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SAS acquires Memex

SAS, a company focused on business analytics software and services, has acquired Memex, a player in the intelligence management solutions field that helps improve intelligence processes, enhance public safety, and prevent and deter crime, terrorism and other threats.

SAS, a company focused on business analytics software and services, has acquired Memex, a player in the intelligence management solutions field that helps improve intelligence processes, enhance public safety, and prevent and deter crime, terrorism and other threats. The company has a strong presence in the law enforcement and homeland security markets.

SAS, already a player in the worldwide public security and safety markets, intends to carve out a global leadership position, according to SAS CEO Jim Goodnight. “The Memex acquisition is a key element of our global initiative to enhance our law enforcement, criminal justice, homeland security and intelligence offerings. I want SAS to be the first company public security organisations call to help them apply analytics to solve crime and protect citizens.”

Jim Goodnight, CEO SAS

Ian Manocha, managing director, SAS UK and Ireland, who will serve as Memex chairman, added, “In many countries, the law enforcement, justice, homeland security and defence intelligence markets have been separate, each maintaining its own data. SAS is expanding its ability to share and use data more efficiently and effectively across local, national and global levels with an aim toward predicting and preventing crime.”

With the acquisition, SAS will also be able to target the emerging market for fusion centres, which combine the resources of multiple law enforcement agencies. Several US states and major cities have fusion centres that are using Memex technology.

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