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A military team turns complex human terrain data into intelligence

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • Asia
Country
  • Afghanistan
Product
  • IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook
Tech Stack
  • Data Analysis
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Digital Expertise
  • Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
  • Analytics & Modeling - Data Mining
Applicable Industries
  • National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
  • Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
  • Predictive Maintenance
Services
  • Data Science Services
About The Customer
The customer in this case study is a specialized military team stationed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The team is tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating large volumes of data used to develop human terrain intelligence in the battle against insurgents. The team comprises five companies with subunits occupying their own areas of operation. The large geographical area involved encompasses a wide and varied population amongst whom the insurgents can operate. Each subunit passes data up the intelligence chain for fusion with other data and further exploitation.
The Challenge
The military team, stationed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating large volumes of data used to develop human terrain intelligence in the battle against insurgents. The team comprised five companies with subunits occupying their own areas of operation. The large geographical area involved encompasses a wide and varied population amongst whom the insurgents can operate. Each subunit passes data up the intelligence chain for fusion with other data and further exploitation. Previous methods of channeled data did not facilitate the rapid fusion of intelligence needed to drive intelligence-led operations. The team needed a solution that would ingest large volumes of complex data for analysis, minimize duplicate efforts, and maximize corroboration.
The Solution
The military team implemented IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook software in its quest to best take advantage of gathered intelligence in its counterinsurgency efforts. Each subunit enters its gathered intelligence, contributing to the hundreds of rows of data that the overall team inputs daily for deeper analysis and exploitation. The i2 Analyst’s Notebook software helps the team fuse this data, from multiple sources in varied formats, for fast analysis and exploitation. The i2 Analyst’s Notebook software helps the team convert the disparate data into a cohesive intelligence picture, reducing duplicate efforts and facilitating information corroboration and sharing. The implementation of the i2 Analyst’s Notebook software has helped the team identify patterns that may have otherwise gone unnoticed, allowing them to recognize and deliberately disrupt insurgent activity.
Operational Impact
  • Facilitates intelligence exploitation by integrating and simplifying disparate data from multiple sources
  • Provides an integrated intelligence picture, helping to reduce duplication and support collaboration through integration
  • Helps identify previously unnoticed patterns and connections through advanced analytical capabilities

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