Funnelback, a web and enterprise search engine company has just released version 7 of its search engine technology. Used by organizations every day to find information contained in public websites, intranets, shared drives, databases and library catalogues, Funnelback’s key point of difference is its superior ranking quality and the ability to tune its core ranking algorithm.

    Version 7 will deliver enhanced searching capabilities for Funnelback's customers. The release also includes 680 other refinements. The much anticipated Version 7 will be offered in both the Web & Portal and Enterprise search products.

    Funnelback Hosted is implemented, maintained and hosted by Funnelback on fast and secure servers with advanced technical and geographical network redundancy. Funnelback Server for Web is implemented on in house servers, designed for only searching public, external facing websites.

    Funnelback Server for Enterprise is implemented on in house servers, and has the capability to search entire enterprises including websites, shared drives and databases. Funnelback Server for Enterprise also has advanced access controls, which allow existing access controls from other applications to be utilised. Having a search on your site is only the first step to help your employees and customers find what they are looking for.

    A tuning and upgrade consultancy will ensure your search returns only relevant results, assesses which collections could be merged to increase performance, adjusts query patterns and configures the search feedback system, to give you access to the information you need. Funnelback’s core technology is used on a daily basis by organizations to search for information contained in their public websites, intranets, file-shares, network drives, databases and other database applications such as CRMs and library catalogues.

Key features of this release:
    - Simplified installation and setup
    - The Fluster Clustering Engine
    - A new administration interface
    - Enhanced reporting including date specific reporting
    - Instant updates and indexing of new content
    - Enhanced filters including support of Microsoft Office 2007
    - A new file share search adapter
    - Secure editing of form files
    - An enhanced TRIM search adapter
    - Enhanced user interface templates

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