Summary The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) has contracted with Index Data to implement the first phase of a substantial re-engineering of their discovery services platform. Taking advantage of Index Data’s advanced metasearch technologies and modular, tool-oriented software platform, OhioLINK will work together with Index Data to implement its MasterKey suite of technologies. The new discovery service, which will be deployed this fall, is the first phase in an extensive re-implementation of the services now offered by OhioLINK, including the harvesting and indexing of information resources, both commercial and public.

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SANTA FE, N.M., Sept. 10, 2009 — Deep Web Technologies, providers of next-generation federated search technology, is pleased to announce that Andy Alsop has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Alsop joins Deep Web Technologies with 20 years of experience in information technology. In his role as VP of Business Development, Mr. Alsop will drive the adoption of Deep Web Technologies’ Explorit Research Accelerator through strategic partnerships with companies that want to embrace the power of federated search. “Andy is a welcome addition to our team,” said Abe Lederman, founder and President of Deep Web Technologies. “He brings a wealth of experience in small business strategy and development. We’re looking forward to repeating his past successes.”

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SANTA FE, N.M., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Deep Web Technologies is proud to announce development of a prototype of a multilingual translation capability for clients using its federated search applications. An early prototype of multilingual searching was demonstrated to the members of the WorldWideScience Alliance in June of 2009. This new feature, when fully developed and implemented, will translate a user’s search query into the native language of the collections being searched, will translate result titles and snippets back to the user’s original language and aggregate and rank these results according to relevance. The translation process will be seamless, making it simple to search collections in multiple languages from a single search box in the native language of the user.
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