Emerging Technical Solutions, Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities

1. Emerging Technical Solutions, Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities Regional Information Sharing Conference Houston, TX February 8, 2007 Jeff Langford, CISSP Director of Justice Solutions MidTech Partners

3. Who We Are • MidTech Partners is a systems integrator • We specialize in Justice & Healthcare Enterprise Application Integration • MidTech Partners is a certified Microsoft partner • Our expertise is with Microsoft BizTalk Server and SQL Server solutions

4. Successful Integration • Cooperation • Funding $$ • Reason • Standards • Technology • Ability What are the ingredients for a successful integration project?

5. Technology & Ability • Newer technology gives you the ability • Types of technology: • Hardware • Software • Types of abilities: • Standardization • Master Indexing • Link Analysis

6. HARDWARE • Multi-core processors • Reduced power consumption • Greater battery life • Increased bandwidth • Virtualization • Reconfigurable on-the-fly

7. Multi-core Processors • Many physical processors contained within a single chip • Doubles the processing power but not the energy consumption

8. Reduced Power Consumption • Enhanced chipsets • Can reduce power by up to 75% • Smaller diameter die process: 90nm • Lower operating voltages • Cooler running chips • Increased cache size • 2Mb vs. 1Mb

9. Greater Battery Life • Newer chemicals and materials • Plastic battery • Carbon nanotube ultracapacitors • Carbon foam battery • Lithium-ion rechargeable technology • Fuel cells

10. Fuel Cells & Carbon Nanotubes

11. Increased Bandwidth • Smart antennas • MIMO vs. SISO • Multiple frequencies • WiMax broadband wireless • Next generation cellular • EV-DO is 60-80 Kbps now and will be 300-500 Kbps eventually • EDGE and HSDPA are 135 Kbps and 700 Kbps (up to 1.8 Mbps burst)

12. MIMO vs. SISO

14. Virtualization VM0 VM1 VMn App0 App1 Appn ... • Hardware (CPU) • Software (Application) Guest OS0 Guest OS1 Guest OSn Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) Platform HW Memory Processor/CS I/O Devices

15. Reconfigurable On-the-Fly • Software defined radios • Communications interoperability • Handheld devices • PDA’s & Cellular phones • Mobile workstations • In-vehicle, laptops, remote access

16. Multi-function Devices

17. Technology & Ability • Newer technology gives you the ability • Types of technology: • Hardware • Software • Types of abilities: • Standardization • Master Indexing • Link Analysis

18. SOFTWARE • Operating Systems • Servers • Applications

19. Operating Systems • 64-bits • Gigabytes of memory • Terabytes of disk storage • Processor affinity capabilities • Software virtualization support

20. Server Applications • Databases • Terabytes of data • Gigabytes of memory • Integration • Connectivity neutral • Purpose built • NLETS software switch • Messaging/Dispatch/Communications

21. Client Applications • Data sharing applications • Fusion center • RHIO • Master index • Integration applications • Web services • SOA: loosely coupled

23. Technology & Ability • Newer technology gives you the ability • Types of technology: • Hardware • Software • Types of abilities: • Standardization • Master Indexing • Link Analysis

24. STANDARDIZATION • NEIM • Communications protocols • Resource Description Framework (RDF) • Web Services • WS-* Specifications • SOAP & XML • Application functionality

25. Technology & Ability • Newer technology gives you the ability • Types of technology: • Hardware • Software • Types of abilities: • Standardization • Master Indexing • Link Analysis

26. MASTER INDEXING • Positively identify “object” • Person, place or thing • Store only immutable information and external links • Discover inconsistencies or incorrect data • Automatically synchronize data • Gather best information available • Where is the “object” today?

27. Matching & Merging Data • Identify potential data matches • Determine most current information • Decide on threshold to merge • Merge information together

28. Identify Relationships • Many objects have direct relationships • Parent – child – sibling • Owner – object • Place – owner - occupant • Identify and expose these within the master index

29. Technology & Ability • Newer technology gives you the ability • Types of technology: • Hardware • Software • Types of abilities: • Standardization • Master Indexing • Link Analysis

30. LINK ANALYSIS • Examination of relationships to: • Determine previously unknown elements • Create indirect links • Prove flow of property • Follow the evidence • Illustrate the timeline

31. Federated Link Analysis • Federated query rather than centralized • Create a SQL Multi Dimensional Database (SMDD) to store data links • When actively analyzing data, a dynamic query returns all pertinent data to client • Eliminates need for a data warehouse

32. A Sample Analysis

33. SMDD Relationship Data (1)

34. SMDD Relationship Data (2)

36. Questions? Thank You!

37. Contact Information Jeff Langford, CISSP Director of Justice Solutions MidTech Partners jlangford@midtechpartners.com (253) 225-4681