2003 Announcements
December 19, 2003
Keel Group Limited Launches Keel 2.0 Latest Version of Open Source Application Framework Provides Progressive Features and Seamless Installation
Founders of the open source Keel framework [including Platinum Solutions] today released Keel 2.0 to the development community. This new version is an upgrade from version 1.0 and dramatically improves the development process for Web-based applications. Keel 2.0 is a Java server side meta-framework or "framework of frameworks" that provides standard interfaces for a variety of other open source frameworks and components.
The full press release can be found here.
October 16, 2003
Platinum Solutions' Evidentiary Metadata System Helps FBI Locate and Evaluate Digital Evidence
Powerful, investigative tool quickly locates case information from digital media.
Platinum Solutions announced the delivery of the Evidentiary Metadata System Version 1.0 (EVMS) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) division. The latest of Platinum Solutions systems for the FBI, EVMS will give law enforcement the ability to query and pinpoint specific data on confiscated media including hard, floppy or removable drives; backup media, CDs, PDAs and other data recording devices. EVMS allows law enforcement to more efficiently evaluate digital evidence, solve crimes and present evidence in court.
The full press release can be found here.
September 1, 2003
Platinum Solutions Highlighted in Law Enforcement Technology Magazine
Platinum Solutions president, Adam Rossi, is prominently featured in the September 2003 issue of Law Enforcement Technology magazine. The article, entitled "Like an open book - open source software is worth checking out" discusses open source software and standards-based application development, and how law enforcement IT is relying more and more on both.
Law Enforcement Technology magazine can be found online at http://www.law-enforcement.com.
June 9, 2003
JavaOne, here we come! This week we make our second annual company pilgrimage to Sun's JavaOne conference, held in San Francisco, California.
The entire development team has been invited to consume as much Java as possible, in order to prepare for the demands of the coming year. Platinum Solutions will remain open for business throughout the week. This year's conference will be held from June 10-13.
June 5, 2003
"Keel - The Next Generation Meta Framework," by Platinum Solutions senior consultant Santanu Dutt, published on theserverside.com.
As posted on site's discussion area:
"The Keel open source meta-framework, based the Jakarta Avalon project, is a highly extensible backbone for integrating Java components and services. For developers tasked with selecting the right framework for their project, this article looks at some of the benefits Keel offers over other frameworks; it explains the technical architecture of Keel and its core functionalities, examines different deployment scenarios, and looks at various applications and services that come bundled with the framework."
May 3, 2003
Pominent government agency representatives approve Platinum Solutions' presentation of the Evidentiary Metadata System (EVMS) during the project's mid-year review.
Platinum Solutions was selected by a Federal agency last year to help investigators become more efficient in evaluating the digital evidence that they gather.
Platinum Solutions is meeting this challenge by creating an application that process digital evidence, generates useful metadata according to an XML-based schema, and stores the metadata in a searchable database that helps investigators quickly locate items of interest. Platinum Solutions' approach leverages existing technologies based on open standards. The application design promotes flexibility, and will be compatible with alL major databases and operating systems.
March 11, 2003
Platinum Solutions, Inc. joins the PostgreSQL, Inc. worldwide network of Certified Alliance Program partners
"We are proud to add Platinum Solutions as PostgreSQL, Inc.'s newest Platinum Certified Alliance Program (CAP) member. They have been a trusted technology partner to the FBI since 1999 and have earned one of the highest ratings from customers in the 2002 D&B (Dun & Bradstreet) Past Performance Evaluation(tm)Â with a 100% overall positive performance rating." explains PostgreSQL, Inc. CEO Geoff Davidson. "Evidence of their capabilities, expertise and service excellence was also proven throughout the rigorous process of competencies review and testing, qualifying Platinum Solutions, Inc. to earn the designation of a PRIME CAP partner, with the lead responsibility for fulfilling all US Federal Government and Agency requests, as well as for signing up other US CAP partners for that, and other, channels."
The full press release can be found here.
February 5, 2003
Platinum Solutions president Adam Rossi to speak at the Center for Open Source & Government's upcoming conference. The presentation, "Promoting Inter-Agency Collaboration With Open Source Software," will be given Wednesday, March 19 at 11:00 am, in room 302.
Sharing information among government agencies has long been a goal of government. The war against terrorism has put a renewed emphasis on sharing sensitive information between law enforcement and intelligence agencies. In this presentation, we will discuss how open source software has been utilized to build collaborative Web applications that promote information sharing across agency boundaries, while maintaining security and strict data control. A linguist collaboration application will be described as a case study. The application is a Web-based linguist collaboration tool that is used by federal government agencies associated with law enforcement and intelligence. This application allows agencies to share scarce language translation and interpretation personnel. Utilizing open source software resulted in a powerful and flexible system that was delivered under aggressive budget constraints.
The conference, titled "Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU," will be held in Washington, DC March 17 - 19, 2003.