Defense Intelligence Agency Selects TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Solutions for Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Community
May 12, 2011 No CommentsSOURCE: TIBCO
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has selected the TIBCO Spotfire® Analytics Platform for its enterprise analytics requirements within the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS). By leveraging predictive analytics of Spotfire, users like the DIA will gain the power to make quick, real-time decisions that will in turn give them an advantage over others.
With more than 16,500 military and civilian employees worldwide, DIA is a major producer and manager of foreign military intelligence. Within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, DIA provides military intelligence to personnel in the field, defense policymakers, and force planners in support of U.S. military planning and operations, and weapon systems acquisition.
“Years ago, the Abrams tank marked a new technological era on the warfront but tomorrow’s battlefield will be fought in the information realm,” said Rock Gnatovich, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Spotfire, TIBCO Software Inc. “Achieving the concept of ‘the two-second advantage’ – or the ability to capture the right information at the right time and act on it preemptively for a competitive advantage – is absolutely critical to the time-sensitive nature of today’s global intelligence environment.”