Exalead
Encyclopedia
Exalead is a software company that provides search platforms and search-based application
s (SBA) for consumer and business users. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes
(daˈso).
. SBAs use semantic technologies to aggregate and normalize unstructured, semi-structured and/or structured content across multiple repositories. SBAs employ natural language technologies
for accessing information. In the case of structured data, the SBA index replaces a traditional relational database
structure as the primary vehicle for information access and reporting.
http://www.exalead.com/search/, which was designed to apply semantic processing and faceted navigation to Web data volumes and usage. Exalead also operates an online R&D laboratory, Exalabs, which uses the Web as a medium for developing applied technologies for business. Exalabs projects include:
Many of Exalabs projects are developed in conjunction with Exalead's partners in the Quaero
project.
and Patrice Bertin (both of whom were involved in the development of the Alta Vista search engine), and began commercializing its products in 2005. Exalead employs approximately 140 people in 6 countries (in Paris
, San Francisco, London
, Glasgow
, Milan
, Rome
, Amsterdam
, and Frankfurt
). Exalead became a division of Dassault Systèmes
in June 2010.
Search-based application
Search-based applications are software applications in which a search engine platform is used as the core infrastructure for information access and reporting...
s (SBA) for consumer and business users. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.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...
(daˈso).
CloudView Platform
The company's CloudView product is an infrastructure-level search and information access platform used for both online and enterprise SBAs as well as enterprise searchEnterprise search
Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:...
. SBAs use semantic technologies to aggregate and normalize unstructured, semi-structured and/or structured content across multiple repositories. SBAs employ natural language technologies
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
for accessing information. In the case of structured data, the SBA index replaces a traditional relational database
Relational database
A relational database is a database that conforms to relational model theory. The software used in a relational database is called a relational database management system . Colloquial use of the term "relational database" may refer to the RDBMS software, or the relational database itself...
structure as the primary vehicle for information access and reporting.
Public Search Engine & Exalabs
The CloudView product is also the platform for Exalead's public Web search engineSearch engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
http://www.exalead.com/search/, which was designed to apply semantic processing and faceted navigation to Web data volumes and usage. Exalead also operates an online R&D laboratory, Exalabs, which uses the Web as a medium for developing applied technologies for business. Exalabs projects include:
- Miiget and Constellations, relationship mapping search engines (semantic mining and visual modes of presenting search results)
- Wikifier, a module that incorporates Wikipedia information into web page content (data contextualization for unstructured content)
- Voxalead, an engine for searching within the content of videos. It relies on the Vocapia Research speech-to-text technology.
- Chromatik, a color-based image search engine (semantic multimedia search technologies)
- Tweepz, a search engine for finding people who are using Twitter (social search)
- Sourcier, a map-based service providing access to public data on subterranean water quality (map-centered information access)
Many of Exalabs projects are developed in conjunction with Exalead's partners in the Quaero
Quaero
Quaero is a European research and development program with the goal of developing multimedia and multilingual indexing and management tools for professional and general public applications . The European Commission approved the aid granted by France on 11 March 2008.This program is supported by the...
project.
History
Exalead was founded in 2000 by François BourdoncleFrançois Bourdoncle
François Bourdoncle is founder and Chief Strategist of the search engine company Exalead.-Literature:* Semantic Analysis of Interval Congruences, 1993, ISBN 3-540-57316-X, Author François Bourdoncle, Springer-Verlag, London, UK....
and Patrice Bertin (both of whom were involved in the development of the Alta Vista search engine), and began commercializing its products in 2005. Exalead employs approximately 140 people in 6 countries (in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, San Francisco, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, and Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
). Exalead became a division of Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.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...
in June 2010.