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12 December 2011 CIA 175 Spying Technology Partners
Source: http://www.iqt.org/news-and-press/press-releases/index.html About IQT In-Q-Tel is the strategic, not-for-profit investment firm that works to identify, adapt, and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Launched by the CIA in 1999 as a private, independent organization, IQT’s mission is to identify and partner with companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of the United States. Working from an evolving strategic blueprint defining the Intelligence Community’s critical technology needs, IQT engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and investors to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the CIA and the larger Intelligence Community. IQT concentrates on several broad commercial technology areas, including physical and biological technologies; security; and software and infrastructure. To date, IQT has engaged with more than 175 companies and delivered more than 260 technology solutions to the Intelligence Community. To learn more about IQT, visit www.iqt.org. [This the latest IQT description. A variation has appeared in most press releases shown below, the earliest with a last entry.] A detailed account of IQT: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/additional-publications/in-q-tel/index.html "In-Q-Tel is openly affiliated with the Agency, as was made obvious to the world during its press rollout on 29 September 1999. Of equal importance, it will not initiate work in areas that lead to solutions that are put in so-called "black boxes" -- that is, innovations that the government subsequently classifies. To do so would undercut In-Q-Tel’s credibility with its business partners to the detriment of the Agency." 136 IQT press releases below numbered by Cryptome in reverse order. Not all 175 companies claimed above appear to be in the releases. IQT's original statement said it would deal only with unclassified technology. It is not clear if that is still the case.
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136. Genia Photonics Enters into Strategic Partnership with IQT November 1, 2011 Genia Photonics Inc., a high technology company specializing in fiber-laser-based systems, announced a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the non-profit, strategic investment firm that delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. "Our partnership with Genia Photonics will build on the company's success in the commercial market," says Simon Davidson, partner on IQT's Investments team. "Genia Photonics' fiber-based technology will lead to unique possibilities for our customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community." The technology is being developed for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), an IQT customer agency. This strategic partnership between Genia Photonics and IQT will promote Genia's fiber-based laser technology development to a higher level and provide new opportunities for Genia's product applications. "Genia Photonics' mission is to provide solutions that benefit society and improve quality of life," says François Gonthier, CEO of Genia Photonics. "Our partnership with IQT will create new opportunities for leveraging Genia's versatile and multifunctional fiber-based technologies into related applications." In addition to the value for the defense and security communities, Genia Photonics' Synchronized Programmable Laser platform has applications such as non-linear spectroscopy for the biomedical and industrial communities. An important benefit of Genia Photonics' implementation as compared to existing solutions is that the entire synchronized laser system is comprised in a single, robust, and alignment-free unit that may be easily transported for use in many environments. About Genia Photonics Genia Photonics Inc. is an innovative technology company specializing in multi-functional measurement systems based on its patented fiber-based lasers. Genia’s easy-to-use, portable and computer controlled systems will change the methodology of various applications in the medical, industrial and defense and security communities. For more information, visit www.geniaphotonics.com.
135. Connectify Secures Strategic Investment from IQT to Advance Wireless Networking Capabilities for U.S. Intelligence Community September 28, 2011 Connectify, an emerging leader in the wireless networking software space, is pleased to announce a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The strategic investment from IQT will facilitate the development of Connectify’s next-generation networking software, which aims to bring a powerful and secure remote networking platform, and Connectify’s innovative connection aggregation technology. This emerging technology will give users the ability to spontaneously create self-forming virtual private networks (VPNs) without dialing into a central location, while leveraging the combined throughput (and reliability) of all available Internet connections. Connectify’s experience bringing successful wireless networking applications to the private-sector provides the foundation necessary to further this cutting-edge initiative. Connectify lets users transform their PC into a Wi-Fi hotspot at the click-of-a-button. Other computers and devices can then access the Internet through the Connectify Hotspot, just like any other wireless access point. With Connectify, business travelers can stay connected across laptops, tablets, and smartphones while on-the-road, and college students are increasingly using the software to keep their game consoles, iPhones, and other devices online in student housing. With millions of downloads, and Connectify Pro quickly gaining traction, the offering has certainly struck a chord with consumers keen to have greater control over their wireless networks. “Connectify’s unique background helps us define and develop emerging technologies in what is a constantly evolving field,” Connectify CEO, Alex Gizis, explains, “but, with In-Q-Tel as an investor and strategic partner, we are able to identify more closely the networking needs and requirements of IQT customers.” “Our strategic partnership with Connectify will provide our U.S. Intelligence Community customers with access to the most advanced wireless networking software available,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO of IQT. “Connectify’s experience bringing wireless networking applications to the private-sector provides the foundation necessary to further this cutting-edge technology.” About Connectify Connectify is a privately-held company that develops next-generation networking software for PC and mobile platforms. Founded in 2010, Connectify’s mission is to give all users the power to perform complex networking tasks at the click-of-a-button. For more information on Connectify, visit www.connectify.me. Connectify is a trademark of Connectify Inc. Xbox 360 and related marks, images, and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Microsoft Corp. iPad and related marks, images, and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Apple Corp.
134. IQT Partners with NetBase to Enhance Insight Discovery of Scientific, Technical, Engineering, and Business Related Data September 28, 2011 NetBase, the Insight Discovery Company, today announced a strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community. NetBase's patent-pending lenses focus searches by organizing the patterns detected by a highly accurate and scalable semantic search engine in the context of a specific set of questions relevant to a discipline or audience of researchers. This technology streamlines the scientific, technical, engineering, and business insight discovery and research process. The deployment of NetBase’s software as a service is expected to integrate tightly with existing search technologies, adding a layer of insight not currently available to end users. “We are excited to partner with In-Q-Tel and to work together to meet the critical technology needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” said Peter Caswell, CEO, NetBase. “The high standard of quality required by IQT’s customer agencies acknowledges the depth and accuracy of NetBase’s semantic search capabilities.” “NetBase is an important addition to our strategic investment portfolio, expanding the semantic search technology capabilities available to our customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community,” said T.J. Rylander, Partner on the Investments team at IQT. “We are impressed by the capacity of the technology to enhance users’ ability gain deep insight from volumes of unstructured data. In a ‘Big Data’ world, these capabilities have strong applications in both the public and private sectors.” About NetBase NetBase provides insight discovery tools that are changing the way people search. Its next-generation semantic technology reads sentences to surface insights from billions of sources in public and private online information. Patent-pending lenses provide context for search results and intelligently guide users to answers. NetBase solutions are assisting market researchers at Fortune 1,000 companies and market research firm with social media analysis and enabling science, technology and medical (STM) publishers to enrich their documents for researchers. Developed in partnership with five of the top ten consumer packaged goods companies, including Coca-Cola and Kraft, and used by two of the top three STM publishers, including Reed Elsevier, NetBase helps find answers faster. Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, NetBase is a privately held company. For more information, visit: www.netbase.com @Net_Base.
133. Oculis Labs Secures Strategic Investment from IQT Investment Advances Delivery of Display Security to Intelligence Agencies September 12, 2011 Oculis Labs, a developer of data privacy software that protects mobile and desktop computers from visual eavesdroppers, today announced a partnership agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent, strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community. In-Q-Tel's relationship and strategic investment will accelerate Oculis Labs' success in both government and commercial markets. There are nearly 400 million mobile business and government workers worldwide and three quarters of workers in the U.S. are mobile, working in shared or public spaces, often reviewing and utilizing confidential information. 89 percent of all people admit to reading over someone else's shoulder, the easiest way to compromise data. To address this ongoing problem Oculis Labs offers two products, PrivateEye and Chameleon: PrivateEye is a data privacy software solution that protects mobile and desktop computers from visual eavesdroppers. This new desktop security application employs computer vision, facial recognition and detection algorithms with a standard webcam to actively protect information displayed on computer screens. Chameleon addresses the current government market of 2.9 million users working with sensitive and classified materials as well as many large untapped new markets including multi-agency or multi-national facilities, embassies and consulates, command centers, tactical forward bases, and in-field mobile personnel where information should be available on a need-to-know only basis. Chameleon solves the unmet need of protecting data in the field against electronic or physical surveillance and insider espionage threats. "In-Q-Tel understands and supports the mission of innovative technology companies like Oculis Labs in developing products for both commercial and government markets," said Bill Anderson, CEO of Oculis Labs. "Our relationship with IQT will drive further market success as a result of their support, relationships and strategic advice." "Oculis Labs is an important addition to our investment portfolio and we are excited about this technology's ability to address a critical need in information security, protecting the last two feet of the network," said T.J. Rylander, Partner on IQT's Investments team. "Oculis Labs' technologies offer a vital new capability in securing computer systems against a wide range of insider and outsider threats." About Oculis Labs Oculis Labs, headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, develops data privacy software that secures the last two feet of the Internet -- the distance from the computer screen to a user's eyes. The company's products protect valuable information displayed on mobile and desktop computers from unintended viewers. Today the company offers PrivateEye for consumers and the enterprise and Chameleon for government and military users. These two solutions safeguard all displayed information from visual eavesdropping. For more information, visit www.oculislabs.com.
132. Power Assure Inks Strategic Partnership with IQT to Accelerate Data Center Power Management in the U.S. Intelligence Community September 7, 2011 Power Assure, Inc., a data center infrastructure and energy management solutions provider, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Power Assure's innovative EM/4 Data Center Energy Management platform provides actionable, real-time and historical insight into power utilization and other key performance indicators (KPIs) for the data center, along with the means to analyze, optimize and automate energy efficiency while maintaining service levels. Power Assure enables data center managers to quickly visualize and identify inefficiencies in a comprehensive way; maximize use of available space and power; extend the useful life of the data center; cut on-going power consumption by an average of 50 percent; and shift load within and across sites. "We are very pleased to be working with IQT," said Brad Wurtz, president and CEO, Power Assure. "Our success in the federal market to date with our advanced power management software will be accelerated by our relationship with IQT. This partnership speaks to the value our software delivers as federal agencies and commercial data centers alike focus on cost-effective ways to reduce power consumption and enhance data center efficiency." "Power Assure is an important addition to our strategic investment portfolio," said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO of IQT. "Power Assure's software will offer our customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community capabilities to drive additional efficiencies into their data centers by managing power consumption, optimizing asset utilization, and aligning power management with business processes." With Power Assure EM/4, data center managers can collect, synthesize and analyze the overwhelming amount of raw data available from facilities and IT equipment and turn it into useful business information for making decisions in real time. This insight allows data center managers to improve the efficiency, capacity and utilization of their data centers. EM/4 solutions take analytics to the next level by linking real-time information with automated processes. About Power Assure Power Assure is a leading developer of Data Center Infrastructure and Energy Management software for large enterprises, government agencies, and managed service providers. Power Assure's solutions provide visibility, intelligence, analytics and automation to help CIOs, IT directors, and facilities managers optimize capacity, service levels, and power consumption within and across data centers. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, the company is privately held with funding from ABB Technology Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Good Energies, Point Judith Capital, and a grant from the Department of Energy. Power Assure partners include ABB, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, Raritan, UL and VMware.
131. DSSP Establishes Strategic Partnership with IQT August 17, 2011 Digital Solid State Propulsion LLC (DSSP), an emerging leader in advanced energetic materials and controllable solid rocket motors, today announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This strategic partnership between DSSP and IQT will extend DSSP's Energetic Materials technology development and provide new opportunities for DSSP's product applications. DSSP's unique Electric Solid Propellant technology provides a means of throttling and turning on-and-off chemical combustion electrically, with no moving parts. The company's products also serve a wide range of customer applications, such as those in commercial space, oil and gas, mining and even entertainment. DSSP’s current customers include the US Navy, Army, Missile Defense Agency and private industry. On the commercial side, DSSP’s Energetic Materials technology was selected by the Oil and Gas Innovation Center as one of the Top Ten Inventions of 2009. "Partnering with IQT helps us understand the special requirements and end-user needs for some very unique security and intelligence applications," said Dr. Wayne Sawka, Founder and CEO of DSSP. "The insight provided by IQT and their customers helps us drive technology innovation for both commercial and government applications." "DSSP expands our strategic investment portfolio in some important areas. There has always been a relationship between energy and security and we are impressed with this technology's applicability to span those broad markets," said Bill Strecker, Executive Vice President and CTO at IQT. "DSSP's Electric Solid Propellants offer capabilities not possible with legacy technologies that haven’t changed much in more than 50 years."
130. MiserWare Signs Deal with IQT to Provide Software Power Management to NGA July 19, 2011 MiserWare, a leading developer in software power management, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community, to introduce MiserWare’s Granola Enterprise and Data Center software to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). “NGA is excited to be the first intelligence agency to use MiserWare’s revolutionary technology to reduce power costs and its carbon footprint,” said David. K. White, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency liaison with In-Q-Tel. “We look forward to deploying this capability at our new headquarters in Springfield, Va., and across our two major facilities in the St. Louis, Mo., area as well as our support teams worldwide, in the near future.” MiserWare’s Granola Enterprise software enables users to reduce their environmental footprint and track energy savings over thousands of computer systems. The smart software automatically slows down the processor when the workload is low and brings it back up to maximum speed when needed. Granola can save as much as 35 percent of total system energy without ever impacting the computers’ working performance. As part of this strategic partnership, MiserWare will work closely with IQT and its customers to expand the features of the Granola Data Center software. “The U.S. Intelligence Community is more focused than ever before on reducing energy waste,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO at IQT. “MiserWare’s Granola Data Center software is designed to save energy without loss of availability in mission critical government systems.” “Our partnership with IQT will provide access to government customers focused on energy management in the data center,” said MiserWare CEO Kirk W. Cameron. “The potential energy waste reductions resulting from this partnership will support the dynamic computing needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community.” About MiserWare MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power managementis MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Green Tech Ideas and PC Magazines Best Free Utility Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers.
129. SIG Establishes Strategic Partnership with IQT March 30, 2011 Signal Innovations Group, Inc. (SIG), a leader in signal and image processing for defense and security, today announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This strategic partnership between SIG and IQT will extend SIG's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) technology development and provide new opportunities for SIG's product deployment. SIG's unique probabilistic framework sifts relevant data from the overwhelming volume of raw sensor data (pixels) to realize the full information potential from video systems. The company's data products include stabilized and georegistered imagery, vehicle and dismount tracks, traffic and behavior models, and analyst-aided-cueing for improved accuracy. "Partnering with IQT helps us understand the system requirements and end-user needs for demanding video applications for security and intelligence," said Dr. Paul Runkle, CEO of SIG. "The insight provided by IQT's customers helps us drive technology innovation and product design for both commercial and government applications." "SIG is a critical addition to our strategic investment portfolio and we are impressed with this technology's applicability to the challenges facing the Intelligence Community," said William Strecker, Executive Vice President and CTO at IQT. "SIG's video analytics technology offers unparalleled capabilities for extracting and representing relevant information in commercial and government video data." Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. About SIG SIG is an emerging leader in signal, image, and video analytics for government and commercial applications. SIG's novel technology enables vast improvements in extracting relevant information from signals and imagery and making accurate decisions using this data. SIG's technology can utilize feedback from end-users to help the algorithms gain the benefit from human-aided decisions.
128. Fetch Technologies Partners with IQT on the Future of Internet Data Management Development Agreement Supports the U.S. Intelligence Community March 3, 2011 Fetch Technologies, leading provider of Internet Data Management solutions, announced a development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit, strategic investment firm that identifies, adapts and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Every second, new data is published on the Internet from around the globe that directly impacts a company’s business intelligence, reputation and bottom line. Fetch’s customized software agents navigate websites to instantly deliver meaningful, useful and usable data from hundreds to millions of different sites. Fetch then normalizes the data to easily integrate with a company’s existing data management system for immediate analysis. “Fetch Technologies allows organizations to access online data directly from thousands of websites,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO of IQT. “We believe Fetch’s innovative technology will transform corporate data by allowing organizations to access new sources of critical business data directly from the Internet, which is why it’s an important addition to our strategic investment portfolio.” Founded in 1999, Fetch is committed to innovation in Internet Data Management and invests in ongoing research to stay ahead of emerging business and social demands on the Internet, giving clients in the sales, media, retail, travel and human resources industries deep insight and the competitive advantage they need to drive their bottom line. Fetch is committed to continually investing in our products and innovating new solution to ensure that our clients stay competitive, insightful and ahead of their industries. We are proud to have IQT as a strategic investor to support this mission,” said Robert Landes, Chief Executive Officer of Fetch. About Fetch Technologies Fetch Technologies is the industry’s leading Internet Data Management provider, helping companies access the precise, real-time Internet data they need to stay competitive. Fetch’s customized software agents navigate websites to instantly deliver meaningful, useful and reliable data, and easily integrate with a company’s existing data management system for immediate analysis. Fetch’s customized solutions free human talent to move toward new innovations and more targeted and informed business strategies.
127. Alfalight Announces Strategic Partnership with In-Q-Tel Investment Advances Development of Alfalight Technology for National Security March 1, 2011 Alfalight, Inc., a leading developer of high-performance laser diodes and handheld infrared and visible laser systems, today announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This partnership advances Alfalight's development of high-performance, man-portable military laser systems. The agreement builds upon Alfalight's established core semiconductor laser technology, which includes high efficiency, high brightness, and wavelength stabilization, combined with advanced electro-optics and integrated control methodologies, to deliver mission-critical solutions to IQT's customers. "Alfalight's proven high-performance diode laser technology integrated with novel electro-optics provides a uniquely valuable capability for our government partners," said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO of IQT. "Our strategic investment in Alfalight will accelerate the development and availability of its products and technologies to both public and private sectors." "Our partnership with In-Q-Tel enables the expansion of Alfalight's technologies into important governmental applications," said Mohan Warrior, President and CEO of Alfalight. "We are proud to support the mission of IQT by providing ground-breaking new products to better serve the intelligence and defense communities." About Alfalight Alfalight, Inc., based in Madison, Wisconsin, is an established manufacturer of advanced high-power diode laser products based on core technologies that include high efficiency, high brightness, and wavelength stabilization. Our products include components, laser subsystems, and handheld infrared and visible laser systems, many of which are qualified to demanding military, aerospace, or telecommunications standards. Our fully vertically-integrated factory is entirely based in the US, with capabilities spanning laser device design, compound semiconductor processing, device packaging, and electro-optical assembly, to deliver rugged, turnkey electro-optical components and systems. For more information, visit www.alfalight.com.
126. Biomatrica Secures Strategic Investment from IQT February 23, 2011 Biomatrica, Inc., a leader in room temperature biostability technology, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT). IQT is the independent, strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Biomatrica has developed SampleMatrix® technology which has pioneered recent innovations in ambient storage of biological samples from purified DNA, RNA, and proteins as well as in complex systems such as tissue, cell lines, biopsies and whole blood. The company's products serve a wide range of customers such as those in the forensics, biomedical research (academic, government and industry), molecular diagnostics and biobanking. Biomatrica was recently recognized as a Finalist for the Most Innovative New Product Award (MIP) in the Life Science and Diagnostics category as conducted by San Diego's CONNECT. "Biomatrica's technology capability is an important addition to our strategic investment portfolio," said Syd Ulvick, Vice President, Physical and Biological Technologies Practice at IQT. "The company's technology advances offer great promise for applications in both the government and commercial sector." "As the needs of research and medicine to manage biological samples grow, increasing energy and environmental cost associated with cold storage of biological samples, it is critical for biobanks, research institutions and biotechnology companies to identify alternative storage solutions," said Judy Muller-Cohn, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Biomatrica. "The SampleMatrix technology allows for safe, long term preservation of biological samples at room temperature. Sample recovery is simple and sample integrity is assured." SampleMatrix® is based on extremophile biology in which organisms are able to survive long-term in a state of anhydrobiosis (life without water) and later be revived by rehydration. Extremophiles such as tardigrades, also known as water bears, and brine shrimp are able protect their DNA, RNA, proteins, membranes and cellular systems in a dried state for extended periods of time. Biomatrica's technology mimics the natural molecular mechanisms used by these organisms. The technology works by forming a thermo-stable barrier during the drying process to protect samples from degradation during storage at room temperature. About Biomatrica Biomatrica is a San Diego-based biostability company that provides innovative technologies for stabilizing, processing, storing and shipping biological samples at room temperature. The core technology is designed for use in preserving complex biological samples and assays and is based on the principles of anhydrobiosis ("life without water"), a natural mechanism that allows multicellular organisms to survive extreme environments. Biomatrica's current products stabilize DNA, RNA, proteins, cells and assays with no sample degradation, allowing scientists and clinicians to have pristine samples and reduce their reliance on freezers and drastically reduce shipping costs. Biomatrica products are used in laboratories performing life science research, from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to academic research and forensics laboratories. Custom services to stabilize additional sample types are also available. Biomatrica also offers SampleWare® software, an easy-to-use, customizable laboratory management database that provides scientists with the means to store and organize their sample data, and directly supports samples stabilized by Biomatrica technology. For more information about the SampleMatrix technology and the Biomatrica products utilizing this technology platform (DNAstable®, DNAstable Blood, DNAgard Tissue and DNAgard Blood for DNA, RNAstable® and RNAconcentrator for RNA, and CloneStable® for bacterial DNA), visit: www.biomatrica.com.
125. SitScape, Inc. Selected by IQT to Support the U.S. Intelligence Community February 23, 2011 SitScape, Inc. the leader in visual collaborative User-Defined-Operating-Picture (UDOP) software for Situational Awareness, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technologies solutions to support the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community. SitScape’s innovative software addresses the pervasive challenges of disparate and diverse information sources facing today’s business and government. It makes visualizing and aggregating any silo-ed desktop, legacy as well as Web application extremely easy by enabling UDOP in seconds with zero programming, achieving on-demand Situational Awareness. “IQT’s strategic partnership with SitScape reflects the opportunities we see in this innovative approach for information and application aggregation, visualization and contextual collaboration,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO at IQT. “SitScape’s software will offer our customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community the powerful capabilities they have been looking for in the visualization and contextual collaboration space.” “We are thrilled to be working with IQT,” said Kevin Yin, CEO of SitScape. “IQT’s selection of our technology truly speaks to the power of SitScape’s Situational Awareness Software, and further expands our presence in the federal market. “ With SitScape’s award-winning software, mission users, operators and analysts gain greater access over their heterogeneous information sources and silo-ed IT applications. They can contextually visualize, share and collaborate across distributed networks with diverse computers and mobile devices for enhanced situational awareness and decision making. About SitScape SitScape is the leader in collaborative User-Defined-Operating-Picture (UDOP) Situational Awareness software solutions, ideally suited for Cyber Security Watch Floor, Counter-terrorism Center, Command & Control Center, Operations Center, Data Center, Situational Room, Traffic Monitoring, Emergency Response Team, Intelligence Analysts, C4ISR and also marketing, sales teams’ visual documents sharing and publishing. SitScape has large customers in both the commercial and Federal space. To learn more about SitScape and its software product, please visit www.sitscape.com.
124. InView Technology Corporation Secures Investment from IQT to Support U.S. Intelligence Community February 22, 2011 InView Technology Corporation, a world-leading developer of innovative computational imaging products, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. InView's business is built on proprietary Compressive Sensing technology that allows high-performance cameras and hyperspectral imagers to be built using greatly simplified detector architectures. Compressive Sensing technology substitutes innovative math for complex electronic components, allowing cameras and hyperspectral imagers to be built at lower cost and with higher resolution. The technology is especially compelling for those wavelengths where it is difficult to build cost-effective, high-resolution focal plane arrays. "InView has demonstrated innovative camera technologies," said Syd Ulvick, Vice President, Physical and Biological Technologies practice at IQT. "The unique computational imaging architecture provides tremendous opportunities to develop cutting-edge products." "We are delighted to have IQT as a strategic investor and partner," said Bob Bridge, Founder and CEO of InView. "InView has an innovative technology platform that works across wavelengths including ultra violet, visual, infrared, and terahertz. We are pleased that working with IQT will open the door to opportunities to tailor our technology to meet the needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community." About InView Technology Corporation: InView Technology Corporation is a privately-held company headquartered in Austin, Texas. InView delivers high-performance cameras and hyper-spectral imagers using proprietary computational imaging technology that result in unmatched price-performance across the electromagnetic spectrum. You may find more information at www.InViewCorp.com.
123. Digital Reasoning Systems Secures IQT Investment to Advance Analytics in the U.S. Intelligence Community Entity Oriented Analytics leader solves the problem of highly scalabe data analytics challenges February 16, 2011 Digital Reasoning, the leader in complex, large scale unstructured data analytics, today announced a strategic investment, licensing, and development agreement from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The transaction will make Digital Reasoning’s technology available for use within in the U.S. Intelligence Community. Digital Reasoning analytics software is based on a distinctive, patented mathematical approach to understanding natural language and leverages bleeding edge cloud technologies to make these analytics work effectively on vast amounts of data. Digital Reasoning was founded on the vision that software should read and understand language as humans do – by analyzing concepts and entities in context across multiple information sources. Since its founding in 2000, Digital Reasoning has pioneered the field of Entity Oriented Analytics, going beyond the relevant document paradigm and focusing on the actors of interest—people, places, organizations—and their connections. With its flagship product Synthesys®, Digital Reasoning empowers analysts to review facts and associations at a glance—across millions of documents. Operating without a rigid taxonomy or ontology, Synthesys allows the discovery of non-obvious connections hidden in the data, such as alternate meanings of words or “coded” or “disguised” messages. “With the explosive growth of data over the last decade, there is a need for a new generation of solutions that provide timely, actionable intelligence at massive scale,” said T.J. Rylander, Partner on IQT’s Investments team. “The technology being developed by Digital Reasoning offers great promise to address this challenge and meet the unique needs of our customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community.” “We are delighted to have IQT as a strategic investor and partner,” said Tim Estes, CEO and founder of Digital Reasoning. “This announcement represents confidence by IQT in the potential of our solutions to solve some of the most significant big data analytics challenges.” “Comprehensively understanding human language—at scale—is one of the most complex and rewarding problems we are addressing today,” added Rob Metcalf, President and COO of Digital Reasoning. “And the ability to partner with IQT presents a tremendous opportunity to leverage Digital Reasoning’s capabilities in some of the most important analytic missions in the world.” Synthesys v3.0 is available now. More detailed information can be obtained from Digital Reasoning Systems’ website or by contacting the company directly. About Digital Reasoning Digital Reasoning Systems (www.digitalreasoning.com) solves the problem of information overload by providing the tools people need to understand relationships between entities in vast amounts of unstructured and structured data. Digital Reasoning builds data analytic solutions based on a distinctive mathematical approach to understanding natural language. The value of Digital Reasoning is not only the ability to leverage an organization’s existing knowledge base, but also to reveal critical hidden information and relationships that may not have been apparent during manual or other automated analytic efforts. Synthesys® is a registered trademark of Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.
122. Cloudera Secures Investment and Technology Development Agreement From IQT to Support U.S. Intelligence Community Partnership Demonstrates Apache Hadoop Momentum in The Government Market February 3, 2011 Cloudera, the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This partnership will serve as a catalyst for Cloudera's efforts towards assisting and expanding the adoption of Hadoop technology within the U.S. Government. Cloudera is proud to work alongside IQT to bring ground-breaking technologies to the U.S. Intelligence Community. Cloudera offers a powerful Apache Hadoop-based data management platform that helps government organizations store and analyze very large amounts of complex data. IQT invested in Cloudera due to the rapid adoption of Hadoop within the government and the significant potential for deployments with its partners. Cloudera provides the commercial backing IQT's partners need to deploy Hadoop in mission-critical applications. "Cloudera has an established reputation for its Hadoop-related domain experience in software, services, training and support," said T.J. Rylander, Partner on IQT's Investments team. "We believe the company's technical excellence as well as its software and training capabilities will provide an important resource for our customers in the area of big data management and analytics." Cloudera's Distribution for Apache Hadoop (CDH), which is 100% open source and free for download, is the most comprehensive and broadly adopted Hadoop-based platform available. CDH lowers the barrier to Hadoop adoption by making it simple to install and easy to integrate into the datacenter. Organizations needing the most cost-effective way to perform large-scale data storage and processing in production environments use Cloudera Enterprise to manage and monitor their Hadoop operations during rigorous enterprise workloads. "Cloudera's open source platform and our Cloudera Enterprise offering have seen strong adoption among our commercial customers over the last two years," said Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera. "This new investment by IQT is a validation of Cloudera's progress to date, and reflects the deep interest in Hadoop that we see among federal users. I'm very pleased to work with such a strong partner in bringing large-scale, high-performance, powerful data analysis tools to government clients." About Cloudera Cloudera is the leading provider of Hadoop-based data management software and services and works with customers in financial services, web, telecommunications, government and others industries. The company's products, Cloudera Enterprise and Cloudera's Distribution for Apache Hadoop, help organizations profit from all of their information. Cloudera's Distribution for Apache Hadoop is the most comprehensive Hadoop-based platform in the industry. Cloudera Enterprise is the most cost-effective way to perform large-scale data storage and analysis and includes the tools, platform and support necessary to use Hadoop in a production environment. Cloudera provides professional services, technical support and training to help any business use the software created by Google, Facebook and Yahoo! Founded by pioneers in large-scale data and home of the original Apache Hadoop creator, Cloudera is a private company backed by venture investors Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and Meritech Capital Partners with headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
121. RedSeal Continuous Monitoring Solutions Selected to Support Mission of U.S. Intelligence Community January 10, 2011 RedSeal Systems, Inc., the leading provider of security posture management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment firm that identifies and partners with companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of the United States. This strategic investment and development agreement will enable RedSeal's continuous monitoring solutions for network security to be used in supporting the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Continuous monitoring is a key component of the Federal government's new Risk Management Framework (RMF) and is required by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and OMB policy. The goal of continuous monitoring is to ensure that critical security measures, such as firewalls and other network access controls, remain effective in today's highly dynamic IT infrastructures. Continuous monitoring provides senior leaders with essential, up-to-date security status information that they can use to make cost-effective, risk-based decisions about their information systems. "Continuous monitoring technologies such as RedSeal will enable the U.S. Intelligence Community to effectively operate the complex, dynamic network defenses that protect critical information and systems," said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture and Engineering and CTO of IQT. "We believe RedSeal's capabilities have widespread applicability throughout the Federal government as agencies strive to improve their security posture." RedSeal's software automatically assesses the security posture of a network so organizations can strengthen their cyber-defenses. It continuously calculates the end-to-end interaction of firewalls, routers and load balancers, ensuring that the network does not provide any unauthorized access. It also analyzes the effects of network security on host-based vulnerabilities, identifying the areas of greatest risk to the enterprise and prioritizing remediation efforts. RedSeal enables organizations to comprehensively identify security holes in their infrastructure that could be exploited—before they are discovered by hackers. "The U.S. Intelligence Community comprises some of the world's most advanced security organizations," said Tom Arthur, President and CEO of RedSeal Systems. "Our strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel will enable RedSeal to remain at the forefront of innovation in the security industry."
120. Teradici Secures Investment from IQT to Enhance PC-over-IP Technology for the U.S. Intelligence Community January 12, 2011 Teradici Corporation, the developer of the innovative PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Teradici PCoIP protocol is an innovative remote display technology that allows the user’s desktop operating system, applications, and data to reside in the datacenter, eliminating the need for traditional desktop workstations, PCs and thin clients, and delivers an uncompromised user experience to each person, anywhere, without incurring the security risks associated with having data reside in remote PCs. PCoIP technology provides high resolution, full frame rate 3D graphics and high-definition media, with full USB peripheral interoperability, locally over a LAN or remotely over a high-latency WAN. It compresses, encrypts and encodes the entire computing experience at the datacenter and transmits it 'pixels only' across a standard IP network to secure, stateless PCoIP zero clients, thin clients, and mobile devices. The protocol is implemented in silicon for hardware accelerated performance and enhanced security, as well as in several software configurations, including VMware View™, the industry leading desktop virtualization platform. A growing ecosystem of over 25 third-party vendors provide a wide variety of PCoIP products including server plug-in cards, rack and tower workstations, blade PCs, zero clients, integrated monitors, and IP phones with added PCoIP capability. “Teradici is an important addition to our strategic investment portfolio,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO of IQT. “The company’s PC-over-IP technology has the potential to provide exciting new desktop virtualization capabilities for our Intelligence Community customers.” "We are delighted to have IQT as a strategic investor and partner," said Dan Cordingley, CEO of Teradici. "Working closely with IQT will offer additional opportunities to enhance our technology in support of the U.S. Intelligence Community." About Teradici Teradici Corporation has developed PCoIP® (PC-over-IP®) technology, a unique remote display protocol which makes network delivered computing a viable corporate computing reality. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Burnaby, BC, Canada, Teradici for the first time enables an exceptional end user experience for datacenter-based computing. Through a combination of unique graphics algorithms, flexible software solutions, high-performance silicon processing, and workstation/server add-in cards, the company is changing how personal computers are used, deployed and managed. More information is available at www.teradici.com. |
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