Attivio: Active Intelligence Engine Version 1.2 Released

August 7, 2008

Attivio is on my radar. The company demonstrated its next-generation business intelligence system to me at the AIIM Show in April 2008. I liked what I saw. I interviewed the founder of Attivio, and you can read that transcript on the ArnoldIT.com Search Wizards Speak site here.

Now the company has released Version 1.2 of its Active Intelligence Engine, which means the gang in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is on the move. You can read the write up here.

Attivio–like some other newcomers–is not just a search or information access engine. Attivio has rethought the problem of getting information to employees who are under pressure or just in a hurry to get their kids from day care. I will dig into some of the new features later this month.

For now, let me highlight some of the new features of AIE 1.2. (I must admit when I pronounce AIE, I imagine the sound of a scream from competitors. Then after the scream dies down, I hear, “Why didn’t we implement those functions?”).

Four points about Version 1.2 caught my attention:

AIE is positioned as a platform. The idea is that you can deploy quickly and build on top of the AIE system.
Rich index that combines ease of use with the type of precision associated with structured query language statements. To me, this means I can get what I need without trying to get a programmer’s attention or spend some time flipping through a SQL manual
Fast index updates and real time alerting.
New connectors and support for 50 languages.

Attivio wants to deliver business intelligence without the hassles of most older business intelligence systems. The Bottomline for me is that Attivio is focusing on basics: speed, ease of use, quick deployment, and platform extensibility. You can learn more about Attivio here.

Stephen Arnold, August 7, 2008

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, Database, Enterprise, News, Semantic, Text analytics, Text processing

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.