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Textron Introducing Upgraded Version of Big Data Analytics Tool

Friday, October 5th, 2012

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Textron [TXT] recently introduced an upgraded version of its IMPACT information analysis software that is being used by local law enforcement agencies to help them sort through data to create actionable information about criminal activity. With IMPACT 2.0, Textron has created a more extensible software that is useful to smaller customers as well as larger ones such as Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI, John Percy, vice president of Textron Systems Advanced Systems Overwatch business,…

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