NEWS & EVENTS


Media Archive

Below is a collection of media coverage of Basis Technology.
For the latest information, please visit the News page.

2010

The 451 Group - “Basis Technology embraces Lucene and new languages in latest text-analysis release

March 24, 2010

Hurwitz & Associates - “The Importance of multi-language support in advanced search and text analytics

March 16, 2010

Semantic Web - “Taking Search -- And Meaning -- Beyond English

March 19, 2010

2009

The 451 Group - “Basis Tech looks beyond core government and OEM markets for new opportunties
July 22, 2009

2008

The 451 Group- “Basis looks good to exploit changing text analysis market in any language

June 12, 2008 - IMPACT REPORT


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2007

KMWorld - “Speaking in tongues: Foreign language KM Technologies

July 10, 2007

The Economist - “What's in a Name
Computing: Intelligence agencies are using new software to handle the arcane business of comparing lists of names
March 8, 2007

EContent Magazine
The Truth is in There: Sleuthing for Data with Digital Forensics
March 1, 2007


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2006

Government Computer News
Computer forensics: The new DNA
DOD lab excavates bits, bytes to dig out information August 1, 2006

Baseline Magazine
How Google Works” - July 2006, Issue 061
“Google primarily relies on it own interally developed software for data and network management and has a reputation for being skeptical of “not invented here” technologies, so relatively few vendors can claim it as a customer.” Basis Technology is one of those few vendors.
Click here to see Google vendor chart

EContent Magazine
Building on Basis for Multilingual Digital Forensics
Volume 29, Number 4, May 2006

TMCNet.com
Microsoft Previews Its ERP Product
March 27, 2006

Military Information Technology
Spurred by the military and intelligence communities’ growing need to translate and retrieve pertinent foreign-language intelligence, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has launched a program aimed at improving automated, searchable translations.
March 13, 2006

Washington Technology
Array of tech products helps fight terrorism
March 9, 2006


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2005

WebPronews
Microsoft Upgrades Tech For MSN China
December 7, 2005

Military Information Technology
Smart Searching: New technology is helping defense intelligence analysts sort through huge volumes of data.
November 28, 2005

Information Week
"Email Analysis Is Key To Catching Terrorists and Corporate Crooks"
July 27, 2005

Tech's part in preventing attacks
CNET News.com | July 7, 2005
Different technologies that could help prevent terrorist activity, or help apprehend terrorism suspects, can be grouped into a few basic categories: Translation, Search and Text Mining, Visual Identification, Monitoring and Bio Assay.

"Search in any Language"
EContent Magazine | May 2005
An extensive look at the trends in search today, including the state of multilingual and local search, and a round-up discussion of a variety of multimedia search tools.

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2004

Government Computer News
"CIA Pumps Capital into Linguistics Software"
April 9, 2004
Coverage of the In-Q-Tel announcement.

eContent Magazine
In-Q-Tel and Basis Technology Sign Investment and Development Agreement
April 13, 2004

The Washington Post
In Brief” [Registration required]
April 12, 2004

Federal News Radio
"Interview with Basis Technology CEO Carl Hoffman"
April 12, 2004
Coverage of the In-Q-Tel announcement.

"Fighting a War of Words"
Government Executive Magazine
March 16, 2004
Basis Technology continues to work closely with government agencies to provide multilingual text mining and information retrieval. These tools allow the government to search documents in a variety of languages. Basis CEO Carl Hoffman is featured in this article outlining the various technologies currently being used by the government.

"Language Tools for Fight on Terror"
BBC News
January 15, 2004
At the January 2004 Government Convention on Emerging Technologies, Basis Technology showcased technology which allows government agencies to search Arabic text using English search queries.

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2003

"Software aids search of Arabic documents" and sidebar on "The art of translation"
Federal Computer Week
March 24, 2003

After attacks, company gains in translation
Boston Herald
March 24, 2003

Basis Technology turns its focus to government security
Boston Business Journal
March 21, 2003

"Language analysis software aids US Web search for terrorist activity"
Computerworld
March 10, 2003

"Wanted: What's His Name Again?"
Wired News
January 12, 2003

Public Radio International's The World interview with Carl Hoffman (audio broadcast)

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2002

"Taming the Task of Checking for Terrorists' Names"
New York Times
December 30, 2002 (purchase required for complete article)

How to Prepare for Efficient Localization
Software Business, by Benson Margulies
July, 2002

"Basis of language translation"
Mass High Tech Journal
May 20, 2002

"Basis Technology taking Google to China"
Boston Business Journal
April 8, 2002

"Tech Firms Seeking to Fight Terror Still Face Federal Hurdles"
Newhouse News Service

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2001

"Going Global with Basis Technology"
An article from MultiLingual Computing & Technology, 2001

"Building a Globalized Billing System: How Lucent Entered Asia"
Software Business, July 2001

"Segmenting Chinese Text"
Tom Emerson's article in MultiLingual Computing & Technology 2001

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2000

"Amazon invests in overseas tech specialist" from CNET News.com, February 18, 2000