26
Jun
SANTA FE, N.M., June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Missouri has launched a free collaborative search portal that integrates millions of historical documents from the state’s local libraries, universities and cultural institutions in a single web gateway. Powered by Deep Web Technologies’ Explorit Research Accelerator, Missouri Digital Heritage is designed to further Missourians’ access to information about the history of people and places in the state.
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25
Jun
Wednesday June 25, 3:05 pm ET
SANTA FE, N.M., June 25 /PRNewswire/ — Deep Web Technologies has been named Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Small Business of the Year by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Deep Web’s founder Abe Lederman accepted the award at a ceremony at DOE’s 9th Annual Small Business Conference in San Antonio. Deep Web Technologies is being honored for its effective use of SBIR grants to create the search technology that powers a variety of web-based science research portals.
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16
Apr
Stanford and Deep Web Technologies Partner on Federated Search
Technology will reduce search time for faculty and students, improve results
SANTA FE, N.M., April 16, 2008 — Stanford University Libraries has selected Deep Web Technologies to create a federated search solution that will simplify access to the Libraries’ vast online resources and create a new access point for the university’s own digitized content. Federated search is a technology that allows multiple information sources - including deep web databases - to be searched simultaneously, so users can scan the breadth of library collections in a single query. Stanford has three demonstrations of the Deep Web Technologies’ solution in place so that faculty and students can test them and provide feedback.
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27
Mar
Stanford University Libraries Launches Federated Search
Press Release
March 27, 2008
If you think everything you’re looking for can be found through Internet search engines, think again. The “crawl” technology of search engines like Google identifies and indexes only a fraction of all the information that is available on the Web. The “invisible web” is made up of thousands of databases and searchable sources that contain highly targeted and valuable information, and whose content is inaccessible and therefore neither seen nor indexed by traditional search engines.
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27
Mar
New Federated Search Blog Consolidates Industry Information
SANTA FE, N.M., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Federated Search now has an
industry-specific, vendor-neutral research site: The Federated Search Blog
(http://www.federatedsearchblog.com). Before the blog, organizations
seeking federated search applications were forced to scour the Internet for
information on the rapidly evolving technology, shifting vendors and news.
The blog owner and host, Sol Lederman, spotlights topics such as the basics
of federated search, resources, conferences/shows and industry news. He
conveys insightful analysis with academic wit, providing an opportunity for
readers to take part and be interactive. Lederman states, “There’s a lot of
confusion surrounding federated search, what it is, what it does, even the
right terminology. My goal is to create awareness within the industry of
the new developments, new resources, capabilities and problems with
federated search.”
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