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IBM Unveils Search, Content Integration Software for Entry-level Businesses

IBM has introduced two new versions of its enterprise search and content integration software targeting entry-level mid-sized businesses. The company said the low cost new offerings provide fast deployment of secure enterprise search and content integration while providing the flexibility to add advanced search and discovery features as needed.

The new WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Starter Edition and WebSphere Information Integrator Content Starter Edition also provide the ability to connect to information from numerous data sources and applications from other vendors including EMC, FileNet, Hummingbird, Microsoft, Open Text, Oracle, Stellent and CRM applications.

WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Starter Edition provides easier and more affordable business-focused search. It analyzes and indexes information stored throughout an organization, and allows users to quickly and securely search intranet portals, databases, public Web sites and file systems to obtain highly relevant results. It also includes the ability to plug in advanced information extraction capabilities through the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), an open source framework for building advanced search and text analytics applications, enabling users to search for facts and concepts within the underlying content.

The new software can be used to enhance use of WebSphere Portal and Lotus Domino applications. Lotus Notes/Domino crawler can be configured directly from the OmniFind Web Administration client. This crawler uses native Domino interfaces, understands the structure of Lotus Notes databases and comes with pre-built support for Lotus QuickPlace and Domino.Doc databases. The ability to crawl IBM Workplace Web Content Management is also included.

WebSphere Information Integrator Content Starter Edition provides real-time, bi-directional access to numerous content sources and workflow systems. It can also be used in federated records management projects to consistently apply and manage recordkeeping policies across multiple content management systems through a single records management application. It is suited for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects that require an SOA content bus that extends the information as a service framework to include unstructured information.

WebSphere Information Integrator Content Starter Edition includes a large library of out-of-the-box connectors to provide access to native content and metadata stored in multiple systems. A toolkit is also provided for building custom connectors.


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