Search Technologist, SearchInform, Releases Textual Enhancements

Posted on Friday, May 18 @ 11:23:12 EDT

SearchInform Technologies Inc., has released a new version of its SearchInform application, a corporate system of full text search and search for documents with similar content in large data volumes.

The new version supports web-interface, a feature that will be particularly applicable in the corporate field. In SearchInform 4.0.01 support of web-interface has been added. Now, in order to find information, you don't need to install any additional software on client computers, instead you can connect to the search server using web-browser. According to the company, this also rids all limitations affiliated to binding the client versions of SearchInform to a particular computer. User-friendly web-interface provides simplicity of use and anyone familiar with an Internet search engine will be able to find the needed information in practically no time. Now that web interface has been added, SearchInform offers functions which allow you to set client access to SearchInform search server via Internet. When accessing the server through internet, the system of user access rights differentiation as set in domain security policies applies.

With the new release, SearchInform has become cross-platform software. Now Windows platform is required only for the search server, while client workstations can be equipped with other operation systems. Now regardless of different OS's, clients can connect to the server, send their search queries and get accurate results. Main features of SearchInform: - Phrase search with due consideration to stemming and thesaurus - New SoftInform Search Technology of search for similar documents - High indexing speed (15 to 30 Gb/hour), - Client-server architecture - web-interface - Scalability - Query caching system - Support of over 60 most popular text formats, Outlook and TheBat electronic messages, mp3 and avi tags, and logs of MSN and ICQ instant messaging programs - Indexing DBMS fields (Lotus, SQL, Oracle).

SearchInform Technologies was founded in 1995 and has been operating in the area of information technologies with special focus on information searching, storing and processing. The range of company's products is quite large and encompasses from mass production of single user-oriented products to ready business solutions to be integrated into corporate systems. Owing to its extensive experience in various projects, the company offers its services on developing custom information systems of any complexity.

SearchInform search modules work in products of such companies as Hummingbird DM (document-management of Western grand developer Hummingbird), PDM Lotsia Plus from the Russian developer of project documentation management systems Lotsia Soft, and in HelpDesk system of IPI company.