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Wordmap Search Integration Framework named to KMWorld’s Trend Setting Product List of 2008
Wordmap, a subsidiary of Earley & Associates, Inc., recipient of prestigious award from KMWorld Magazine
Concord, MA – August 21, 2008 – Wordmap, Inc., a manufacturer of software for information access and control, is pleased to announce that it’s Wordmap Search Integration Framework has been named to KMWorld’s Trend Setting Product List of 2008. Wordmap’s Search Integration Framework allows rapid development and integration of taxonomies with full-featured, high-end search applications that combine content from search engines with other external sources such as databases, file systems, directory services, and document management.
Hugh McKellar, KMWorld Editor-in-Chief said, "This year's edition has been compiled through briefings with vendors themselves, along with conversations with analysts, users and system integrators. Our mission selecting this year's products has been deceptively simple: select those that deliver robust customer value."
Wordmap is a subsidiary of Earley & Associates, Inc., a leading consulting firm focusing in the areas of information architecture, search, taxonomy, and content management solutions.
Wordmap has been a leader in taxonomy solutions software since its systems were launched in 2000. In 2006, WordMap introduced a wide range of new products that allow its customers to manage the entire information lifecycle, from the creation and upload of material, to search, navigation and access. Wordmap is used by knowledge management professionals to develop the category and term sets that bring consistency to enterprise information management. WordMap can be integrated within a variety of search environments including Google Mini, Fast, Autonomy, Diesel Point, Lucene and Endeca, and was acquired by Earley & Associates in February 2007.
According to Earley and Associates’ Principal, Seth Earley, “It is becoming increasingly important for companies to rapidly develop taxonomies that classify data, information and content from multiple internal and external sources. Using Wordmap’s user-friendly interface and familiar drag-and-drop functionality, companies can more easily categorize content combined from search engines like Verity, Dieselpoint, Vivisimo, Endeca or Fast; from sources such as databases, file systems, directory services, and document management systems such as Documentum; and from external sources like news services and web sites. As the industry’s leading taxonomy management solution, Wordmap facilitates companies’ ability to organize and manage the terminology they use to describe and categorize its information.”
About KM World
KMWorld (www.kmworld.com) is the leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market and covers the latest in Content, Document and Knowledge Management, informing 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. (www.infotoday.com)
About WordMap
WordMap has been a leading innovator of taxonomy solutions since its systems were launched in 2000. A number of the world's most advanced knowledge-based enterprises have joined the ranks of WordMap's customers, including AstraZeneca, Harvard Business School and Hewlett Packard. WordMap also has a significant customer base in the UK including City of Edinburgh, Hertfordshire County Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Headquartered in Concord, MA, USA, WordMap is a privately held company. For more information please visit our website www.WordMap.com.
About Earley & Associates
Earley & Associates is a high performance information access company focused on the integrated search platform model. By helping companies integrate taxonomy and search with an enterprise’s information architecture, leading global organizations including The Hartford, Motorola, Jackson Labs and Johnson & Johnson have increased revenue, reduced costs and streamlined operations. Headquartered in Concord, MA, USA, Earley & Associates is a private company with installations and projects ongoing in North America and Europe. For more information please visit our website www.earley.com.
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Earley & Associates
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