CONTACTS 
0201 - Twisted Systems, Inc.                401 528 1145
020101 - Mr. Chris Nuzum; 401 268 9099

SUBJECTS
Traction, Journaling, by Twisted Systems, 000326
Telecon Proposed on Traction by Chris Nuzum
Web Journal Email Organizing System Solves Information Overload Solve
New Way Working Team Communication Email Organizing System Solves Inf
Pictures, Visualization Executive Work Practices
In-Q-Tel CIA Government Signed Agreement to Use Traction for Communic
CIA National Security Procurement Intelligence In-Q-Tel

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1810 - Summary/Objective
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181101 - Follow up ref SDS 38 0000, ref SDS 37 0000.
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181103 - Background....
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181105 -        Traction reviewed.................. 011102, ref SDS 38 0001
181106 -        Letter to Traction................. 011104, ref SDS 39 0001
181107 -        Recommendation to notify In-Q-Tel.. 020118, ref SDS 41 7O3M
181108 -        Submitted notice to In-Q-Tel....... 020125, ref SDS 42 0001
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181110 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Alex Shapiro to the OHS/DKR group
181111 - notifying of follow ing quote about Traction being tried by CIA under
181112 - contract to In-Q-Tel.....
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181114 -      "According to Traction's literature, it is 'a hypertext
181115 -      journaling system that combines elements of popular web logging
181116 -      software with advanced permissioning, auditing, action tracking,
181117 -      search, in-line commentary, and email integration essential to
181118 -      business users.'
181119 -      ..
181120 -      Traction was formerly known as Twisted Systems, a name that
181121 -      clearly didn't cut the mustard in government circles.
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181123 -      I'm an aficionado of such things, so will be on the lookout to
181124 -      try this software, and to hear from others who have experience
181125 -      with it."  --Jon Udell
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181127 - This information comes from the following Internet address....
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181129 -         ttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100887/2002/06/17.html#a306 181130 -
181131 -      020617 6:42:24 PM
181132 -
181133 -      Traction Software's k-logging system
181134 -      ..
181135 -      Last week I suggested that the FBI might profitably use a
181136 -      private network of weblogs to more adroitly manage its internal
181137 -      flow of information. Today comes a press release from Traction
181138 -      Software that says in part:
181139 -           ..
181140 -           Providence, Rhode Island, June 13, 2002 - In-Q-Tel, a
181141 -           venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency
181142 -           (CIA), has recently signed an expanded enterprise software
181143 -           license agreement with Traction Software, Inc., providing
181144 -           use rights for the latest version and multi-year upgrades of
181145 -           Traction's workgroup information-sharing software.
181146 -
181147 -           "Traction's product is a valuable tool among our growing
181148 -           portfolio of cutting-edge technologies that benefit
181149 -           enterprises like the CIA," said Gilman Louie, president and
181150 -           CEO, In-Q-Tel. "The value of Traction is that it makes
181151 -           collecting, organizing, and publishing information to the
181152 -           web or intranet as easy as using email."
181153 -
181154 -      According to Traction's literature, it is "a hypertext journaling
181155 -      system that combines elements of popular web logging software
181156 -      with advanced permissioning, auditing, action tracking, search,
181157 -      in-line commentary, and email integration essential to business
181158 -      users."
181159 -      ..
181160 -      Traction was formerly known as Twisted Systems, a name that
181161 -      clearly didn't cut the mustard in government circles.
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181163 -      I'm an aficionado of such things, so will be on the lookout to
181164 -      try this software, and to hear from others who have experience
181165 -      with it.
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181167 - Interest in Traction by the CIA is good news on progress on market
181168 - evolution from IT toward a culture of knowledge.
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181170 - On 010911 reports indicated CIA and FBI need help with analysis to
181171 - strengthen national security. ref SDS 28 UP5K
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181173 - On 011102 Traction was reviewed and showed potential for improving
181174 - analysis that can meet the needs of CIA and FBI. ref SDS 38 RL8G
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