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How is
Microlanguage funded?
Microlanguage
is privately funded through founder's capital, grants, public
loan capital, and private placement investments.
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Is Microlanguage
a component software provider or a solution provider?
Microlanguage
is a provider of component software products that are integrated
with knowledge management solutions.
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What
kinds of companies use Microlanguage's technology?
Knowledge
management solution providers, Portal Information providers,
and Global 2000 enterprise end-users.
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What
are Microlanguage's target markets?
Bioinformatics,
Financial, National
Security, Manufacturing and High Technology.
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Isn't
Microlanguage just selling a better search engine?
Actually,
no. Microlanguage's Thematix™ technology enables third
party knowledge management products to function with much greater
precision and a more comprehensive understanding of human language.
Thematix technology offers a substantial
improvement over conventional search technology at the heart
of knowledge management applications. Thematix becomes an integral
part of the knowledge management application, and can also be
used with next generation concept extraction, indexing, authoring,
and data visual solutions.
- What
is the difference between “Concept Extraction” and “Search” technologies?
Search technologies
are generally incapable of overcoming the effects language complexity
(e.g. multiple meanings, punctuation) have on fully understanding
what knowledge a user is seeking. Search technologies index
every word in every document to identify search terms, a process
that is memory intensive and not very effective at finding the
knowledge a user requires. Concept extraction begins with an
understanding of the user's need prior to indexing, and leverages
this understanding to very efficiently and effectively locate
and store knowledge of interest to the user. Through this process,
unstructured text or data is directly converted to actionable
information or knowledge without requiring the user to read
through all the information returned by a search.
- Can Microlanguage's
Thematix technology really key actionable results?
Yes. Microlanguage's
technology delivers information products with such precision
that results can actually be actionable - that is they
can be linked to automated processes. If you find this idea
intriguing, contact us and we'll
tell you more about how Microlanguage can power your application.
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What
are the platform server requirements for your product?
That really
depends on the application, but Microlanguage Thematix runs
on any Windows-based, 32 bit operating system, including Windows
2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows XP, and will, in the near future,
run on Linux and UNIX.
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What
types of knowledge management tools are prime for Microlanguage's
technology?
Content
management systems, enterprise knowledge management systems,
index servers, search and retrieval systems, authoring tools
and data visualization tools.
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Is Microlanguage's
technology functionally restricted to the English language?
No. It has
no language barriers, since the parsing engine runs on any human
language, or any other symbolic system, including phonemes and
music. Grammarbases™ are created using an authorizing tool
that is language dependent (the current authoring tool
is written for English speaking users).
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What
does Microlanguage charge for its technology?
The cost
of an implementation is typically a function of the size of
the grammarbase development project, the complexity of the integration
task, the number of servers on which our software is installed,
and a few other factors. If you're interested in receiving a
proposal, please fill out an information
request or contact our Sales Office.
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As a
middleware product, who is responsible for integrating it with
an OEM's knowledge management product?
Microlanguage
works with a variety of leading systems integrators that can
fill that role, but also partners with the OEM to ensure that
our technology is seamlessly integrated with their product.
Microlanguage assumes the responsibility for ensuring that the
end-solution is complete and functioning to the satisfaction
of the end-user.
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Must
I have an army of high-priced linguists on my staff to use your
product?
No. Microlanguage
designed its authoring tool for use by non-linguists. Except
in special circumstances, Microlanguage will develop the grammarbases
you will need, and will work with you (and your client) to ensure
that the grammarbases meet the precise requirements. Our business
model and support capabilities are tuned to deliver this service
to our channel partners.
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Is there
a white paper on your technology?
Yes, in
fact we have several documents on our technology available from
our Download center.
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How do
I buy your product or technology?
If you are
a systems integrator, portal information provider, or an OEM
that is interested in bundling our technology with yours, you
may order directly from us. If you are an OEM that sells strictly
through systems integrators, please have your channel partners
contact us. If you are an enterprise
end-user, please mention to your systems integrator(s) that
you are interested in a Microlanguage embedded solution.
