2002 Winter Olympics Safe and Secure Supported by Four J's Development Tools and Versaterm's Versadex Software.Business Editors and Technology Writers Olympic Winter Games
DALLAS & OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 Law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). used the Versadex Software to monitor activity at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. Four J's Development Tools (Dallas, TX), a leading provider of development tools and deployment infrastructure for traditional and e-commerce business applications and Versaterm, Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), provider of public safety software solutions, announced their contribution to making the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City safe for athletes and attendees. As the world has become more security conscious, people were closely watching the security at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and with Versaterm and Four J's systems, the Games proved to be a security success. With these high-tech systems, officers in this multi-jurisdictional environment had access to and shared the same core information--arrests, warrants, criminal history, mug shots and prior criminal involvement among other critical information. Mobile workstations in the patrol cars also provided officers with complete and fast access to their local files and quick, easy access to state as well as national crime information centers. The Salt Lake City Police Department Salt Lake City Police Department The Salt Lake City Police department is headquartered in downtown Salt Lake City on 200 South and approximlately 330 East. History The Salt Lake City Police department was founded in ? High Profile Cases was dealing with extremely large crowds at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and having access to information regarding impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. threats was critical to ensuring everyone's safety at the events. Thanks to these types of systems athletes were able to focus on "Getting the Gold" as opposed to their safety, and attendees were able to enjoy the events and cheer on their team as opposed to looking over their shoulder. Our Business Development Language is customizable and can easily scale up and down to meet the demands, which is why Four J's was the ideal choice for Versaterm to enable their system at the 2002 Winter Olympics," Said Stephen Sykes The Right Reverend Professor Stephen Whitefield Sykes (b. 1 August 1939) retired as Principal of St John's College, Durham at the end of August 2006. He was formerly the Church of England Bishop of Ely, and has held professorial chairs in divinity at both Durham and , Vice President, General Manager Americas of Four J's Development Tools. Versaterm's Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software with integrated E911 emergency response and advanced mobile workstations in the patrol vehicles put vital information at police officers' fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . A number of agencies in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games region use the Police Records Management System (RMS) for gathering intelligence and disseminating information on involved individuals, businesses, vehicles and locations. "The 2002 Winter Olympic Games needed a reliable, proven and scalable system and there was no room for glitches or errors," said Warren Loomis, Vice President of Operation at Versaterm. "The world was watching and we knew our system could deliver. With our software and Four J's Business Development Language, we were able to deliver a system that was capable of meeting the demands and requirements of hosting a world class event." The Versadex CAD and RMS systems run on large UNIX servers configured for fault tolerant operations. The applications are written in Business Development Language (BDL BDL - Block Diagram Compiler ) from Four J's, which provides the framework for developing large comprehensive mission critical systems. About Four J's Four J's provides the tools for ongoing development of high volume, mission critical business applications, including a powerful Business Development Suite (BDS BDS abbr. Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS n abbr (= Bachelor of Dental Surgery) → título universitario BDS ), and a flexible, scalable deployment infrastructure. BDS enables rapid and predictable development and deployment of business logic across a variety of server, database, and end user platforms. Applications powered by Four J's support traditional Windows clients, are fully Internet enabled for eCommerce, and support HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , Java, and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. (TM) client devices for mobile access. With more than two million users and five thousand developers world wide, Four J's is installed across Fortune500(R) enterprises including DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature (TM), Wal-Mart(R), Kemper Insurance, Boeing(R) and JCPenny, as well as medium sized businesses and local, state and educational facilities. Four J's is a privately held, profitable company, with offices in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. About Versaterm, Inc. Versaterm Inc. develops, integrates, and supports mission-critical software solutions for public safety agencies (Police, Fire, EMS). The Versadex product line combines mobile workstations, a multi-agency CAD system, and a sophisticated law enforcement records management system for unparalleled control over your information. Versadex supports full multi-jurisdictional crime reporting, database information sharing, incident-based reporting, and access to adjoining police jurisdictions, state/national databases, law enforcement networks, and national criminal justice systems. Versadex includes wireless data transmission, online mapping, direct report entry, document imaging, and integrated mugshots. Versadex uses Adobe and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. to give our customers the power of web-based reporting and multi-jurisdictional information sharing. Four J's America and Four J's IDE are trademarks of Four J's Development Tools. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged. 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