Concept Searching Recognized in ‘KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management’

March 18, 2009 - PRLog -- Concept Searching, developers of concept based search, semantic and compound term metadata generation, automatic classification, and taxonomy management software has been named to the 2009 KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management.  

The list, in its ninth year, is compiled by KM practitioners, theorists, analysts, vendors and their customers and colleagues.  In the selection of the companies to the list Hugh McKellar, Editor in Chief of KMWorld stated, “Each company embodies as part of its culture agile and limber execution of its mission, embracing a spirit of both adaptability and innovation.”

Concept Searching’s core technology utilizes Compound Term Processing that identifies ‘concepts in context’.  The technology automatically identifies the word patterns in unstructured text that convey the most meaning and uses these higher order terms to improve precision with no loss of recall. Identification of concepts within a large corpus of information removes the ambiguity in search, eliminates inconsistent meta-tagging, and automatic classification and taxonomy management based on concept identification simplifies development and on-going maintenance.  

The technologies are unique as they can help improve a range of business processes within an enterprise. The products are currently being used by clients as an Enterprise Search, Classification, and Taxonomy Solution; as a Call Center tool; to identify unknown Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) data exposures; in Records Management; in eDiscovery and litigation support; and to identify human capital resources and expertise within an enterprise.  The software is fully integrated with Microsoft™ SharePoint but utilizes SOA compliant Web Services architecture to support applications developed on any platform.

“We are honored to be recognized by our industry peers as a leader in delivering Knowledge Management solutions.  Managing knowledge assets and maximizing the inherent value of content to drive business efficiencies is increasingly challenging for many organizations.  Our ability to generate concepts as opposed to traditional single word classification creates more accurate metadata that can be deployed in a variety of scenarios to deliver business value,” said John Challis, CTO/CEO.  “To be acknowledged as a software company that can help organizations solve these challenges is very rewarding.”

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About Concept Searching:
Concept Searching’s software products deliver concept based search, auto-classification, compound term metadata generation, and taxonomy management. Concept Searching is the only statistical metadata generation and classification software company in the world that uses concept extraction and compound term processing to significantly improve access to unstructured information. Headquartered in the U.K. with offices in the U.S. and South Africa, Concept Searching solves the problem of finding, organizing, and managing information capital. For more information please visit www.conceptsearching.com.

About KMWorld:
The leading information provider serving the Knowledge, Document and Content Management systems market, KMWorld informs more than 50,000 subscribers about the components and processes – and subsequent success stories – that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc.