Document Retrieval

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Document Retrieval Tools

Global Recall http://www.globalrecall.com. Vendor: Global Recall. Product Description: It is a document management system which is a extremely lightwieght client software that tightly installs into the desktop of a computer.It supports client/server architecture and the demand on the network is extremely low. It allows the user to access the same information three ways on your corporate Document Mangement Server: Integrated Desktop; Windows Client; Web Browser. Demo? No. Evaluation: It is a good, easy to use, and secure Document Management product. Email: grcentral@globalrecall.com Phone: (781) 769-1480

Fulcrum SearchServer http://www.fultech.com. Vendor: Fulcrum Technologies. Product Description: It is a multiplatform information indexing and retrieval engine. It can used on its own or in cutting edge knowledge-intensive products. It can be customized with an existing infrastructure and applications such as Windows or Web Browsers languages such as Java, Visual Basic and Visual C++. It includes a multi-format viewer, multi-processing, and multi-lingual capabilities. Demo? Yes -for a variety of its capabilities. Evaluation: It is a very good product that seems very flexible and and easy to integrate. It has a wide range of capabilities that should accomodate almost any orgranization. Email: prospects@pcdocs.com Phone: (781) 273-3800

Insight http://www.enigma.co.il. Vendor: Enigma Information Systems. Product Description: It is electronic publishing software that turns large document collections into e-publications that can be simultaneously distributed on Internet, intranet, CD-ROM, and a network. It includes a built-in full text search engine that has an an automated table of contents and hyperlinks. It builds your documents into a secure document database index equipped with a comprehensive full-text search. Demo? Yes- The company offers a free demo CD they will send to those interested. Evaluation: This product seems to be a very good product. It incorporates many different capabilities and is the only completely automated electronic publishing solution. Email: info@enigmainc.com Phone: (617) 239-8279

The Concept Map http://www.cdimensions.com, Vendor: Conceptual Dimensions. Product Description: It is a robust graphical end-user tool that conceptually organizes and visually enlivens the results of text search. The Concept Map graphically presents the results of a document search and are organized and displayed in a single screen. The Concept Map solves the problem of results lists that do not effectively lead users to information that is helpful to them. Evaluation: The Concept Map is a fast and efficient way to retrieve useful information, because the information is organized and visually grouped. Demo? No. Email: beta@cdimensions.com Phone: (619) 794-8416

The askSam Web Publisher http://www.askSam.com Vendor: askSam Systems. Product Description: It is a tool that is designed to let you create and publish documents and databases on the Internet. With askSam, documents no longer have to be converted to HTML, which is time-consuming and sometimes too expensive. To use, just import existing files or type information into askSam. The askSam Web Publisher automatically converts documents to HTML as users access them. Documents are stored in an askSam database so they can easily be updated. The askSam Web Publisher is also published large amounts of information very quickly.Evaluation: This product is an easy to use, quick, efficient and cost-effective way to publish information on the Internet. I recommend using this tool. Demo? Yes. Email: tech@askSam.com Phone: (800) 800-1997

Index Server http://www.microsoft.com. Vendor: Microsoft. Product Description: Microsoft Index Server is a full-text indexing and search engine for Internet InformationServer and Windows NT Server. It allows any Web browser to search documents for key words,phrases, or properties such as author's name. Demo? No, but can download a version for free. Evaluation: It is a good and easy to use index server. Email: unavailable. Phone:(800) 426-9400

AltaVista Search Enterprise Edition http://altavista.software.digital.com/search/index.asp. Vendor: Digital. Product Description: AltaVista Search engine gives you the power to find anything in your enterprise, from file serversto stand-alone databases to your intranet and 'extranet' and of course, across the World Wide Web. The AltaVista Search product family extends your reach into all domains in over 150 different file formats, including Microsoft Office 97, Adobe PDF, and PostScript, relational and flat-file databases, even AutoCAD.Search it all with equal ease. Demo? Yes- The company offers a free evaluation kit whichmay be downloaded. Evaluation: This product seems to be a very good product. Email: unavailable. Phone: (800) 344-4825

Search Manager http://www.software.ibm.com/data/search/eyxn0mst.html. Vendor: IBM. Product Description: SearchManager is IBM's solution for text retrieval. SearchManager uses advanced full-text search technology. Itenhances corporate, workgroup, and personal productivity by giving you direct and flexible access to textual and other related information.SearchManager helps you locate documents that have a specific phrase, word, word part, or a combination of these in the text. Demo? No. Evaluation: Search Manager is a powerful full-text search and retrieval solution for LAN-based workgroups and singleworkstations. Email: tsg@cybernet.de Phone:(800) 426-2255

Concordance http://www.Dataflight.com/Index.html. Vendor: Dataflight. Product Description: Concordance is a retrieval tool which can manage full text databases in seconds. Records retrieved can contain full text, numeric and fixed length text. Concordance has an easy menu driven interface which is compatible with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. This retrieval tool supports Boolean, proximity, context, and relational operators to offer a detailed search for the data requested. A nice feature of this tool is that it allows real time exchange of data (loading, uploading, and updating) while other network users are searching the database. Concordance is used in many Fortune 100 companies including World Wide Television News, a Division of ABC, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, and IBM Corporate Law Department to name a few. Demo? Yes. Evaluation: Concordance appears to be a good tool for full text data base retrieval. Email: info@dataflight.com Phone:(310) 471-5294

Texis http://www.thunderstone.com. Vendor: Thunderstone. Product Description: Texis, a comprehensive text retrieval and publishing software, queries and manages databases containing natural language text, images, video, and audio data. Texis is being used in many integrated Internet applications. These are; message profiling & handling, image library, management, help-desk support, online news retrieval, business intelligence, research libraries, litigation support, and Internet retail operations. Thunderstone also offers a Texis Web Script for which web page designers can create and maintain integrated web base applications. Demo? Yes. Evaluation: Texis is a sophisticated Web index and retrieval system which should suit your needs. Email: info@thunderstone.com Phone:(216) 631-8544

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