Norkom

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Norkom Technologies
Company typePublic company
Industry Financial services
Founded1998
Headquarters,
Ireland
Key people
Paul Kerley
ProductsAnti-crime software
Owner BAE Systems

Norkom Technologies was a provider of financial services and anti-crime software, founded in Dublin in 1998. In November 2004, it signed an agreement to acquire Belgium-based risk management firm Data4s. [1] In 2011, it was acquired by BAE Systems and merged into its subsidiary Detica (now BAE Systems Applied Intelligence). [2] [3] [4]

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