SANZ Awarded Contract from Marine Corps Intelligence Activity for EarthWhere(TM) Deployment; MCIA Selects EarthWhere for Geospatial Image Management and Production.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Today SANZ SANZ Standards Association of New Zealand SANZ South Africans in New Zealand (charitable trust) announced that the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Noun 1. Marine Corps Intelligence Activity - an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization MCIA (MCIA Noun 1. MCIA - an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization Marine Corps Intelligence Activity ) has selected EarthWhere to incorporate its large scale data management capabilities into its service production facilities at Quantico, VA. MCIA is a recognized "Center of Excellence" of Expeditionary Intelligence and provides the Marine Operating Forces Those forces whose primary missions are to participate in combat and the integral supporting elements thereof. See also combat forces; combat service support element; combat support elements. with intelligence in support of operational and pre-deployment planning, training and exercises. MCIA is fully integrated into the Defense Intelligence Analysis Program (DIAP DIAP Departamento de Investigação E Acção Penal (Portugese: Department of Investigation and Prosecution) DIAP Defense Information Assurance Program DIAP Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung ). Through this program, MCIA can be tasked to provide expeditionary warfare Expeditionary warfare is used to describe the organistion of a nations military to fight abroad, especially when deployed to fight away from its established bases at home or abroad. intelligence to support any national, theater, or operational command in the US Armed Forces. The unique and tailored analysis and production done by MCIA and its reserve production elements support not only the Marine Corps, but also the national decision-maker, theater commander, and operational war fighter. MCIA supports the Geographically Linked Information Dissemination Environment (GLIDE) to disseminate intelligence imagery products to operating forces and the larger intelligence community. "The use of EarthWhere in conjunction with GLIDE will provide MCIA with a way to quickly locate, provision and disseminate vital imagery intelligence products to decision-makers and planners," said Mark Hardy, vice president and general manager of the SANZ Geospatial Solutions Group. MCIA joins the growing list of Department of Defense agencies that are improving operations by implementing EarthWhere and geospatial data management services from SANZ. About SANZ SANZ is a subsidiary of SAN Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :SANZ). SANZ is a specialized data storage and geospatial management firm focused exclusively on the design, deployment and support of intelligent data management. SANZ delivers solutions that allow corporations and government agencies to secure their business-critical environments and maximize their IT investments. For more information, call 303-495-6346 or visit www.sanz.com. About MCIA The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity provides tailored intelligence and services to the Marine Corps, other services, and the Intelligence Community based on expeditionary mission profiles in littoral littoral /lit·to·ral/ (lit´ah-r'l) pertaining to the shore of a large body of water. littoral pertaining to the shore. areas. It supports the development of service doctrine, force structure, training and education, and acquisition. Copyright 2006 SANZ Inc. All rights reserved. EarthWhere is a trademark of SANZ Inc. All other names and/or logos are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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