By Anne Widjaja
ISYS, Sydney-based global leader in high-performance enterprise search solutions, has recently won an exclusive multi-million dollar contract with SAP AG.
The contracted OEM agreement between ISYS and SAP will involve the implementation of ISYS’s Document Filters technology into SAP’s new generation of enterprise applications.
It will replace Oracle’s OutsideIn and Autonomy’s KeyView products across all SAP platforms when it is implemented this time next year.
The ISYS Document Filters technology powers the ISYS enterprise search software suite and also exists as a separate OEM product for third party software vendors.
ISYS’s Document Filters technology allows organisations to analyse, search and view in high definition, large volumes of text-based, ‘unstructured’ content. The technology enables employees to extract value from content in over 440 different formats, including formats such as emails, presentations and documents.
This ‘unstructured’ information, which according to the IDC typically accounts for 80 per cent of the unstructured information inside an organisation, cannot be handled by existing database systems for the purpose of real-time analysis.
Scott Coles, ISYS CEO, commented on the unique position of the company as the only “true” enterprise search partnering specialist in the industry.
“We are unique in that we have developed and own the core IP that drives our technology – the result of continuous investment, innovation and collaboration with our partners and customers over many years.”
“Working with a global giant like SAP affirms our absolute commitment to enterprise search over the long-term.”
Companies such as Sybase, EMC, MarkLogic, and HP are already using this powerful technology for content filtering and enterprise search. Many of these companies are also active in the rapidly developing text analytics “Big Data” marketplace.
SAP will embed the ISYS technology to load data into its HANA database. It will function to support business intelligence that is made up of ‘unstructured’ and ‘structured’ data.
Byron Banks, vice president, Business Analytics SAP, explains the rationale behind the agreement.
“Our decision to embed ISYS Document Filters technology in SAP solutions reflects the importance we attach to offering best-in-class content filtering and real-time analytics capabilities on all data sources, including unstructured content.”
“By incorporating these capabilities into SAP solutions, customers will be better able to analyse all of their information assets to obtain a complete view of their business, and make more informed decisions.”
