ISYS Update

February 2005

Recent News:

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Novelis Inc., Selects ISYS:desktop to Empower Its Research Scientists With Advanced Search Capabilities.
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ISYS Search Software's Desktop Search Solution Chosen as a Finalist for KMWorld Magazine's KM Promise Award.
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Promega Selects ISYS Search Software to Cover Gamut of Enterprise Search Needs.

Case Study: UK-based Microdec recently enhanced its Profile 2000 recruitment software package by using ISYS:sdk to integrate powerful search functionality.
Spotlight: Desktop Search has become all the rage, but what might be right for consumers isn't always right for businesses. Our new white paper clears things up.
Recent Wins: See who's using ISYS now.
Tech Tips: Find out how to chain multiple indexes together, and learn the benefits of separating your indexes into smaller chunks.
Company News:
- Last month we unveiled our new website and asked you for your thoughts. See the survey results here.
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ISYS President Terry Clift recently discussed the Australia/US Free Trade Agreement in The Sunday Telegraph. Read it here:

http://www.sundaytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,9353,11660379-28782,00.html

- The Gilbane Conference hits the Sheraton Palace hotel in San Francisco April 11-13, 2005. Come see Terry Clift present as a participant in a panel discussion on enterprise search.

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From the Editor
Visit the ISYS website
Riddle
Contact the Editor
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Vote in our poll!

To which areas will you expand your use of search in 2005?

PCs and networks
Corporate intranet
Public website
Entire enterprise
Other

Get the facts: download our new white paper on Desktop Search

Learn more about the features that businesses should demand from desktop search.

 

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A message from the Editor

Happy New Year, and welcome to the February 2005 issue of ISYS Update. The coming year will be one of the most exciting in ISYS' long history, but you'll have to wait until the next newsletter for all the details. In the meantime, we hope you'll learn a thing or two as we take a look at Microdec and its integration of ISYS into its Profile 2000 recruitment software. We'll also provide you with some beneficial tips on how to chain and search multiple indexes.

 

And last but not least, we would like to invite you to download and read our new white paper on Desktop Search. There's an abundance of hype in the market right now, and our new paper helps set the record straight on what works in the enterprise and what doesn't.


Novelis Inc., Selects ISYS:desktop to Empower Its Research Scientists With Advanced Search Capabilities

Globally, Novelis is the world's largest aluminum rolled products producer and is a leading supplier to the beverage, automotive, industrial, foil, lithographic and painted sheet markets. The multibillion-dollar organization has a team of 100 research scientists who needed to locate an affordable search solution capable of searching Lotus Notes and other data formats. The team selected ISYS:desktop for its simple yet powerful search capabilities.

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ISYS Search Software's Desktop Search Solution Chosen as a Finalist for KMWorld Magazine's KM Promise Award

KMWorld Magazine recently selected ISYS Search Software's desktop search solution -- ISYS:desktop -- as a finalist for the 2004 KM Promise Award. With more than 56,000 subscribers, KMWorld Magazine is the industry's leading authority on knowledge management technologies. The magazine's editors selected ISYS and other finalists for their ability to successfully implement and integrate knowledge management practices into business processes.

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Promega Selects ISYS Search Software to Cover Gamut of Enterprise Search Needs

As a service provider to the life sciences industry, Promega Corporation offers more than 1,200 products that enable scientists worldwide to advance their knowledge in genomics, proteomics, cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics and human identification. In addition to using ISYS for Microsoft Outlook email search and website search on its Promega.com site, the company is also using ISYS on its partner/distributor website and on its corporate intranet, which will enable the company's 700+ employees to quickly and easily search across more than 2 terabytes of data.

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Case study: Microdec

UK-based Microdec develops and distributes the highly successful Profile 2000 software. Designed for recruiters and human resource professionals, Profile 2000 is a Windows-based multimedia database system that supports the recruitment process, from executive search and selection through to contingency planning and staff management.

 

Microdec enhanced this system by using ISYS:sdk to integrate advanced search capabilities into Profile 2000. Microdec's customers now have the ability to index and search everything from resumes, attachments and multimedia files.

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Spotlight: Get the facts on desktop search!

If you've been reading technology news over the last six months, then you're likely familiar with all the Desktop Search buzz. ISYS users know that desktop search is nothing new, but the slew of new products has produced a considerable amount of confusion.

 

While the new breed of desktop search appears to address the basic needs of the average consumer, the lack of satisfactory security and comprehensive features has industry analysts cautioning businesses against using these tools. In this issue of ISYS Update, we invite our readers to download our new paper -- Everything You Don't Know About Desktop Search. In addition to helping you better understand the difference between consumer-oriented and business-centric desktop search, the paper offers a checklist that outlines what you should look for in enterprise-focused desktop search.

 

Click here to download and read our Desktop Search paper.


Recent wins

 

A range of customers in different industries continue to join the ISYS community. This quarter we'd like to welcome the following new customers from around the world:

- Siemens - Army Operational Command - Denmark
- Kitco - Trevira
- BizTech Solutions Inc. - IKON
- Novelis Inc. - Gilroy Kammen Hill
- Thames Valley Police - Hutchison Communications
- DEA Philadelphia - City of Durango
- Collins Butler, PLC - Branford Police Department

Tech Tips: Chaining Indexes

With ISYS, you can create as many indexes as you like. You might prefer one large index that contains all the files, emails, database entries and other documents that you want to search across, but there are advantages to breaking it down into smaller ‘chunks’. Find out why and how.


Survey results -- what you think of our new website!

Last month we asked you to tell us how you liked our new website. We're pleased to report that the overwhelming majority of respondents -- 82%!! -- stated they either 'love it' or 'like it' (46% and 36% respectively). Be sure to take our new poll, then check back with us in the next issue to find out the results.


Riddle

A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man's vision. How did he manage this feat?

 

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