Thunderstone Blog: Customized Search Engine & Search Software

Simultaneously Finds Text and Structured Data with Desired Attributes

CLEVELAND, OH - September 21, 2007 - Thunderstone Software LLC today announced the release of its newest product, the Thunderstone Parametric Search Appliance.

Parametric search is a search based on parameters, attributes or data fields associated with other full-text content. It is an "advanced search" that simultaneously satisfies a number of criteria (the parameters of the search.) For example, online shoppers routinely want to search for in-stock items in a chosen category/subcategory with a specified style, color, size and price range (parameters) plus a full-text description of the product.

Engineered to exceed expectations in the enterprise, The Thunderstone Parametric Search Appliance enables full-text, key-word searches combined with a user-selected "filter" on up to 50 data fields - quickly returning results and accurately matching the desired data attributes.

Online publishers and news archives use the Thunderstone Parametric Search Appliance to provide an easy way for searchers to select multiple document attributes and to quickly find relevant material with a specified creation date, article format, subject matter, author name, etc.

Vertical search portals use the Thunderstone Parametric Search Appliance to provide an easy way for searchers to select multiple topic attributes and to quickly find timely information that corresponds to specified persons, internal/external web sources, particular companies, geographical locations, etc.

A one-time, perpetual license for a Thunderstone Parametric Search Appliance starts at $20,000 and includes a day of consulting in addition to two years of free upgrades, hardware coverage and technical support by phone, email and/or message board. After two years customers may choose to continue maintenance at an annual rate equivalent to 18% of their product's initial purchase price.

About Thunderstone

Thunderstone Software LLC pioneered simultaneous searching of both structured and unstructured data with the Texis relational database optimized for full text search. Since 1981 Thunderstone has continued to develop its global reputation as provider of the world's most powerful, scalable and flexible enterprise search solutions.

Sales Contact: Mark Bacho

+1 216 820 2200 ext.105

Media Contact: Peter Thusat

+1 216 820 2200 ext.118

Enables Enterprise Search Across Broad Array of Content

CLEVELAND, OH - August 28, 2007 - Thunderstone Software LLC has partnered with Persistent Systems, a leading custom software development company, to enable Thunderstone's Search Appliance customers to use Persistent's "Enterprise Content Search-enabling Connectors (ECSC)" in creating search-based applications across a broad array of enterprise content.

New products currently available include Thunderstone Search Appliance connectors for:

• IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 5.x and above
• Microsoft SharePoint 2007, 2003 (web services)
• EMC Documentum eRoom 7.2 and above
• EMC Documentum Content Server 5.3
• Hummingbird Document Manager 5.1

Scheduled for release later this year include Thunderstone Search Appliance connectors for:

• BEA Weblogic Portal 10.0
• SAP KM PortalM
• Interwoven WorkSite
• TWiki Portal 4.0

"We are excited to partner with Thunderstone. This joint solution will enable Thunderstone customers to extend their search into proprietary content repositories in a seamless manner," said T. M. Vijayaraman, Senior Vice President of Persistent Systems.

The Thunderstone Search Appliance provides a "plug-and-play" search solution that can handle more than 1,000 queries per minute. It delivers tremendous value without adding costly administrative overhead. Whether configured as the Small Business Edition or the Enterprise Edition, a Thunderstone Search Appliance offers an attractive choice of perpetual licensing options and underlying functionality simply unmatched by any competitor in the marketplace.

About Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems is a leader in Outsourced Product Development (OPD) and product integration services. Over 17 years Persistent has established an impeccable delivery track record with more than 170 Global Software companies. Persistent's Enterprise Content Search-enabling (ECSC) framework enables Enterprise Search, eDiscovery and other Enterprise 2.0 content collaboration tools to integrate with a variety of Enterprise Content Systems. Persistent Systems has been ranked amongst the fastest growing Indian companies in the Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2006 report of Deloitte and has been classified as an "Inventor and Product Development Specialist" by Forrester Research.

About Thunderstone
Thunderstone Software LLC pioneered simultaneous searching of both structured and unstructured data with the Texis relational database optimized for full text search. Since 1981 Thunderstone has continued to develop its global reputation as provider of the world's most powerful, scalable and flexible enterprise search solutions.

Sales Contact: Mark Bacho

+1 216 820 2200 ext.105

Media Contact: Peter Thusat

+1 216 820 2200 ext.118

Nonprofits' Conservation Websites Inform More than 35,000 Visitors a Day

CLEVELAND,OH — August 24, 2007 — Thunderstone Software LLC announced today that Dennmark, Wisconsin-based Ecological Internet, Inc. has renewed its license of Thunderstone's Webinator Web Index & Retrieval System to continue offering industry-leading search capabilities on all its environment conservation websites, including the highly popular http://www.ecoearth.info and http://www.climateark.org.

Ecological Internet, Inc. is a non-profit organization specializing in the use of the Internet to achieve conservation outcomes. As part of its mission it seeks:

• to empower the global movement for environmental sustainability by working to conserve climate, forest, ocean and water ecosystems
• to commence the age of ecological sustainability and restoration
• to provide forest/rainforest, climate, water, ocean and environment conservation websites—presented as a free service to the environmental community.

Ecological Internet maintains up-to-date climate, forests and environment portals that serve more than 35,000 visitors a day. It enables its website users to quickly search the indexed content of five million URLs and retrieve the desired information.

Thunderstone's Webinator Web Index & Retrieval System allows a website administrator to easily create and provide a high quality retrieval interface to collections of HTML documents. Webinator serves as an example of the type of applications that can be built around Thunderstone's Texis RDBMS and Web Script.

"Thunderstone's Webinator program has been the foundation of our efforts to build web sites that facilitate environmental conservation by providing accurate information for action," explains Ecological Internet President Dr. Glen Barry. "There is no other comparable product that brings full-text customized search to non-profits at a reasonable price. We wholeheartedly support Thunderstone and would recommend the Webinator search platform highly."

About Thunderstone
Thunderstone Software LLC pioneered simultaneous searching of both structured and unstructured data with the Texis relational database optimized for full text search. Since 1981 Thunderstone has continued to develop its global reputation as provider of the world's most powerful, scalable and flexible enterprise search solutions.

Sales Contact: Mark Bacho

+1 216 820 2200 ext.105

Media Contact: Peter Thusat

+1 216 820 2200 ext.118

Cleveland, OH --Dec 14, 2006 -- Thunderstone Software LLC announced the addition of results authorization to the SBE (Small Business Edition) Search Appliances with version 6.2. Results authorization has been part of the Enterprise appliance for over a year, and ensures that users only see results that they have permission to open.

Working across file-servers and web-based intranets and applications, small businesses can now deploy a search solution secure in the knowledge that their employees will not find documents they don't have access to.

ABOUT THE THUNDERSTONE SEARCH APPLIANCE

The Thunderstone Search Appliance provides a "plug and play" search solution for intranets and web sites. It indexes most document formats and can be extensively customized by non-technical managers.

The Thunderstone Search Appliance was rated a "Great Choice" and praised for "simplicity, low cost of ownership, and extensibility" in a recent independent analysis by the Patricia Seybold Group. Appliances scale up to handle collections with many of millions of documents. Example acquisition cost is $4,995 for a version to index 100,000 documents. U.S. government customers may purchase Search Appliances through the GSA Schedule.

Thunderstone Software LLC is a pioneer of search engine technology, providing text retrieval products to industry, government, and educational institutions since 1981. For more information, contact Thunderstone at +1 216-820-2200, , or http://www.thunderstone.com.

Cleveland, Ohio -- Nov. 21, 2005 -- Thunderstone Software announced significant enhancements in the new Enterprise Version 6 of the Thunderstone Search Appliance. The new features help organizations index more types of content than ever before. Enhancements include:

• DATABASE WALKING. Considerable enterprise content is contained in relational databases that cannot be crawled by web search solutions. The new DBWalk technology is designed to index database content that is not otherwise web accessible. Databases supported initially are: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and Thunderstone Texis. An example use is for making the text descriptions in a parts catalog database searchable on the company's intranet.
• DATA LOADING. The new DataLoad API (application program interface) provides a way to index data where crawling is not practical or where real-time updating is important. The API allows the Appliance to accept data feeds from external sources. Example uses are for newswires, discussion forums, and similar sources that have a continuing flow of new items.
• RESULT AUTHORIZATION. In many enterprise search situations, not every user is entitled to see every document indexed. Search results must contain only links to documents that each particular user has permission to read. The Search Appliance now offers several methods to accomplish result authorization, designed for different intranet environments. The authorization technology applies to searches of databases, file systems, and web sites. An example use is to enable sales personnel to search customer contracts in a corporate legal archive, while keeping other legal documents confidential.
• SNMP (Simple Network Monitoring Protocol). Many enterprise system administrators rely on the industry-standard SNMP to remotely track performance of servers in many locations. The Search Appliance now may be monitored in the same manner. Example resources that may be checked are disk space, system load, and critical processes.

ABOUT THE THUNDERSTONE SEARCH APPLIANCE

The Thunderstone Search Appliance provides a "plug and play" search solution for intra-nets and web sites. It indexes most document formats and can be extensively customized by non-technical managers. Previously introduced enterprise-level features include file system crawling; distributed administration; and data mirroring.

The Thunderstone Search Appliance was rated a "Great Choice" and praised for "simplicity, low cost of ownership, and extensibility" in a recent independent analysis by the Patricia Seybold Group. Appliances scale up to handle collections with many of millions of documents. Example acquisition cost is $15,000 for a version to index 500,000 documents. U.S. government customers may purchase Search Appliances through the GSA Schedule.

Thunderstone Software LLC is a pioneer of search engine technology, providing text retrieval products to industry, government, and educational institutions since 1981. For more information, contact Thunderstone at +1 216-820-2200, , or http://www.thunderstone.com.

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