Dataware Technologies has announced the Dataware II Knowledge Query Server 2.0, an information retrieval solution that integrates with corporate intranets. This will allow users simultaneously to query multiple information repositories, including internal and external Web-based resources such as Lotus Domino databases, document management systems and intranets.
Each query returns results in a single, merged and formatted list that is easy for users to understand and act on. Users need not perform many individual searches of knowledge sources inside and outside their organisations - a single search provides a portal to all available information.
Knowledge Query Server 2.0 takes advantage of the combined power of leading Web search engines and processes the returns to provide users with unified, intelligently sorted information. Searches can be created to comb multiple intranet-based corporate resources exclusive of the Internet or examine internal and external Web-based sources at the same time.
"We have 38 000 worldwide employees and six regional intranets that store corporate best-practices information," says Ian Lundberg, IT director for consulting giant Cap Gemini. "To leverage this vast knowledge throughout the company we sought a product that could serve as a link between our regional intranets, our global intranet, and the Internet and rapidly fulfil requests for information from anywhere in the world. Knowledge Query Server fits the bill.
"Dataware`s latest Knowledge Query Server quickly turns requests for data into useful information which can then be leveraged as knowledge. This is a strong, bottomline business advantage for Cap Gemini."
"This next generation of Knowledge Query Server is a significant step forward for Dataware in two important areas. As a knowledge management tool, it represents a bold new approach that leverages the popularity of HTTP to search across virtually any text repository in a simple manner," says Carl Frappaolo, executive VP and co-founder of The Delphi Group. "But most powerful is the delivery of a single, intelligent result set that is relevancy-ranked and conceptually clustered. Thanks to this approach, users get a significantly more targeted and higher quality knowledge yield."
Knowledge Query Server 2.0 supports a wide variety of search types, including full text, proximity and Boolean, allowing users to find the information they need in the way that is easiest for them. The product integrates results returned from multiple sites to present an easy-to-read list in a user-defined format. A search site built using release 2.0 of the Dataware II Knowledge Query Server is available on the Web at http://queryserver.dataware.com.
Dataware products are distributed in South Africa by Software Futures.
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