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To: art slott who wrote (12808)3/21/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: tanzan  Read Replies (1) of 26039
 
Not too long ago, I posted a reference to an article in Technology Review (Jan/Feb 1999). Would like to quote a few passages from the article to see if anyone can add information about the company. The article discusses the FBI's new IAFIS system, designed by Lockheed Martin (won contract not because of knowledge of identification systems but because of their experience in computer imaging and in managing complex projects), which is to come on line in July 1999 (but not be available outside of FBI until November or later).

Interesting thing about the article is that it speculates that the FBI technology is being overtaken by a new paradigm even before the FBI system begins. The new paradigm has been designed by the Phoenix Group in Pittsburg, Kansas. In contrast to the FBI's centralized data base, the new system is decentralized. It operates on a Pentium II Windows machine with an ll.5 gigabyte hard drive and will hold 30,000 print records. The army bought two of the systems and the article goes on to say, "... the paradigm will really pop after this November, when the FBI will release Lockheed Martin's minutiae extraction software into the public domain. According to the Army representative quoted in the article, "It'll be like phone company deregulation. A lot of software companies will spring into AFIS." The FBI's system will form the hub, but the article predicts that the new paradigm will take over when all the little towns and departments learn to swap prints and searches directly on the Internet search engine model.

Anyone know of Phoenix Group?
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