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"None
of the other search engines we tried searched
with the same accuracy."
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American
Technology Services, Inc.
Founded in 1994, American Technology Services, Inc.
(ATS) has provided technology consulting services in
the areas of Internet development and hosting, software
development and network integration for professional
and trade associations as well as Fortune 500 companies.
It was named one of the USA's leading Internet design
firms for the past three years by Internet Week magazine.
ATS is also a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider
and one of Microsoft's top resellers and integrators.
An
ATS client, the Petroleum Finance Company (PFC), needed
a comprehensive search engine for its site, www.pfcenergy.com.
PFC is a consulting firm specialising in the financial,
strategic, commercial and political aspects of the international
oil and gas business. PFC works closely with client
organisations worldwide, including major oil and gas
companies, investment and commercial banks, governments
and multilateral agencies.
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"With
dtSearch, indexing was very fast. And search time
over even a very large database was instantaneous."
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PFC needed a multi-faceted search engine for its content-rich
Web site. The Web site included a public database of events
in the energy world. PFC also needed to provide searching
for a private, specialised client-site search area. The
private search site included such information as downstream
monitoring services for different parts of the world,
downstream competition service, worldwide lubricants service,
gas and power strategies service. The search also needed
to cover an affiliate site, www.infoil.com, connected
to http://www.pfcenergy.com/
To search its multifaceted online databases, ATS chose
the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine. "We had very
large databases, for which we evaluated a lot of search
engines," said Alex Koludrovic of ATS. "With
dtSearch, indexing was very fast. And search time over
even a very large database was instantaneous." As
a special bonus, ATS was also able to use the dtSearch
Engine to search files internally on PFC's own desktop
and network drives.
While speed was a secondary concern to accuracy, dtSearch
Engine provided both. "None of the other search engines
we tried searched with the same accuracy," said Mr.
Koludrovic. ATS also liked the many search features in
dtSearch. "We increasingly rely on advanced search
options in dtSearch such as fuzzy, phonic, stemming and
natural language."
To link so many different databases through the Web, customisation
work was key. "We needed something that we could
customise with ASP scripts," said Mr. Koludrovic.
"None of the other search engines provided the same
ease of customisation as dtSearch, both on the front-end
and the back-end." For example, ATS used ASP scripts
on the front-end of the dtSearch Engine to customise the
initial search results returned. And ATS added scripts
on the back-end to retrieve information such as which
search requests and which retrieved documents were "hot."
"ATS really put together an impressive project with
ASP scripting," said David Thede, President, dtSearch
Corp. "They clearly excel at complex Web programming."
For more information about ATS:
Tel: +1 (703) 748-0300 Fax: +1 (703)-748-3046;
www.networkats.com
Or email Alex Koludrovic directly at alexk@networkats.com |
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www.dtsearch.co.uk
Tel: 0208 554 8660 Fax: 0208 554 0665 info@dtsearch.co.uk
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