Software offers search solution for workgroup environments.

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Designed for small businesses with as few as 2 or more employees, exalead one:workgroup(TM) v4.0 is built on exalead one:search(TM) platform and enables users to access unstructured information no matter where it resides. It provides real-time indexing, visual previews of all search results, and advanced query capabilities and linguistics, including spelling suggestion, phonetic and proximity search, fuzzy matching, and word stemming.



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Exalead Delivers Simple, Affordable Search Solution for Workgroup Environments



Company Also Updates Popular Desktop Search Software

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 / -- Building on its commitment to simplify the way users access information, Exalead today announced the availability of exalead one:workgroup(TM) 4.0, an enterprise search product designed for small businesses with as few as two or more employees, or a specialized division within a larger organization. The workgroup solution is built on the company's unified technology platform -- exalead one:search(TM) -- and offers users a more natural way to access unstructured information no matter where it resides. In addition, Exalead released updates to its desktop search software, exalead one:desktop Professional Edition(TM).

"Our mission continues to center on the need to provide businesses with a new approach to search -- one that is secure, affordable and easier for users," said Francois Bourdoncle, president and chief executive officer of Exalead. "With exalead one:workgroup, small businesses now have a flexible software solution that can scale with business growth, and more importantly, doesn't require the complexity and cost of professional services."

The exalead one:workgroup 4.0 solution is fully integrated with the company's desktop search software, offering businesses a complete information access solution for Microsoft Windows-based server environments. The software's plug-and-play design allows for simple and quick installation with minimal need for customization on behalf of the customer. Additionally, content is automatically classified without the need for dictionaries or taxonomies.

Key product highlights include:
-- Unified search results regardless of where a document resides (PC, Web, Server)
-- Real-time indexing
-- Initial support for 32-bit processor Microsoft Windows servers, with future support for 64-bit servers
-- Advanced query capabilities and linguistics, including spelling suggestion, phonetic and proximity search, fuzzy matching, word stemming, multi-language search, automatic phrase detection, automatic translation, and more (regular expressions, NEAR operator)
-- Visual previews of all search results to quickly determine the relevance of a document or Web page
-- Security policies are automatically imported and can be easily tuned
-- Recognition of a wide range of file formats, including HTML, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, Adobe PDF and Rich Text

"Since our official entry into the U.S. market last fall, we've seen positive growth and interest in the exalead one:search platform, and gained industry recognition regarding our technology," said Bourdoncle. "We look forward to continuing our growth on a global scale."

As part of today's announcement, Exalead also unveiled updates to its exalead one:desktop software. Included in this latest Service Pack 2 is MSI Compliance, which allows for automated mass deployment of the software on multiple desktops within an organization, and group policy management. Additionally, Service Pack 2 is tightly integrated with exalead one:workgroup 4.0 and offers new improvements to the administrator user interface.

Pricing and Availability
The exalead one:workgroup 4.0 product is immediately available for download on Exalead's Web site, www.exalead.com/. Pricing begins at US $2,995 per server.

About Exalead
Founded in 2000 by search-engine pioneers, Exalead (http://www.exalead.com/) is a global provider of software that is designed to simplify all aspects of information search and retrieval for organizations of all sizes.

Based on the first and only unified technology platform for desktop, intranet or Web search, Exalead offers easier deployment, administration and use than any other enterprise-type search software. This is true whether for one or thousands of desktops, a small business or global enterprise, and conforms to any technology environment. It also adapts to user habits for a uniquely satisfying search experience.

Exalead software is used by leading banking and financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, research, retailing sports entertainment and telecommunications companies around the world. Exalead is an operating unit of Qualis, an international holding company with principal offices in Paris.

Exalead, exalead one:search, exalead one:desktop and exalead one:workgroup are registered trademarks or trademarks of Exalead SA.

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