Search Tools Product Reports

Open Text Livelink Search

(formerly from BRS, then Dataware, now from Open Text see also inQuery)

Part of the OpenText Livelink Document Management System

Product Information

Platform: Windows NT and 2000, Unix: AIX, Compaq Alpha, HP-UX, Sun Solaris
Price: starts at $30,000

Articles

• Functional Assessment of Open Text Livelink DocuLabs Executive Summary, April 2000
  Mentions the extensive search functions within document management suite, and the web client.
  
  
• Knowledge Finder -- Tools Help Companies Locate Specific Information And Employees With Expertise InformationWeek, May 24, 1999 by Brian Riggs
  

  Examples of Intranets using Dataware and other knowledge management services.
  

  
  
• Knowledge Seeker -- Intranet Metasearch Tool Lives On Server Information Week, September 28, 1998, by Justin Hibbard

Describes Dataware product for searching multiple databases both inside and outside a corporate network, such as news feeds, web pages, and webwide search engines. The Knowledge Seeker server groups and ranks results, summarizes results and indicates the source.



• Profit and Value: Rope in knowledge with powerful new knowledge management software Datamation June 1998, by Dan Richman

  Long overview of knowledge management, including definitions, thoughts about the nature of knowledge, knowledge bases. Tools described include Dataware and Excalibur Retrievalware.
  
  

• PC WEEK: Getting the most from data PC Week, February 23, 1998 by Christy Walker and Jim Kerstetter.

  Describes the Dataware knowledge management system, including the search engine.
  
  

• SPEX: Evaluation Kits: Web Search Engines SPEX, 1998

  $3,000 evaluation kit covers AltaVista Search Intranet 97, BRS/NetAnswer from Dataware, Fulcrum Knowledge Network, Excalibur RetrievalWare, Verity Search 97 Information Server and ZyIndex.