Rocket Software Enterprise Search
August 22, 2016
My recollection is that the search plumbing for Rocket Software Enterprise Search is AeroText. If you are not familiar with AeroText, the system was for a number of years a property of Lockheed Martin. But times change. Rocket Software purchased AeroText in 2008. The news release about the deal stated:
The AeroText product suite provides a fast, agile information extraction system for developing knowledge-based content analysis applications. The technology excels at developing a core understanding of content contained within unstructured text, such as emails and documents, as well as an ability to automatically reconcile information cited across multiple documents. Such a capability makes it suited for a variety of applications, from counter-terrorism and law enforcement to business intelligence and enterprise content management. AeroText was originally developed by Lockheed Martin and is often integrated into other solutions. AeroText solutions provide both information extraction and link analysis capabilities by converting unstructured information into structured information.
Is this information important? Well, to those who want to use open source search solutions, nah. To companies wanting a proprietary search system with a defense pedigree, yes.
If you want Rocket Software’s description of one of its uses of the AeroText technology, you can download the white paper “How Enterprise Search Enhances Enterprise Intelligence” at this link. You will have to register and be careful not to hit the “return” key. Don’t care? Well, prepare to complete the information a second time.
AeroText used to require human tweaked rules, a human built classification scheme, and content in XML. Each of these attributes is characteristics of a traditional approach to information retrieval.
Stephen E Arnold, August 22, 2016
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