Category: Enterprise search & search technology (Page 56 of 59)

Semio Corporation announced that it is forming a technology alliance with Antarcti.ca Systems. The companies will offer enterprises a unique Graphical User Interface for their categorized data. Semio and Antarcti.ca will cooperatively sell and market their respective products, SemioTagger and Visual Net, to organizations seeking solutions for the management and visualization of unstructured data. Use of the combined products results in improved search relevancy and more intuitive navigation of datasets. Semio uses a linguistic-based categorization method and statistical clustering techniques to find the most relevant phrases and concepts within unstructured information matched to a customized taxonomy. Semio then organizes massive volumes of online content into easily understood, topic hierarchies by linking information based on the concept(s) contained in the phrases. After SemioTagger has categorized and tagged data, it is fed through Antarcti.ca’s Visual Net engine which creates graphical, information-rich, large-scale maps of the newly structured data. , www.semio.com

Engage, Inc. and AltaVista announced an OEM alliance to incorporate AltaVista’s Enterprise Search software into Engage’s ContentServer 7 solution. AltaVista’s Enterprise Search software will provide Engage customers full-text search capability, enabling them to index both print and online digital assets for fast, efficient deployment across the broader marketing organization. Under the terms of the agreement, Engage will develop a unique content management search interface for the ContentServer client, tightly integrating AltaVista Enterprise Search software. Search results, enabled through a combination of natural language and database queries, will be incorporated into Engage’s content management solution, allowing users to access digital assets from desktop applications such as Quark XPress and Adobe Photoshop. ContentServer 7 with integrated AltaVista Enterprise Search software is scheduled for release in early 2002. Engage will also make AltaVista’s Enterprise Search software available to its existing customers and customers purchasing Engage’s current release of ContentServer 6.4. www.engage.com, www.altavista.com

Inktomi Corp. announced that it is a developer partner for Microsoft’s new Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2002. Inktomi has enhanced Inktomi Media Publisher software, allowing users of Microsoft Producer to automatically publish, distribute and manage rich media content across distributed, heterogeneous networks using Producer’s built-in Publish Wizard. Working seamlessly with Microsoft Producer, Inktomi Media Publisher enables networks to handle the flow of multimedia presentations and other rich content across networks while giving users fast access to business critical information. Inktomi Media Publisher provides users of Microsoft Producer with integrated content publishing, scheduled distribution, content management and search capabilities through a Web application. To facilitate access to this content, Inktomi Media Publisher includes Inktomi’s enterprise search technology, allowing users to search and retrieve rich media content published across networks by keyword, title and description.
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Antarcti.ca Systems Inc. (ASI) announced the release of Visual Net 2.0 (VN2.0) and the development of a new personal visualization tool. Where standard database navigation relies on old-fashioned text search technology, Visual Net provides a Graphical User Interface, allowing users to browse and navigate information more easily using visual maps. With a cleaner more organized user interface, Visual Net 2.0 adds two new key features: Advanced Filter is a visual translation of traditional text search. After applying the Filter, the Visual Net maps will only display data and categories that match the search parameters entered by the user. The results are organized into topic neighborhoods on the map, with no long lists of text to sort through; and Target Landmarks that function as visual bookmarks. They allow users to highlight specific pieces of data by placing graphical icons on the map so users can easily return to them. Landmarks are automatically organized by location and can be personalized with user notes. PVN is a new architecture of VN 2.0 that is a standalone desktop client that allows users to create their own visually rich maps of personal data sets such as computer files or Web sites or as a tool for sharing and collaboration of enterprise information. Visual Net 2.0 is available now. Personal Visual Net is scheduled for release in early 2002.

Inktomi Corp. announced an agreement with BEA Systems, Inc. to integrate Inktomi Enterprise Search with BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0. This agreement provides BEA WebLogic Portal users with a unified search experience across multiple data formats, languages and locations for effective information retrieval and increased business efficiency. BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0 will be delivered as an integrated solution with tools for business users to personalize users’ online experiences, and for IT organizations to enable enterprise-wide standards, security and administration. Built on BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Portal can rapidly scale to thousands of concurrent users and transactions, and can be adapted to manage multiple portal initiatives. www.bea.com, www.inktomi.com

West Group and NextPage Inc. announced a strategic alliance that will enable NextPage users to retrieve and display Westlaw content and services within the NextPage framework and associated Web-based applications. Through the West Group/NextPage alliance, researchers can retrieve documents from across their enterprise – and related content from Westlaw all in one operation. The NextPage framework provides access to a wide array of sources, such as local and remote firm document collections in Microsoft Office, PDF, Lotus Notes or other formats, as well as third party content such as publishers, partners, supplier or customers. When NextPage users access Westlaw from within this peer-to-peer architecture results will be displayed in an integrated fashion with those from their other content sources. This alliance will also allow users in the UK to access the same functionality when they use Westlaw UK from Sweet and Maxwell. www.west.thomson.com, www.nextpage.com