The New Release of Semaphore Improves Self-Service by Delivering Semantic Search Across Organisations Internal and External Information
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London, United Kingdom, April 22, 2010 --( Smartlogic’s CEO, Jeremy Bentley, explains the concept of “self service” as provided by semantic search: “Self service involves the 3 A’s – audience, author, and algorithm.Adopting a semantic approach to information management delivers findability, improves the accuracy and efficacy of applying metadata and enables content integration across disparate sources.The new version with its revolutionary information classification capabilities increases the ability of diverse audiences to quickly find information, promoting “self service” and cutting costs.Smartlogic’s CEO, Jeremy Bentley, explains the concept of “self service” as provided by semantic search:“Self service involves the 3 A’s – audience, author, and algorithm.That’s because the website’s search algorithm is too simple and has no understanding of meaning, and looks only for the words “mad” and “cow” in the documents on its system.We could take this a step further, by assuming the farmer then phones up the Department to ask for advice about mad cow disease.With a semantic search platform on the intranet and the website, diverse vocabulary is no longer an issue and the farmer could have ‘self serviced’ his query.”Semaphore is integrated with MS Sharepoint, internal CMSs, the Google Search Appliance and other search platforms to enhance these systems with automatic classification and to ensure these platforms can deliver semantic search capabilities to deliver fast, accurate results.About SmartlogicSmartlogic are the UK-based creators of Semaphore, a semantic platform that adds advanced semantic search capabilities to information management systems.Adopting a semantic approach to information management delivers findability, improves the accuracy and efficacy of applying metadata and enables content integration across disparate sources.· Media companies use Semaphore to improve the quality of their information feeds· Government authorities use Semaphore to tag information according to their standards· Investment banks use Semaphore to consolidate their information costs· Online directories use Semaphore to increase their advertising revenues· Intranets and websites use Semaphore to boost their use· Knowledge managers use Semaphore to manage their taxonomies and ontologiesClients include NASA, The National Health Service, ABN Amro, Bank of America and The Office of Public Sector Information.### Contact Information Smartlogic Jeremy Bentley +44 (0)1223 451 046 www.smartlogic.com Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from Smartlogic Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend
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