iXmatch Announces the Release of Revolutionary Search Software

iXfind Delivers Best-in-Class Functionality and Performance

Minneapolis, Minnesota - June 4, 2002 - iXmatch Inc., the leading provider of matching, searching, and analytics software, today announced the immediate availability of iXfind, a revolutionary new search engine software product. iXfind offers world-class search and personalized navigation capabilities to enable users to find exactly what they are looking for.

iXfind was developed to offer online users an intuitive approach to quickly and easily find content that describes products, information, services and suppliers. The highly flexible software is designed to easily integrate into applications being built today as well as those in the future. iXfind will benefit all levels of customers from small departments to global enterprises, it works with unstructured and structured data, and it handles both simple and complex queries. It will also benefit content, e-commerce and knowledge managers, who are all responsible for helping users find content.

iXfind leapfrogs current search technology by combining several cutting-edge data mining and personalization techniques. Its unique design and in-memory implementation enables it to achieve unparalleled quality results with unrivaled search speeds. Clustering results into relevant groups and using collaborative filtering to make content recommendations simplifies the process of finding the right content. By providing the best user experience, and delivering more accurate search results, iXfind will dramatically increase the volume and value of customers’ business transactions.

“iXfind offers world-class performance, rapid deployment and unlimited scalability,” said Gopal Sadagopal, iXmatch’s Co-founder and Vice President of Product Development. “By leveraging our technology and metadata, and taking full advantage of the output from extraction software, iXfind can achieve extremely precise results. Our combination of providing accurate results and tremendous performance is unbeatable.”

“Enabling users to easily locate content is one of the most effective ways a company can increase conversion rates, customer satisfaction and employee productivity,” said Prakash Puram, iXmatch’s President and CEO. “iXfind’s architectural elegance, ease of integration, and ability to search both structured and unstructured content simplifies application development and reduces total costs. Its price, performance, enterprise scalability, and ability to meet a variety of customer requirements make iXfind a truly compelling product for customers.”

About iXmatch
iXmatch is the leading provider of matching, searching, and analytics software. The company's patented software products maximize profitability and customer satisfaction by helping users quickly and easily find content that describes products, information, services, and suppliers. Customers deploying the next generation of applications in CRM, Business Intelligence, e-Commerce, e-Procurement, Strategic Supplier Sourcing, and Human Capital Management will enable their business transactions with cutting-edge iXmatch software. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, iXmatch is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Software Products, is an early adopter of the Microsoft .NET platform, and is a high-growth Microsoft NETstart Independent Software Vendor.