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The Enterprise Search Report 2008 looks at... Autonomy's Mathematical Approach

"Based on statistical algorithms rather than language processing, it attempts to come up with results using "Meaning-Based Computing" through its "Dynamic Reasoning Engine." Marketing buzz describes the discovery process as "understanding" the meaning of content, (which may exaggerate its cognitive capabilities), but the system can be remarkably adept at digging up deeply buried information. Depending on your content, however, it could engender very poor relevance, even as it displays very high recall. "

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Autonomy begins to meld K2

02-May-2006

Autonomy's late-2005 acquisition of prime competitor Verity was interesting because potentially both enterprise search products could ultimately be combined into one, with the best features of both. Contrast that with mergers in the content management space, where acquired products typically keep chugging along separately under new ownership. Still, technology consolidation can be enervating for customers. According to Autonomy, the company has completed the first phase of merging the two products, by retrofitting some Autonomy code into Verity's longstanding K2 product such that developers can access certain Autonomy APIs to broaden K2's capabilities. It sounds promising, though I'd wonder about performance implications, especially since both products -- like nearly all enterprise search tools -- tend to be resource hogs in the first place.

- Submitted by: Tony Byrne, Analyst

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