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http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/423280/ibm_melds_crime-fighting_big_data_analytics_one_security_package/?fp=4&fpid=18部分摘录：
According to an IDG New Service report at the time of the buy, i2 had more than 4,500 customers across 150 countries. The company said that 12 of the top 20 retail banks use its software. The Boston Police Department and the Criminal Justice System in Orange County, Calif., share criminal data through i2's Coplink platform. In a $9.6 million contract, the U.S. Army procured an enterprise license to use Analyst's Notebook in its troubled Distributed Common Ground Systems -- Army (DCGS-A) intelligence sharing system. Defense contractor Northrop Grumman folded i2's Coplink into a system it is providing to the Navy to track criminal information from multiple sources.
***i2在全球150多个国家拥有超过4500客户，前20大零售银行中有12家都在使用其产品；美国军方的960万美元合同中就包括采用企业授权AN作为其DCGS-A的部分***
Last fall, IBM said it would bring together i2 technology with its own data collection, analysis and warehousing software. And today's announcement is an example of what Big Blue plans to do.
With the rollout today IBM said the package will give customers powerful visualization and analysis capabilities coupled with advanced data access to help organizations to manage and process information in less time, giving them more time to spend on analysis.
由此可见，海量数据的处理和分析在取证领域乃至军事领域都发挥着至关重要的作用，AN、iBase这样的系统在可以预见的短期内，作用不可小觑。