FBI getting IT right again!
I like to know and present all relevant sides of a story, so when I came across this today I thought it would make good reading for anyone who saw the recent story about the FBI getting it all wrong when it comes to software systems. It seems they're back on track with the recent unveiling of an investigative intelligence system that looks very impressive indeed.
In an effort to restore confidence in the agency as the 9/11 anniversary comes round again, they demoed the Investigative Data Warehouse which brings together data from 50 previously disparate systems, no mean feat.
Quote:
"Grigg said that before 2002, it would take 32,222 hours to run 1,000names and birth dates across 50 databases. Now agents can make such asearch in 30 minutes or less, he said."
Read the full article here, courtesy of the Washington Post.technorati tags:FBI, Investigative, Data, Warehouse, Mining, IT, Software, Systems
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