LAS Teams with IBM to Improve Global Reach and Accuracy of Identity Recognition; IBM incorporates LAS name searching and matching software within its Entity Analytics Solution.

HERNDON, Va. -- Language Analysis Systems, Inc., announced today that it has teamed with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to offer its powerful name-recognition technology with IBM's identity recognition products.

Under the agreement, LAS software will be available as a complementary component within IBM's Entity Analytic Solutions (EAS) offerings, providing a new level of accuracy, precision and fidelity to the concept of identity resolution. LAS also becomes an IBM Passport Advantage partner, meaning that IBM customers can easily purchase custom LAS software directly from IBM to be used in conjunction with the Entity Analytic Solutions products. LAS technology also is now available via IBM's GSA (General Services Administration) schedule with the U.S. Government.

Through this relationship, LAS will benefit from the close integration with IBM's groundbreaking identity resolution techniques, dramatically extending the capabilities of its software and offering customers an increased level of due diligence and security.

"Our agreement with IBM makes it possible for LAS customers to leverage knowledge-based systems for name matching in contrast to the older, less accurate key-based systems," said Jack Hermansen, CEO of LAS. "LAS technology is sensitive to the culture of a name and employs advanced linguistic algorithms that enhance accuracy. This methodology provides for a reduction in false positives and greater accuracy in name searches and matches."

"International governments and global corporations are increasingly challenged to improve their handling and recognition of personal and business names," said Don Outland, Director, IBM Information Management and Entity Analytic Solutions. "The combination of our identity resolution and the LAS name recognition capability enhances the industry-leading solutions we can offer to our global customers."

Through its intensive analysis of almost one billion names collected worldwide, LAS has automated the linguistic rules, which process names used throughout the world to define fast, accurate strategies for name matching and improved search outcomes. The company's technology helped U.S. special agents track the 9/11 terrorists to their Florida connections in the days following the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001.

About LAS

LAS has two decades of experience in making products that solve the complex problem of understanding unfamiliar names by combining computational linguistics with advanced software engineering. LAS software is used by Law Enforcement, U.S. Intelligence and Border Inspection agencies as well as commercial corporations. The government contracts that LAS has been awarded over the years have been "sole-source justified," meaning that no other company has the expertise needed to fulfill these advanced technology contracts. For more information, please visit www.las-inc.com.