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Adapting From Reactive Firefighting To Pandemic Management

IBM i2 Analyst Notebook (ANB) has long been a popular tool installed at many law enforcement agencies worldwide. In fact, although IBM i2 ANB has its roots in the 1990s, this venerable product is still the most common link chart tool that we encounter when talking to agencies around the world. However, we frequently hear from customers that they are looking for IBM i2 competitors. One of the key IBM i2 competitors is DataWalk, which is a modern, fully integrated Enterprise solution for entity analytics and much more.

A common customer need in law enforcement, intelligence, and military applications is to easily generate and share target packages.

We’ve talked with a number of customers who are looking for a SAS Memex replacement, and who are using this as an opportunity to consider expanding their capabilities for data access and analysis. That’s true – link analysis is one of the things that can be done in our software – but it’s important to recognize that DataWalk is far more than just link analysis.

Some people who see our product for the first time conclude that “DataWalk does link analysis.” That’s true – link analysis is one of the things that can be done in our software – but it’s important to recognize that DataWalk is far more than just link analysis.

Law enforcement nightmare scenario comes true: Imagine a detective’s nightmare: a criminal without fingerprints, able to teleport to any location immediately and wearing a cloak of invisibility. Sounds like pure sci-fi? It shouldn’t. It’s a reality of today’s cyberworld, where criminal networks increasingly recognize the superpowers given to them by the cryptocurrency world.

Data mining generally refers to using advanced techniques – including machine learning, statistical analysis, and querying - to find patterns and anomalies in large volumes of data. DataWalk is a full-stack solution for data analysis, with a robust set of features for data mining:

DataWalk is a full-stack software platform for data analysis, and utilizes unique DataWalk technology which enables superior performance for graph analytics and graph algorithms. We should first define that Graph Analytics (or Graph Algorithms) are analytic algorithms which can be used to identify patterns and relationships between objects on a network graph. A network graph is also known as a link chart.

The concept of Intelligence-Led Policing has been around for years, yet adoption of Intelligence-Led Policing is somewhat inconsistent. To help organizations that are either considering a move to Intelligence-Led Policing, or who would like to enhance their results with their Intelligence-Led Policing initiatives, in this brief article we offer suggested best practices.

We are sometimes asked “what makes DataWalk different than other fraud detection software companies?” Here’s a list:

DataWalk intelligence analysis software enables law enforcement, intelligence, and military organizations to efficiently generate actionable intelligence from vast amounts of data spread across disparate data sources.

We’ve recently encountered situations where a customer had data that was too complex for a SQL database, so they attempted to utilize a graph database (specifically Neo4j) and developed custom software on top…but those efforts failed due to programming issues, performance problems, or functionality limitations. These customers then selected DataWalk, effectively as a Neo4j alternative (or more generally, as a graph database alternative).

DataWalk is an Enterprise-class data analysis platform which includes robust link analysis software and much more. DataWalk enables analysts to deliver better results, and to deliver them much faster.

As we continue to expand our presence in the market for intelligence and investigation solutions in North America, we are excited to announce that industry veteran Paul Rivet has joined DataWalk as Senior Account Executive responsible for the Western United States and Canada.