InfoSphere Global Name Recognition

IBM® InfoSphere® Global Name Recognition helps manage, search, analyze, and compare multicultural name data sets by leveraging culture-specific name data & linguistic rules.

It leverages a unique linguistic-based approach that is based on over 20 years of research to address the needs of managing personal and business names from all over the world.

Conducts knowledge-based name matching that considers every name, which greatly reduces false negatives and false positives
Performs name matching against lists and other data sources and provides likely variations
Scores and ranks results by leveraging linguistic-based search capabilities that consider similarity of pronunciation to identify matches as well as cultural variations
Recognizes written, hand-keyed, and oral interpretations of name data
Identifies and classifies the cultural heritage, country of association, gender, and parsing of a name, allowing for actionable business decisions
Handles transliteration from Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hangul (Korean), and Kana (Japanese), which includes both Hiragana and Katakana