Company gives $5.5 million gift of analytical software for CSU intelligence studies consortium

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Classroom study and analysis for national security studies at a California State University consortium that includes Cal State San Bernardino received a major boost with a $5.5 million gift of computer programs from one of the leading worldwide providers of investigative and analytic software.

The i2 software company's $5.5 million gift includes the leading investigative and analysis software, Analyst's Notebook. The gift also includes iBase, iBridge, TextChart and Analyst's Workstation, which will go to four of the seven campuses in the CSU Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Consortium (CSU-ACE). The lead center for the consortium is Cal State San Bernardino's National Security Studies program.

"Using this software in the classroom will help students learn about some of the latest technology in use by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies that assist in analyzing complex phenomena, such as terrorist and criminal financing," said Mark T. Clark, director of CSU-ACE and Cal State San Bernardino's National Security Studies program.

The four CSU campuses of the consortium that will get i2 software are: San Bernardino, Long Beach, Bakersfield and Dominguez Hills, Clark said. The other three campuses in consortium, Fullerton, Northridge and Cal Poly Pomona, will likely receive the software sometime in the future.

Each software application has its own distinctive use. iBase is a database software used for federal law enforcement and intelligence collection. iBridge is software that helps integrate several different types of databases for use with i2 software. TextChart is a software package that helps the user to integrate unstructured data sets into a format recognizable by the other application software.

Analyst's Workstation includes four different types of software in one package. It contains Analyst's Notebook and iBase, but also a data miner software program for analyzing high volumes of data. It also allows a geographic mapping program to analyze data. Typically, federal and local law enforcement and intelligence officials use Analyst's Workstation to dissect crime and terrorism.

i2 Inc. previously donated more than $1 million worth of software to Cal State San Bernardino and Cal State Long Beach in January 2008.

More than 2,000 organizations and Fortune 500 businesses in 100 countries use i2 software for investigations and intelligence analysis.

The company's collegiate outreach program will provide five different software suites both for faculty and students in department labs. It will also provide technical support and training for each of the software packages for the principal users. The i2 collegiate outreach program provides eligible universities and colleges with products, support and instructor training.

The consortium consists of Cal State San Bernardino, Long Beach State and five other CSU campuses: Bakersfield, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Northridge and Cal Poly Pomona.

For more information on the California State University Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Consortium (CSU-ACE), visit http://www.csu-ace.org/index.html or contact Mark T. Clark at (909) 537-5534.

For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university's Office of Public Affairs at (909) 537-5007 and visit http://news.csusb.edu.