Search-Based Applications – The Book!

(Extract from Exalead Blob) http://blog.exalead.com/

Though we’ve been discussing Search-Based Applications (SBAs) in this blog (and on our website) for some time now, don’t feel alone if you’re still not quite sure exactly what SBAs are and how they work. Now Morgan & Claypool Publishers has come to the rescue with a new book, Search-Based Applications: At the Confluence of Search and Database Technologies written by Exalead’s Chief Science Officer Gregory Grefenstette and resident writer and analyst Laura Wilber.

Read more >>> http://blog.exalead.com/2011/01/07/search-based-applications-the-book/

Exalead in the press: Beyond Search from ArnoldIT.com : Arnold Comments about Exalead

A couple of times a year, I make a swing through Europe. I visit vendors, get demos, and talk with engineers about the future of search. In Paris on November 30, 2010, I answered questions about my views of Exalead. As you know, Exalead is a unit of Dassault Systems, one of the most sophisticated engineering firms in the world. You can get my view of Exalead by navigating to this link. Here’s an example of the observations I made:

“Exalead delivers applications that fit seamlessly and smoothly into customer workflows,” said Arnold.  “When I spoke with Exalead customers I heard only:  ‘This system works,’ ‘It’s easy to use,’ ‘It’s stable,’ and ‘I don’t have to chase around.”

Read more @ http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2010/12/20/arnold-comments-about-exalead/

Exalead CloudView Selected As Platform For New 'Social Search' Service

Social search website AskPeopleYouKnow.com benefits from Exalead technology 



Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), today announced that its subsidiary Exalead, a global provider of search-based applications (SBA) technology, has been selected by AskPeopleYouKnow.com, a brand new 'social search' service conceived and launched by Aubert Park Ventures. The website makes use of Exalead's leading search technology - from its ability to search and refine millions of items, to enable people to search questions asked and answered, to find other users' profiles, and to provide traditional web results.

"When we were conceiving and developing the service, we realised that the majority of people find information via search - not just browsing. A search capability was, therefore, essential to the site's success," said David Gilbey, Managing Director Aubert Park Ventures. "We took a collaborative approach to the project, to work with specialists in their field, which would allow us to concentrate on the things we were best at – making sure the website met both consumer and commercial needs."

AskPeopleYouKnow.com is a new 'social search' service with which users can tap into the wisdom of their trusted networks to obtain answers to questions, or search for advice and recommendations. As in real life, AskPeopleYouKnow.com enables friends to recommend friends to answer questions and solve problems. It is designed to be as easily understood and as appealing to millions of mainstream users as Facebook is to a youth audience – only more useful.

"A Nielsen Study revealed that 90% of people rate the people they know as their most trusted source of information," explained Gilbey. "AskPeopleYouKnow.com simply combines search with the knowledge of people's trusted networks to enable people to benefit from the collective knowledge and experience of their trusted network of contacts – just as people have done for hundreds of years, only quicker and easier."

With an exciting concept in place, and the backing of investors such as Peter Bazalgette (former global Endemol creative director), Gilbey and Mike Clowes, both previously responsible for AOL's consumer business in the UK as Vice President and Editorial Director respectively, decided that outsourcing the site's underlying search capabilities was the right approach.

"As well as the quality of the product and competitive commercial terms, there were a number of other factors that we needed to satisfy," said Gilbey. "We were looking for a company that was open-minded, creative and flexible, that would provide a good partnership to help develop the business. On that basis, Exalead was the company we decided to work with."

Exalead's technology has also been applied to help AskPeopleYouKnow.com to provide dynamic filtering and to help maintain the levels of performance needed for the website's initial growth. As well as powering all the search elements on the site, Exalead also provides web search results to the site to extend its reach. The search results use Exalead's own eight billion-page Web index, providing results in an easy-to-navigate and structured format.

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About Dassault Systèmes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 115,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling.

The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for virtual product design - SolidWorks 3D for Professionals - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for realistic simulation - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences. Dassault Systèmes’ shares are listed on Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) and Dassault Systèmes’ ADRs may be traded on the US Over-The-Counter (OTC) market (DASTY). For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com/

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks and 3DVIA are registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries.

Exalead is…….

With the beginin of a new year I tought that I would write down some key words as to what Exalead technology means to its customers.

1.  Enterprise Search
2. Search-based applications
3.  360 degree view of data
4. Knowledge management
5.  Infrastructure information
6. Mashup’s
7.  Security
8.  Connectors
9. Mobility
10.  Unified access
11.  Database access
12.  Knowledge management
13.  Logistic information
14. Supply chain management
15. CRM
16. Business reporting
17. Compliance
18. eBusiness
19. Relevance
20. Flexible to meet business requirement
21. Innovation
22. Semantics’
23.  Information management
24. Service orientated architecture

Exalead CloudView :  is a one-of-a-kind search engine that collects unstructured and structured data from any source, in any format and in any volume, and automatically transforms it into a single structured information resource. This resource, which continually evolves and adapts as your data evolves, can be directly searched or used to develop innovative search-based applications (SBAs).


Exalead® is a global software provider in the enterprise and Web search markets, and the maker of CloudView, the industry's top platform for Search-Based Applications (SBAs). Exalead's clients include leading companies such as AFP, American Greetings, Steelcase, Yellow Pages Group, and Friendster. Every month, 100 million users rely on Exalead for unified information presentation, reporting and search.


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