Digital Reasoning investment

Digital Reasoning, the advanced data analytics firm based in Brentwood, in a release today announced "a strategic investment, licensing, and development agreement from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The transaction will make Digital Reasoning’s technology available for use within in the U.S. Intelligence Community... In-Q-Tel is the strategic, not-for-profit investment firm that works to identify, adapt, and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Launched in 1999 as a private, independent organization, IQT’s mission is to identify and partner with companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of the United States. Working from an evolving strategic blueprint defining the Intelligence Community’s critical technology needs, IQT engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and investors to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the CIA and broader U.S. Intelligence Community."

Veil still shrouds ORNL-NSA ties

Updating his report of about a week ago, KNS Columnist Frank Munger tries again to peal-back the tarp from Oak Ridge National Lab's increased supercomputing and math work for the National Security Agency. Based on our own sojourn in NSA-linked intelligence, I'd say we won't be learning more, for at least 25 years.