Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are circuit boards that can be programmed by the user for a variety of applications including lawful intercept and government surveillance. FPGAs are important to ISS because they accelerate the capture of “unstructured” data, i.e., any type that does not follow a predefined data model, from voice to SMS, video, HTML web … [Read more...]
Verint Intelligence Fusion Center – Great Thing, or Same Thing?
Verint made a huge push on its Intelligence Fusion Center in 2016, hawking the Big Data Analytics platform for ISS solution at trade shows ‘round the world and in a series of online videos. Intelligence Fusion Center is a fine solution, not a bad thing, at all. The problem is it’s the same thing - nearly identical to any number of other solutions competing in the same … [Read more...]
Taiwan’s Decision Group: Leading the AsiaPac Race for DPI
Three AsiaPac DPI vendors dominate the market for surveillance-focused Deep Packet Inspection in AsiaPac and beyond: Taiwan’s Decision Group, Singapore’s Expert Team and Korea’s Hanvit. Although small compared to vendors of multipurpose standalone DPI solutions such as Sandvine, Allot, Cisco, Procera, Qosmos and others, each has carved out a healthy niche in the DPI for … [Read more...]
A Look Inside Real Time Predictive Analytics
With the recent flurry of attention focused on the role of Big Data analytics in influencing not only consumer purchase decisions but even national elections, it is worthwhile to step back and review this dual purpose technology, which is applicable in both the both the public domain and the very private world of intelligence support systems. What exactly is it, and how does it … [Read more...]
Radisys FlowEngine – Wind at Its Back and Clear Sailing Ahead
Radisys made big news in mid-June 2016 when Verizon inked a deal becoming first commercial customer for the Radisys FlowEngine Intelligent Traffic Distribution system, which the former Baby Bell will use to improve network intelligence and control. Even so, analyst reaction to this major contract win was mixed. Most gave the deal a thumbs-up and switched their recommendation … [Read more...]