Search Tools Product Report

80-20 Document and Records Management Solution

Product Information

Price: Contact company; average sale about $60,000.
Platform: Windows NT Workstation, Windows 2000, XP Professional.

The 80-20 Retriever search engine is no longer sold separately: it's now part of the 80-20 Document and Records Management Solution, which is designed for enterprise-wide management and search of documents within an organization.

Features

• Integrates with company's desktop file and email search engine, and metasearch product.
  
• Uses concept retrieval and neural net algorithms.
  
• Easy to install and configure.
  
• Designed for enterprise information workers.
  
• Graphic administration interface.
  
• Automatic categorization and taxonomies.
  
• Automatic categorization and taxonomies.
  
• Recognizes Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents.
  
• Uses HTTP to access databases and messaging systems.
  
• Can use remote servers for distributed search processing.
  
• Integrates with Windows security and access control lists.
  
• Stores all information in an enterprise database of administrator's choice, compatible with SQL Server, Oracle, DB2.
  
• Repository Level Configuration allows administrators to control specific employee or business unit access levels.
  
• Browser based user interface.
  
• Supports meta tagging.
  
• Lets users save searches.
  
• Access logging and auditing.

Articles & Reviews

• Desktop search finds the enterprise InfoWorld : July 01, 2005 by Cathleen Moore
  
  Brief overview of competition in the desktop search market, with a mention of Verity's purchase of Retriever search software from 80-20 Software.



• Australian companies at top of Asian ranks The Sydney Morning Herald : September 13, 2005 by Cynthia Karena
  
  Highlights Australian technology companies chosen by Red Herring as among the top innovators in Asia. 80-20 Software appears near the end of the article.