Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine and SLTN Selected by Europol

NEWTON, Massachusetts, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

- Advanced unified information access platform turns disparate data into real-time, actionable intelligence

European law enforcement agency Europol has selected Attivio and its implementation partner, SLTN, for its unified access solution in an open European tender procedure.

Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine is ideally suited to building an advanced data-gathering and analytic system with a focus on integration, security configuration, data protection compliance and support of business processes. The solution provides a fully integrated view across multiple Europol systems and data sources, allowing users to retrieve all relevant structured and unstructured data with a single query.

The task of Europol is to make Europe safer by assisting the Member States of the European Union in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism. Large-scale criminal and terrorist networks pose a significant threat to the internal security of the EU and to the safety and livelihood of its people. The biggest security threats come from terrorism, international drug trafficking and money laundering, organized fraud, counterfeiting of the euro currency, and people smuggling. But new dangers are also accumulating, in the form of cyber crime, trafficking in human beings, and other modern-day threats. This is a multi-billion euro business, quick to adapt to new opportunities and resilient in the face of traditional law enforcement measures.

"Finding, consuming and managing a nearly endless flow of data is a challenge every organization faces today," said Ali Riaz, CEO at Attivio. "Europol is a perfect example, with complex, big data and the need for custom functionality across disparate sources. It is the ideal environment to develop a system that provides real-time access to all relevant information. In highly demanding situations where legacy technologies like search are not enough, the exceptionally deep, fully loaded unified information access (UIA) platform we provide via AIE delivers capabilities that exceed customer expectations."

"Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine is unmatched in its ability to address the ever-increasing need to gather and connect broadly-distributed information from both structured and unstructured repositories," said Eugene Tuijnman, CEO of SLTN. "The flexibility of the AIE platform provides this in a very rapid timeframe, resulting in comprehensive information that enables organizations to act in advance of potential events. We are very proud to be selected together with Attivio to implement a mission critical solution for Europol."    

To learn more about the Attivio AIE and the benefits of unified information access, view a video or download whitepapers, please visit: http://www.attivio.com/active-intelligence.

About Attivio

Attivio's unified information access platform, the Active Intelligence Engine™ (AIE), redefines the business impact of our customers' information assets, so they can quickly seize opportunities, solve critical challenges and fulfill their strategic vision.

Attivio correlates disparate silos of structured data and unstructured content in ways never before possible.  Offering both intuitive search capabilities and the power of SQL, AIE seamlessly integrates with existing BI and big data tools to reveal insight that matters, through the access method that best suits each user's technical skills and priorities. Please visit us at http://www.attivio.com.

Attivio and Active Intelligence Engine are trademarks of Attivio, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.

About SLTN

SLTN is a System and Solution Integrator based in the Netherlands, operating throughout EMEA. SLTN was founded in 1997 and has won awards from numerous IT vendors. In 2007 IBM named SLTN most innovative business partner in EMEA and in 2009 SLTN was designated Best Word Wide Academic business partner by VMware and in 2011 SLTN was awarded best Dell partner in EMEA.

It is SLTN's mission to advise and implement smart IT solutions with superior customer satisfaction, ensuring a long-term relationship.  For more information, please visit http://www.sltn.nl.

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SLTN contact:
Peter van den Griend, pgriend@sltn.nl
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