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HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2004--Language Analysis Systems, makers of the leading advanced name-recognition technology, today announced a partnership with Visual Analytics, Inc. (VAI), a leading best-of-breed data mining and pattern recognition company, to jointly offer the international analytical community with unparalleled name matching, name categorization, and name searching capabilities.

VAI's VisuaLinks and DIG analytical software are a key part of the turnkey solutions offered to clients who do not have the means or infrastructure to support their own data mining or analytical applications. Additionally, the company works with clients who want to enhance their existing systems and who require its expertise in order to facilitate the knowledge transfer to their organizations.

"Today, names are considered the least reliable component of data as compared to, say, addresses or identification numbers, because they can be represented in so many distinct ways. Think about how names can be varied by using different phonetics, spellings, nicknames, abbreviations, and variations based on culture," said Chris Westphal, CEO of Visual Analytics. "We are working with LAS to solve this challenge and help our customers better manage and analyze their data to fight terrorism, drug trafficking, money-laundering and fraud. Our combined technologies will be unmatched in the community and provide our customer-base with a truly awesome system."

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