Breakthrough in intelligent information analysis from software that thinks like humans.TYSON'S CORNER, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 16, 1996-- Government and corporate intelligence professionals today were introduced to powerful new computer software that promises a breakthrough in text retrieval to help government and businesses cope with a growing information overload A symptom of the high-tech age, which is too much information for one human being to absorb in an expanding world of people and technology. It comes from all sources including TV, newspapers, magazines as well as wanted and unwanted regular mail, e-mail and faxes. . DR-LINK(TM) is the first program of its kind to read and codify codify to arrange and label a system of laws. text on the same evaluative, predictive, and consequential con·se·quen·tial adj. 1. Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent. 2. Having important consequences; significant: levels as humans, which enables it to find data that other information systems are incapable of locating. It also eliminates the need to specify key words and databases. The new software was shown to attendees at the Open Source Symposium (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ) conference that drew over 800 government and corporate intelligence experts responsible for analyzing information from non-classified information sources. "This technology has profound implications for competitive intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, and other businesses where information makes a difference," said Mike Weiner, chief executive officer of Manning & Napier Information Services See Information Systems. based in Rochester, N.Y. "This is an example of government vision and private industry investment joining forces to solve a previously unsolvable problem," Weiner said. The underlying technology was originally conceptualized by government analysts, and then developed by a team of scientists at Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and , he added. Weiner's demonstration showed that DR-LINK can sort through millions of documents to come up with relevant responses to a query such as "I am interested in companies that are not profitable or are marginally profitable, are leaders in their market segment, and are predicted to return to profitability and dominate their market sector." DR-LINK proved smart enough to analyze more than just words, and produced documents that made business forecasts. "This advanced technology will significantly aid the intelligence community, investment analysts, journalists, and the legal profession," Weiner stated. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office uses DR-LINK technology for pending patent applications. Major intellectual property law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
More information about this technology can be found at website address www.mnis.net. Based in Rochester, N.Y., Manning & Napier Information Services is affiliated with Manning & Napier Advisors, a highly regarded investment advisory firm with more than $5 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. . CONTACT: Stanton-Crenshaw Communications Jennifer Gery, 212/727-3300 |
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