partnership with Memex, Inc., the global leader in criminal and counter-terrorism intelligence software, to improve the name searching and matching capabilities of many law enforcement agencies. The integration of LAS and Memex technologies means police forces and government agencies will be better equipped to meet their new counter-terrorism objectives and to facilitate the sharing of intelligence information between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
LAS's products solve the complex problems of decoding multi-cultural names by combining computational linguistics expertise with advanced software engineering. LAS software gives law enforcement professionals a powerful tool to understand names and match them against various databases and watch lists.
Memex, based in Vienna, Virginia, provides powerful intelligence management and analysis tools used by intelligence, investigative and law enforcement agencies worldwide, including the London Metropolitan Police Service (New Scotland Yard), New Jersey State Police, and New Jersey Office of Counter Terrorism. The Memex intelligence system is also used in the commercial fraud arena, and Memex search and analysis technology is deployed at U.S. defense sites worldwide.
Memex has developed a solution that increases both the depth (supporting more and more in-house data sources) and breadth (sharing information with other agencies, third parties and accessing open sources) of intelligence information, allowing police officers to input, develop, evaluate and disseminate data, and cross reference that data to find patterns of criminal activity.
"Merging this powerful name-recognition technology into our criminal intelligence capability brings great value to the solution we provide our customers," said Robert Kim Wilson, Chief Executive Officer at Memex. "People are the most common focus of any investigation but, at the same time, their names are the least understood data element in law enforcement systems today. Investigators and analysts must deal with an increasing number of unfamiliar names as their jurisdictions become more ethnically diverse and their missions expand to include counter-terrorism. Our customers rely on us to provide best-of-breed technologies to support their burgeoning responsibilities as both traditional crime fighters and the first line of defense against terrorists. LAS clearly has the most advanced technology in the intelligence arena for the purpose of processing and understanding names."
Memex provides law enforcement agencies with an operational intelligence system that enables secure management, development and sharing of intelligence information targeting the three levels of crime: single jurisdictional, multi-jurisdictional and global. The system enables proactive and efficient use of scarce law enforcement resources by facilitating the sharing of information between departments, providing a secure platform for inter-jurisdictional intelligence activities.
Instead of wasting time searching for information, law enforcement officials can focus their energies on preventing and solving crimes. The addition of advanced name-recognition technology to an already powerful search and analysis capability will provide vital intelligence links that may not be detected using ordinary name searching techniques and can also provide additional valuable information about the bearer of a name.
A recent product forum held by Memex highlighted the value of this partnership as leading law enforcement officers described the technology integration as "a tool that could revolutionize the counter-terrorism operations of many agencies."
"Just as Memex has spent 20 years developing technology to allow organizations to develop quality intelligence to aid and direct investigations, LAS has spent 20 years analyzing almost a billion names to understand the nuances of names throughout the world," said Jack Hermansen, CEO of LAS. "Together, Memex and LAS give law enforcement officials powerful software for processing large amounts of data, so they can make crucial decisions quickly. These tools will assure that law enforcement officials are matching the right names and avoiding false positives."
LAS is the world's recognized leader in providing multi-cultural name recognition software solutions for mission-critical applications. LAS has worked with U.S. Intelligence and Border Protection agencies for nearly two decades, developing a revolutionary and patent-pending approach to name matching and searching, going far beyond simplistic Soundex and key-based approaches. LAS technologies are designed for dealing with unfamiliar names and the different ways they are romanized.
Besides its traditional criminal justice work, Memex also has worked with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), one of the U.S.'s leading commercial fraud agencies, since 1999. Memex helps NICB make dramatic inroads in the fight against insurance fraud and theft, which costs the U.S. insurance industry billions of dollars each year. LAS technology will also be integrated into Memex applications that serve the insurance industry.
About Memex, Inc.
Memex was founded in 1979 and has since grown to become a world leader in intelligence software. Memex technology and expertise has a wide variety of users in the criminal intelligence, defense intelligence and commercial fraud sectors, and Memex's core search and analysis technology, the Memex Intelligence Engine, is in use at U.S. Department of Defense sites worldwide as part of the Pathfinder program.
The Memex intelligence solution has been deployed to local, state, and federal agencies throughout the United States and United Kingdom and is widely regarded as the best solution available to address the challenges and requirements of a modern intelligence environment. Memex has 15 years experience in developing intelligence solutions for the law enforcement arena and is able to advise not only on the technical infrastructure required to build an enterprise-wide intelligence management system, but also on best practices, training methods and workflow processes. For more information, visit www.memex.com.
About Language Analysis Systems
LAS has two decades of experience in making products that solve the complex problem of understanding unfamiliar names by combining computational linguistics with advanced software engineering. LAS software is used by Law Enforcement, U.S. Intelligence and Border Inspection agencies as well as commercial corporations. The government contracts that LAS has been awarded over the years have been "sole-source justified," meaning that no other company has the expertise needed to fulfill these advanced technology contracts. For more information, visit www.las-inc.com.
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