In addition, the need to maintain and enhance this highly knowledgeable work force was a critical decision factor in going forward with the project. The need for a capability such as this was exemplified by the Gulf War, when DoD decision-makers needed to find Military members with particular expertise who also spoke Arabic. After surveying the products available, the DoD looked to the knowledge management engine built into Autonomy for its answers. Their final solution used the strengths of Autonomy's portal capabilities to build a knowledge tool, as well as the search capabilities offered by Autonomy's Visualizer . DoD personnel managers can use Autonomy Visualizer , an optional add-on to the Autonomy package, to locate available expertise in certain domains while DoD members have a KM tool to help build their domains of expertise.
Employees can keep their skills honed by personalizing their view through the portal.
Autonomy will automatically spider newsfeeds, the Internet, and the DoD's intranet each day, seeking out highly relevant information that the user programs it to find. With Autonomy, the DoD was able to take advantage of the collective knowledge of 10 million people, while giving individuals a tool that keeps that knowledge razor sharp. What they said George Hellstern, project manager for the DoD, said the agency looked at many knowledge management solutions before it chose Autonomy.