October 19-22, 2008
20th International Conference for Science & Business Information, Nice

In October the 20th anniversary edition of the International Conference for Science & Business Information will take place in Nice. Its focus will be on covering trends in the field of scientific and professional information, e.g. search engines and data integration, text and structure searching, Intranets in Knowledge Management and new information business models.

Details about the 20th International Conference for Science & Business Information are available at

    http://www.infonortics.com/chemical/ch08/08chempro.html

October 7-8, 2008
IDEA 2008 in Chicago

In the beginning of October, Chicago will host the IDEA 2008. This conference is covering the design process of complex information spaces in physical and virtual worlds. The conference is hosted by the Information Architecture Institute, one of the leading international organisations in the area of information architecture sciences. Raytion is a group member of the IA Institute.

Details about the IDEA 2008 are available at

    http://ideaconference.org/2008/

September 23-24, 2008
Enterprise Search Summit West 2008 in San José

In September the Enterprise Search Summit West will take place in San José for the second time. Its focus will be on developing, implementing and enhancing innovative internal search capabilities. Additionally, the conference will contain discussions and lectures about Enterprise Search Clinics, E-Discovery and taxonomies.

Details about the Enterprise Search Summit West are available at

    http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/west/

May 19 to 21, 2008
Enterprise Search Summit 2008 in New York

In the middle of May New York will host the international Enterprise Search Summit for the fifth time. The conference is one of the most important events covering enterprise search.

Its focus will be on sharing practical experience gained in real projects. The program touches selection, implementation and maintenance of search platforms. Additionally, the summit will cover aspects like taxonomies, meta data and e-commerce search.

Details about the Enterprise Search Summit are available at
http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/2008

As in the last four years enterprise search experts from Raytion will be on location. If you want to meet us there, just contact us.

February 18 to 20, 2008
FASTforward '08 in Orlando

Mid February FAST will stage the third FASTforward conference focussing on enterprise search and, of course, FAST's technology platform and product portfolio. Last year, over 1,000 people attended the event in San Diego and, as enterprise search is taking off as mission critical application, even more this year.

For details see:

    http://www.fastforward08.com

If you want to meet us in Orlando, please let us know.

May 14 to 16, 2007
Enterprise Search Summit 2007 in New York

In the middle of May New York will host the international Enterprise Search Summit for the fourth time. The conference is one of the most important events covering enterprise search.

Its focus will be on sharing practical experience gained in real projects. The program touches selection, implementation and maintenance of search platforms. Additionally, the summit will cover aspects like taxonomies, meta data and e-commerce search.

Details about the Enterprise Search Summit are available at
http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/2007

As in the last three years enterprise search experts from Raytion will be on location. If you want to meet us there, just contact us.

February 7 to 9, 2007
FASTforward '07 in San Diego

Early February FAST will stage the second FASTforward conference focussing on enterprise search and, of course, FAST's technology platform and product portfolio. Last year, over 500 people attended the event in Miami. FAST expects to almost douple the number of participants this year in San Diego.

For details see the FAST Web site at
http://www.fastsearch.com/

If you want to meet us in San Diego, please let us know.

May 16 to 18, 2005
Enterprise Search Summit 2005 in New York

The middle of May will be the second time New York sees the Enterprise Search Summit. The summit can be counted among the most important events about enterprise search this year. Almost all leading enterprise search vendors will demonstrate their products, but the real focus is on sharing practical experience gained in real projects.

The program touches selection, implementation and maintenance of search platforms. Additionally, it will cover aspects like taxonomies, meta data and e-commerce search.

Valentin Richter, CEO of Raytion, will speak at the summit about issues and practices when selecting search software in a presentation called "Selecting Search Software: Key Issues and Comparisons" and be available for further discussion on the Expert Panel in the afternoon on Tuesday.

Details about the event and a detailed program are available at
http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/2005

April 11, 2005
Vivisimo announces new version of Velocity

Vivisimo plans to ship version 4.2 of Velocity by the middle of May. New or improved functionality will include the indexing of secure content, setup of topic-specific alerts via e-mail, and the ability to e-mail search results or store them for later review. Additionally, the reporting capabilities will be enhanced.

In October 2004 Vivisimo introduced Velocity as an enterprise search platform. Velocity's special features include the dynamic clustering of search results, integration of external search results via meta search capabilities, and a comprehensive browser-based administration interface.

April 2005
Verity releases Ultraseek 5.3.4

Version 5.2.4 of Ultraseek removes several smaller bugs. Additionally, performance was increased for multi-processor systems running Sun Solaris.

March 7, 2005
Google releases version 1.0 of Google Desktop Search

After a public beta phase Google has released version 1.0 of Google Desktop Search. Google Desktop Search has a documented API and a Software Development Kit is available, which in principle make the integration with an enterprise search platform possible. It will be interesting to watch, if and how Google will support endeavours in this direction.