Microlanguage Technology Aids the War Against Terrorism; Company's Software Boosts Performance of JISR Information Extraction Tools.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AMHERST, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003 Microlanguage(TM) (www.microlanguage.com), a provider of intelligent language processing
Language processing refers to the way human beings process speech or writing and understand it as language. solutions, today announced that its Thematix(TM) technology is an integral part of the US Army's Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. (JISR JISR Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ) program aimed at providing early entry forces improved situational awareness. According to the US Army, the mission of JISR is "to provide early entry forces and their supporting headquarters with significantly improved situational awareness by means of more effective and timely access, integration, and visualization of relevant multi-service multi-echelon intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) Software routine that is executed in response to an interrupt. ) information." Microlanguage's Thematix technology is one of several commercial-off-the-shelf products being integrated by Raytheon under the Initial Operational Capability The first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics that is manned or operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military unit or force. Also called IOC. phase of JISR. The role of Thematix is to increase the precision and thoroughness of the warfighter's understanding of enemy operations in an expanded battlespace. On Microlanguage's involvement in JISR, Robert Fritzinger, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Microlanguage, said "Given our role of extracting relevant information from a number of disparate data sources, the challenges we face supporting national defense and homeland security applications like JISR are actually no more complex than those presented by content management systems in Fortune 1000 enterprises. In each case, Thematix real-time semantic data extraction and tagging enables the end user to quickly access and pinpoint the data they need as actionable information. That's our value-add." Microlanguage expects their involvement in JISR to continue through the Deployment phase of JISR which is scheduled to begin in FY04. About Microlanguage Founded in April, 2001, Microlanguage has quickly established itself as a leading provider of natural language processing Natural language processing Computer analysis and generation of natural language text. The goal is to enable natural languages, such as English, French, or Japanese, to serve either as the medium through which users interact with computer systems such as technology in the homeland security (HLS (Hue Lightness Saturation) A color space that is closely related to HSB, except that Brightness is called Lightness and is measured from 0 to 1 rather than from 0 to 100%. See HSB. ) and national defense market sectors. Microlanguage's Thematix technology enables knowledge and content management systems to more precisely and thoroughly identify, tag and extract content from a variety of unstructured data sources, and for a variety of applications including: intelligence analysis, document searches, and push news. Superior technology has also enabled Microlanguage to build important technology partnerships, and relationships with three of the top four systems integrators that support the HLS market.. For more information on Microlanguage and Thematix, visit Microlanguage on the web at microlanguage.com, or call them at 610.995.1017. Microlanguage(TM) and Thematix(TM) are trademarks of Microlanguage Incorporated. Other product names or corporate references may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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