Base One International Retains Four Star Group to Market Key Technologies Needed in War on Terrorism.High Tech & Business Editors Topical News: War On Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2003 Proprietary software can withstand attack; allows multiple levels of security access & restriction Base One International Corporation (www.boic.com), a leading software company specializing in high reliability and high security information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of systems, has entered in to an agreement with Four Star Group (www.fourstargroup.com), a marketing consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that bridges the gap between the commercial and government sectors. Four Star Group will be the exclusive marketing representative to the public sector of Base One's patent-pending high speed, high precision database technologies, which are the key components needed in the United States' war on terrorism. "Having surveyed the landscape of technological innovation and assessed the government's global data mining and data fusion Data fusion, is generally defined as the use of techniques that combine data from multiple sources and gather that information in order to achieve inferences, which will be more efficient than if they were achieved by means of a single source. needs, there is no question that Base One's proprietary technology is years ahead of its time," said Edward Lee There is more than one person with the name Edward Lee listed in Wikipedia.
Base One has developed fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. systems that integrate and process massive and disparate databases that enable intelligence analysts unprecedented access to mission critical information. Implementation of this technology will arm law enforcement and counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. officials with the ability to prevent and respond to an attack and includes automated recovery from hardware and software errors and crashes. An evaluation in October 2001 by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Noun 1. Naval Research Laboratory - the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines NRL concluded that this same software would be well suited to use in security applications such as data mining. Additionally, Base One has developed groundbreaking security components that address key data privacy concerns. Never before has there been a system that allows the various intelligence and corporate entities tied in to the system to retain sufficient control of their sensitive data while still permitting relevant access to approved users. Base One's proprietary security components leverage high-reliability, transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. database systems to control who should be allowed to view sensitive data or perform restricted operations. The Company also supplies tools for secure, remote database and user administration plus grid technology for distributed computing across the Internet for all known database software. With unparalleled knowledge of technology, security and intelligence in both the private and public sectors, Four Star Group's network of corporate leaders and military experts identifies and marries public sector business opportunities with cutting edge technologies developed in the private sector. By serving as the liaison between these two distinct worlds, Four Star Group develops unique solutions that effectively address the nation's most critical information and security needs. "Four Star Group immediately understood how our software addresses the intricate data mining and privacy demands of the government's counterterrorism efforts," explained Steven Asherman, president and chief scientist, Base One International Corporation. "More importantly, their knowledge of the government procurement process opens doors to new markets for our product that previously would have been impossible for us to penetrate. There is no greater reward than knowing that our product will play a vital role in protecting our national security," he concluded. About Base One International Corporation Base One's consulting specialty is creating ultra secure database applications, especially for industries requiring fail-safe systems such as banking, insurance, securities, advertising and accounting. BOIC has successfully completed projects for Deutsche Bank (securities custody reporting for over $50 billion in securities), Marsh & McLennan (insurance risk management and reporting to more than 400 corporate clients), and Competitive Media Reporting (the leading ad tracking Web site, to report expenditure and occurrence data to ad agencies, advertisers, broadcasters, and publishers). In addition, BOIC software technologies are used by the U.S. Navy (Surface and Air Warfare Centers), NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. , Hewlett Packard, Business Objects, U.S. Bank, and Fidelity Federal Bank. (www.boic.com) |
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