SiXworks, an IBM Company, and KX Deliver Secure, Real-Time Data Analytics to Transform Defense Operations

Equipping defense institutions with a highly secure data analytics and visualization environment

KX, the leading high-performance analytical database for the AI era, and SiXworks, an IBM company, a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specializing in digital experimentation in high security environments, today announced a collaboration to bring a secure, high-performance data analytics and visualization toolset to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other defense sectors.

“Recent global events have emphasized the need for secure, time-sensitive analytics. SiXworks specializes in supporting our customers with digital innovation and rapid transition to live service. Our customer selected KX because of the software’s high speed and optimization for time-series data, which are critical to defense and security sectors,” said Richard Watts, Director BD, SiXworks. “Working with KX and its data scientists, SiXworks has enabled a highly secure deployment of its on-premise data analytics environment, enabling our customer to extract new insights from their existing data sets.”

Delays in aggregating and processing data can obscure critical intelligence. This collaboration optimizes the unification of event data across disparate sources and varying velocities and volumes without compromising performance, security, or accuracy. SiXworks and KX have curated a secure toolset that consists of:

• High-performance data processing and analytics engine: kdb+ is KX’s foundational database optimized for time-series data. It has been independently benchmarked as the fastest in-memory, columnar analytics database available, delivering unmatched value to businesses operating in the toughest, and most time-sensitive data environments. Built on speed and efficiency, kdb+ improves real-time decision-making processes to help navigate high-frequency data landscapes.
• Secure Deployment: SiXworks provides a secure-by-design hosting environment and DevSecOps pipeline, adhering to the stringent security requirements of defense operations. We specialise in security hardening applications and toolsets so that users can confidently use the best that the market offers whilst mitigating any cyber vulnerabilities.
• Integration with development frameworks: In-built toolkits, customizable dashboards and multiple integrations with programming languages such as Python enable powerful machine learning and artificial intelligence extensions to the environment. These tools provide enhanced support for monitoring, planning and information analysis.

“The application of fast and secure analytics to mass data is transformative across the Defense Industry; changing the game to offer information superiority, more effective decision making, and getting magnitudes more from the capabilities we already have,” said Air Cdre (Retd) Jez Holmes, Head RCO 2020-2024. “With SiXworks securely delivering KX’s high-performance analytical database, defense organizations are able to maintain a decision support pipeline that is focused on improving situational understanding and operational effectiveness, without jeopardizing security, performance or accuracy.”

“The timing of this collaboration reflects an urgent demand for advanced data solutions in defense. By partnering with SiXworks, we’re enabling defense organizations to transform how they aggregate and analyze mission-critical data,” says Gary Connolly, Vice President of Sales for Aerospace, Defense, Space and Security, KX. “Together, we provide the tools to deliver fast, secure, and actionable intelligence, enhancing situational awareness and operational agility in real time.”

KX has been a trusted system for mission-critical applications for over 20 years, providing unmatched speed, scale, adaptability and efficiency for global defense organizations. While the collaboration will initially benefit the MOD, its scalable framework has broad applicability across EMEA and other global defense operations seeking high-frequency, secure analytics for real-time decision-making. Earlier this year, KX also announced a collaboration with Skunk Works®, the renowned Advanced Development Programs division of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).

About SiXworks

SiXworks, an IBM company, is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. The SiXworks mission is to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security.

SiXworks advocates for high assurance, Zero Trust, and Data-Centric architectures, which provide maximum protection against cyber threats.

About KX

KX is on a mission to make AI a commercial reality for the many by addressing data challenges that impede deployment at scale. By simultaneously ingesting and analyzing high volumes of historical and real-time data, KX’s AI-ready analytical database enables organizations to unlock the full value of their data to accelerate innovation and make faster, more confident decisions. KX is the world's most performant, cost-effective and energy-efficient analytical database, delivering advanced data algorithms, insights and analytics at unmatched scale and speed.

KX is trusted by the world's top investment banks, aerospace and defense, high-tech manufacturing and health and life sciences organizations and operates across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

For more information visit www.kx.com.

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