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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 02, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 22
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ExperTelligence ANNOUNCES ANTI-TERRORIST GRID
ExperTelligence Inc announced recently that it has developed software
technology for an anti-terrorist computer network capable of linking local,
state, and federal law enforcement databases to better identify potential
terrorists living or traveling in the United States. The ExperTelligence
system, called Homeland Security Information Exchange (HS/IE), handles the
problem of the different databases having different formats, protocols, and
operating environments. "If the New York State Police suspects someone is a
potential terrorist and that person is stopped for a broken taillight in New
Mexico at 2:45 AM on a Sunday," says William Urschel, CEO of ExperTelligence,
"our HS/IE Network can alert the proper authorities before the suspect drives
away."
HS/IE Network is a hub-based network and is not a database. It does not store
any data. When implemented, the HS/IE Network would be a communication system
between existing databases linking over 18,000 domestic law enforcement
agencies in real time -- giving every officer up-to-the-second information on
every suspect, every alert, and every arrest. "Crucial information already
exists, somewhere," said Denison Bollay, ExperTelligence's founder and chief
technology officer, "but it just isn't accessible everywhere."
According to the Company, law enforcement agencies would not have to modify or
replace their existing databases. Each database in the HS/IE Network only
needs a small, inexpensive module to export data to the HS/IE Hub. The data is
streamed through the Hub in industry-standard XML (Extensible Markup Language)
format. To scan for potential suspects, authorized government agencies can
attach "automatic search agents" or "filters" to trigger a response when a
potential suspect matching a pre-determined profile is processed by any agency
throughout the United States.
The HS/IE Network hasn't yet been implemented and isn't currently linked to
any law enforcement databases.
Urschel said, however, that the HS/IE technology was developed and tested at a
cost of over $2 million. It was first used in the ExperTelligence's real-time,
profile-based web advertising network, Advertising Commerce Network, which
specifically identifies visitors to web sites and selects the proper ads based
on the profile of that visitor. Built from off-the-shelf components from IBM,
Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and other mainstream suppliers,
the first hub in the network can handle a billion transactions a month.
ExperTelligence Inc., founded in 1980, has operated as a technology incubator,
creating over 15 separate products and seven patents to date. In addition to
its flagship product, the Advertising Commerce Network, the company has
developed and owns 3DStockCharts and WebBase. From 1988 to 1990 the company
also worked under contract for the Central Intelligence Agency to develop a
precursor to HTML and web browsers. ExperTelligence shares are traded over the
counter and there are approximately 2.6 million shares currently outstanding.
ExperTelligence's Web site is at www.expertelligence.com/.
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