Tag: intelligence
Analytics Vendor NCI Acquired By Investors
NCI Inc., a big data analytics and IT vendor to the Defense Department and other federal and state government agencies, said it has agreed to be acquired by a private equity investment fund. NCI said Monday (July 3) i Read more…
CIA Investor Targets Analytics
The CIA's investment arm continues to back emerging analytics vendors, this time targeting visual analytics specialist Zoomdata Inc. in a technology development agreement that follows the roll out of the company's big da Read more…
How Big Data Analytics Can Help Fight ISIS
The rapid rise of the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) this summer grabbed the world's attention and led to military action by the U.S. and its allies. While drones and smart bombs pick apart ISIS f Read more…
How DARPA Does Big Data
This week we step back to see how the recent U.S government's push to further big data technologies is panning out--and how a military intelligence research agency like DARPA is addressing their own set of specific challenges. We zoom in on a number of specifics projects, including Mind's Eye, PROCEED, XDATA and others to gain a.... Read more…
Digital Reasoning Refreshes Text Analytics
Entity-oriented analytics software company Digital Reasoning, has had a foot in the federal door since its founding, but with a fresh round of Series B funding, is looking to take its big data analytics platform deeper into the enterprise. Read more…