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SCRA's Alastar Unveils Comprehensive Social Media Tool
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. --(Business Wire)--
SCRA today announced the latest release of their situational awareness
software, Alastar.
"Reveille" includes several substantial enhancements of Alastar's Social
Media Widget. The first enhancement now allows the user to search both
geo-located feeds and the feeds with no location defined, which
represent the majority of public social media postings. This feature
allows Alastar users, including public information officers and
emergency managers, to see firsthand what the public is posting about an
event or incident and allows for a more comprehensive search by
analysts. The second enhancement, the Social Media Wall, will display
all social media search results on a wall view. Both of these
enhancements create significant new capabilities for personnel in
real-time crime centers, allowing expanded options from the geospatial
and tabular views in previous versions of the software.
"Alastar provides the ig picture and the ability to share that across
multiple agencies, providing effective and efficient responses," said
SCRA Applied R&D Vice President Mark Aukamp. "The product delivers
situational awareness and provides a common operating picture for public
safety and corporate organizations. We are pleased to release the
Reveille version of our software, which will allow users to better
leverage social media feeds."
The Alastar team attended the International Association of Chiefs of
Police conference in Orlando, Fla. last week, where they showcased the
software's new social media features. The team will next be at the
National Fusion Center Conference in Alexandria, Virginia.
About SCRA
http://www.scra.org/
SCRA is an applied research corporation with over 30 years of experience
delivering technology solutions with high returns on investment to
federal and corporate clients. To fulfill our mission, SCRA has three
sectors: Our Technology Ventures sector has helped over 300 early-stage
companies to commercialize innovations and create jobs, our Applied R&D
sector manages over 100 national and international programs worth over
$2 billion in contract value, and our R&D Facilities sector builds and
manages research facilities that include wet labs, secure rooms for
sensitive work and advanced, high-tech manufacturing shops. Multiple
economic impact studies show SCRA's cumulative output into South
Carolina's economy to be over $16.6 billion.
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