*republished with permission from Geospatial Intelligence Forum* John Yokley has over 30 years of experience in the field of engineering management and information systems in support of government and industry. He established PTFS in 1995 to service the federal government and support the management of the increasing growth rate of information by providing and supporting digital content management solutions and related services. He launched multiple new vertical market strategies in 2006 and expanded the ArchivalWare Enterprise Content Management System (CMS) software product line to support digital library markets and exploit emerging geospatial intelligence and government declassification requirements. Q: How and why did… read more →
Date: 10/23/2012 North Bethesda, MD- October 23, 2012- In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, PTFS uploaded newly released Cuban Missile Crisis information highlighting Arthur Lundahl’s conversations with senior White House officials, including John F. Kennedy, into its ArchivalWare servers in conjunction with a special panel held at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on October 15 to commemorate the event. The panel, including Dino Brugioni and Vincent DiRenzo, was part of a small group from the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center who worked for 13 tense days in October 1962 under the NPIC’s director, Arthur Lundahl,… read more →
PTFS has expanded its ArchivalWare GS functionality to now include leading GIS vendors including Esri. The new functionality now provides options for GUI: Standard ArchivalWare GS Google Earth Interface or Esri Interface. In addition, ArchivalWare GS users can now catalog all Geospatial data formats supported by Esri to include imagery. Users will also have the ability to choose between google and Esri map viewers depending on their preference. Combining industry leading geographic information system (GIS) with standard ArchivalWare ECM functionality provides organizations the ability to manage all of their content in a geospatially aware manor.