ISYS Search Software
ISYS Search Software was an Australian supplier of enterprise search software for information access, management, and re-use. The company marketed and sold a suite of embedded search, mobile access and information management infrastructure technologies.
History
Established in 1988 by Ian Davies, ISYS previously marketed and sold enterprise search applications. Davies developed prototype text-retrieval software that would be suitable for use in large databases. The Australian market for the prototype software developed; and, in 1991, PC Week Magazine wrote a favourable review that assisted in attempts to break into the US market.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.maas.museum/australia_innovates/index5cc2.html?behaviour=view_article&Section_id=1010&article_id=10008|title=ISYS software - Australia Innovates|publisher=Powerhouse Museum|accessdate=2012-08-11}}
ISYS products competed with the Verity Ultraseek and the Google Search services, while its infrastructure and embedded search applications compete with Autonomy and FAST Search & Transfer (now a subsidiary of Microsoft).{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
In 2007, ISYS entered the Linux marketplace with the release of the ISYS:sdk and ISYS:web server for Linux platforms, the company's first foray into non-Windows environments. In 2009, ISYS released several new applications and a new suite for information access (see applications listed above).{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
=Acquisition=
In March 2012, ISYS Search Software Pty Ltd was acquired by Lexmark International, and integrated into its Perceptive Software division.{{Cite web|url=http://www.retailtechnologyreview.com/articles/2012/03/21/1876-lexmark-acquires-isys-search-software-and|title=Lexmark acquires ISYS Search Software and Nolij - Retail Technology Review|publisher=Retail Technology Review|accessdate=2012-08-11}}
In July 2017, Hyland Software acquired Enterprise Software division of Lexmark and integrated Enterprise Search into its product suite {{Cite web|title=Enterprise Search Software {{!}} Hyland|url=https://www.hyland.com/en/platform/product-suite/enterprise-search|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.hyland.com|language=en}}
Functionality
ISYS Search is capable of searching multiple disparate data sources, including Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Open Office, HTML files, ZIP files, all major e-mail products, all SQLdata sources, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, and Lotus Domino. Some of ISYS's content-mining capabilities include automatic categorisation, entity extraction, parametric search, hit-highlighting and navigation, relevance ranking, and multiple query methods.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.isys-search.com/}}
Category:Internet search engines