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Royal Air Force deploys Active Navigation across the UK
Preparing unstructured data for migration to DII(F)
Southampton, 24 April 2008 – Active Navigation, an information management software company, today announced that the Royal Air Force (RAF) has selected Active Navigation to help prepare all UK bases for its move to the DII(F) (Defence Information Infrastructure Future) programme, run by the EDS led ATLAS consortium.
The DII(F) project aims to bring together the information systems of Ministry of Defence organisations into a single platform, replacing the myriad of bespoke systems that exist at the 4,000 locations worldwide.
In less than eight weeks Active Navigation was deployed at more than 30 UK RAF bases to:
- Uncover what information assets exist on bases
- Identify duplication, near duplication and data redundancy in unstructured content
- Organise station information to fit the mandated RAF file plan
- Migrate content from old file structures to the new RAF file plan
Wing Commander Colin Mulready, SO1 RAF IM stated, “The task of preparing bases for the move to DII(F) is a large undertaking; to try to prepare bases’ data for migration manually would have been neither feasible nor cost-effective. Active Navigation is helping us to address this task in a logical, effective manner and will help to improve accessibility to relevant information and assist in the compliance process.”
Peter Baumann , Chief Executive of Active Navigation said, “This has been a great opportunity for us to demonstrate that, even for a complex organisation like the RAF, it is possible to identify inappropriate, redundant and duplicate data across a large set of networks in a short period of time. As a result, the RAF will have a lighter load of data that is cleansed and ready for migration to DII(F).”
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Active Navigation:
Active Navigation was originally founded to commercialise innovative hypertext systems research carried out at the University of Southampton. Since its incorporation in 2000 the company has developed software to address the needs of today's information-laden enterprises.
Active Navigation has pioneered a unique approach resulting in a system that automatically and intelligently manages unstructured information. This enables enterprises to extract maximum potential from their content instead of wasting precious time trying to find it. Organisations also benefit from significant storage savings through Active Navigation’s audit and de-duplication capabilities. Secure, stable, and seamlessly integrated, the software includes elegant and intuitive interfaces that dramatically enhance the user experience.
Today many well-known public and commercial organisations use Active Navigation’s software. Recent and current customers include: the Royal Air Force, the US Department of efense, the US Department of Homeland Security, Halcrow Group, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority, Jane’s Information Group and Lloyd’s of London.
Active Navigation is a privately held company with offices in the United Kingdom and United States of America. For further information about Active Navigation, please visit: www.activenavigation.com or contact Active Navigation on +44 (0) 23 8076 7678.
For further press information please contact Xanthe Vaughan Williams at Fourth Day Public Relations on +44 (0) 20 7403 4411 or email xanthe@fourthday.co.uk.
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