Business analytics provider SAS recently announced a merger with U.K. software company Memex. According to the Beyond Search blog, this union will enable law enforcement and defense agencies to share and search for information globally.

SAS Chief Executive John Goodnight said that he wants “…SAS to be the first company that public security organizations call to help them apply analytics to solve crime and protect citizens.”

This is proof that government agencies are finding ways to make use of enterprise search solutions to become more efficient. We should expect to see more such partnerships in the near future as enterprise solutions become increasingly essential.