Anne Arundel Inc.: Growing Intelligence

Somewhere amid the exhibits of Enigma machines, Navajo code talkers, modern biometrics and the Cray supercomputer, Wick Keating found a marketing strategy for his new company.
Exponential Storage of Annapolis had developed a system of storing and cataloguing petabytes —1 million gigabytes each — of digital information and enabling thousands of users to search the files simultaneously. The system even cost less than conventional computer storage, said Keating, the company’s CEO. The technology had obvious uses in the intelligence sector. But how could a fledgling company without security clearances penetrate that secretive world and make sales? ....