You’ve heard the hype, now learn the process. Go beyond the hype of data analytics and Big Data and follow data from the Deep Web through the three-step process transforming raw data into actionable intelligence: Harvesting Normalizing and Enrichment Reporting and Analytics Download our latest white paper to discover how Big Data from the Deep Web […]
Police departments around the world use Twitter as a means of sharing information with their communities. BrightPlanet recently completed a study to uncover exactly how police departments are using Twitter.
Overnight the Boston Police Department Twitter handle (@Boston_Police) went from 55,000 followers to over 117,000 followers as a result of the Boston Marathon tragedy. Twitter and other social media tools are powerful tools for civilians, law enforcement, and public service agencies during and after a crisis as we saw over the last couple of days.
The government and military love to use acronyms, and one of those acronyms is OSINT. Learn what it stands for, what it has to do with Big Data from the Deep Web, and why it isn’t just a government acronym.
Welcome to the third and final installment of our three-part blog series on how data goes from the Deep Web to actionable intelligence. In the first installment, we learned about harvesting unstructured content/data at large scale from the Deep Web. In the second posting, we then learned about the normalization and enrichment of that data […]
BrightPlanet has tallied the final results from the Global Law Enforcement Tweet-a-Thon, an event created and produced by LAwS Communications . Over 200 police departments, from at least 10 countries, speaking 23 languages, participated in a 24-hour “virtual ride-along” on March 22-23. #poltwt was even a top 10 trending topic in the United States on […]
We are over halfway through the 24-hour Law Enforcement Tweet-a-Thon. Law enforcement agencies from across the world are tweeting police activity to create awareness about police work and the issues police face through the #poltwt hashtag. #Poltwt is one of the top trending hastags on all of Twitter! So far there have been over 35,000 […]
We are less than a day away from the 24-Hour Law Enforcement Tweet-a-thon. Starting Friday at 8 a.m., law enforcement agencies worldwide will tweet police activity for 24 hours to create awareness about police work and the issues police face, as well as to promote the use of social media in policing. Over 150 agencies […]
What is the Deep Web and why should you care? Whether you are searching for unstructured Big Data or trying to answer narrowly targeted questions, what you need can typically be found somewhere within the millions of Deep Web sources. Download our latest white paper to learn the answers to common questions asked by curious […]
Health IT adoption is a hot topic in healthcare. Many healthcare providers are fighting the uphill battle to select and implement new technology. BrightPlanet partnered with The Rockville Institute for the Advancement of Social Science and Westat to provide the data collection behind the HealthITxChange, a free, online collaborative community designed to accelerate the successful […]