ATS Acquires Voyager Systems; ATS and Voyager Public Safety Solutions Employ Wireless Technology and Open Standards to Meet the Critical Information Sharing Needs of U.S. Law Enforcement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2004 Advanced Technology Systems, Inc. (ATS) today announced it has acquired Voyager Systems, Inc., a San Diego-based developer of secure wireless solutions and services for Federal, state, and local 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). and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States personnel. Voyager will operate as a division of ATS alongside the company's public safety product team, and the combined units will focus on delivering the most technologically advanced solutions to improve law enforcement information sharing See data conferencing. , interoperability, communication, and officer and public safety in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The acquisition brings together two leading criminal justice solutions providers and marks a significant development for the law enforcement and homeland security communities. The combined ATS Pyramid and Voyager product suites will foster secure, reliable, and cost effective collaboration and integration of the information, people, systems, and devices integral to our country's public safety systems. "The acquisition of Voyager Systems affirms our corporate commitment to delivering transformational solutions that revolutionize the communication and information sharing practices of law enforcement organizations across the country," said Claude Rumsey, Vice Chairman of ATS. "Voyager brings ATS a suite of sophisticated wireless solutions and a team of talented professionals with significant expertise in delivering secure wireless access to the criminal justice community over many handheld devices. We intend to exploit our expanded knowledge base and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the technical synergies between our Pyramid products and Voyager solutions to further accelerate our presence in the public safety sector." Voyager's services and applications allow agents and officers to access and send critical data securely over a range of public wireless data networks and wireless and/or wired devices - including desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and Java-enabled cell phones. The ATS Voyager flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Voyager Query(TM), provides secure wireless access to standard queries, such as wants, warrants checks, and driving record searches, on Federal, state, and local agency databases, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC NCIC National Crime Information Center NCIC National Cancer Institute of Canada NCIC North Carolina Industrial Commission NCIC National Cartographic Information Center NCIC National Cancer Information Center (American Cancer Society) ) and other agency-specific data sources. The ATS Voyager solutions, which are FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 140-2 compliant with end to end 128-bit AES encryption, enhance law enforcement personnel effectiveness, ensure situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in and safety, and facilitate on-scene decision-making while maintaining the highest levels of data security. "With complementary technical architectures, ATS Pyramid and Voyager products are uniquely positioned to empower U.S. law enforcement agencies with affordable, easy access to information from disparate sources," added Martin Gillespie, Chief Technology Officer for Voyager Systems. "By joining the ATS team, Voyager will gain more exposure in the Federal market, a traditional early-adopter of wireless services, and ATS will benefit from our strong customer base in the state, county, and local governments. Together, we will help eliminate the information sharing barriers that exist among states and between levels of government, and contribute to building a robust, scalable national law enforcement communication system." The ATS Pyramid and Voyager solutions utilize Microsoft's .NET architecture and support open, industry standard technologies. Initial Pyramid and Voyager product integration will deliver law enforcement clients Voyager's leading wireless technology and the innovative Web-based desktop Pyramid solution from ATS. The solutions will join at the message router (switch) level and employ the ATS Pyramid 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. Message Router (XMR) to provide law enforcement organizations fast, secure, reliable and economic access to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (NLETS NLETS National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System ), NCIC, and other agency-specific data sources. For more information about ATS and the Pyramid public safety products, visit www.atsva.com. To learn about Voyager, visit www.voyagersystemsinc.com. About ATS Founded in 1978, Advanced Technology Systems (ATS), Inc. specializes in the development of information technology systems and solutions for government and commercial clients. ATS core technology competencies include Enterprise Solutions, Enabling Technology, and Infrastructure Support, with specific domain expertise in areas such as homeland security, financial and asset management, law enforcement, and e-business systems. With annual revenues exceeding $100 million, ATS ranks in the top 10 percent of IT companies in the Washington Metropolitan area The Washington Metropolitan Area, formally known as the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004. . The ATS Public Safety practice focuses on delivering the most technologically advanced solutions to advance interoperability, information sharing, and communication among federal, state, and local law enforcement and homeland security personnel using XML, Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , and wireless capabilities. Based on open standards technology, our suite of criminal justice solutions have a direct effect on public and officer safety, and delivery of improved criminal justice services to the public. For information about ATS and its products and services, visit www.atsva.com. |
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