Cambridge, Mass., November 17, 2003 Endeca, the only provider of advanced search and Guided Navigation solutions, today announced that Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has selected Endeca to provide advanced search and Guided Navigation for the university's main information site, www.wpi.edu. Endeca ProFind was selected for WPI's site because of its ability to easily search the various types of structured and unstructured data and information housed in the university's systems, and because Guided Navigation provides a variety of refinement options for users to find and discover the information they are looking for far more quickly and efficiently than traditional search.
WPI's Web site offers access to a wide variety of online information about the university, ranging from academics and research to athletics and financial aid to information for the media. Users need to be able to easily find what they are looking for each and every time they visit. Endeca ProFind offers the most advanced, integrated search and navigation environment available online today.
With Endeca ProFind, visitors to WPI's site -- including faculty, potential applicants, students, alumni or other interested parties -- will be able to find what they are looking for and discover additional information of interest. Endeca ProFind with its integrated advanced search and Guided Navigation capabilities is proven to radically improve the quality of user interaction through a superior, results-driven user experience and improved overall customer-self service.
"The addition of Endeca ProFind on the WPI Web site provides a powerful new way for WPI Web site visitors to quickly find what they are looking for regardless of the type of information or how they choose to search," said Tom Lynch, vice president for Information Technology and CIO of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. "We are proud to have tapped Endeca's enterprise search solution to provide this new functionality. With Endeca, we are not only using technology that is consistent with the high standards of the university but one that exemplifies a leading innovation that makes information more manageable."
Endeca Search and Guided Navigation changes users' expectations about the speed, effectiveness, and ease-of-use of information retrieval solutions. Endeca ProFind with Guided Navigation helps users quickly find information by wrapping query results in a context that shows them precisely how to refine and explore further.
"The addition of WPI to a growing list of leading institutions of higher learning demonstrates the flexibility and adaptability of the Endeca platform for applications that meet a variety of information access needs," said Jim Baum, president and COO of Endeca. "Whether it's an upgrade of the search box or a complex enterprise search solution involving large volumes of data from multiple sources, Endeca can scale to meet the growing needs of any organization -- delivering measurable results from cost saving efficiencies to vastly improved user satisfaction. We look forward to working on future opportunities with WPI to solve information challenges."
Endeca Search and Guided Navigation solutions help businesses across a variety of sectors including retail, financial services, manufacturing, information publishing and business-to-business with applications that address the information overload problems associated with content, catalog and enterprise information access and retrieval. Endeca solutions are built on innovative technology that makes it possible for the first time to offer search and navigation on structured and unstructured information with high performance, and low total cost of ownership, even at massive scale.
About WPI
Founded in 1865, WPI is a pioneer in technological higher education. WPI was the first university to understand that students learn best when they have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they gain in the classroom to the solution of important problems. Today its students, working in teams at more than 20 project centers around the globe, put their knowledge and skills to work as they complete professional-level work that can have an immediate positive impact on society.
WPI's innovative, globally focused curriculum has been recognized by leaders in industry, government and academia as the model for the technological education of tomorrow. Students emerge from this program as true technological humanists, well rounded, with the confidence, the interpersonal skills and the commitment to innovation they need to make a real difference in their professional and personal lives.
The university awarded its first advanced degree in 1898. Today, its first-rate research laboratories support master's and Ph.D. programs in more than 30 disciplines in engineering, science and the management of technology. Located in the heart of the region's biotechnology and high-technology sectors, WPI has built research programs - including the largest industry/university alliance in North America - that have won it worldwide recognition.
About Endeca
Endeca offers innovative Endeca Search and Guided Navigation information delivery solutions for companies who need to integrate, discover, and navigate enterprise data to solve the business problems associated with information overload. Endeca technology, a winner of Computerworld's 2003 Innovative Technology Award, is already at work for leading retail, financial services and business-to-business companies like Barnes & Noble, Putnam Investments, and Arrow Electronics. Endeca solutions empower users to explore and discover relevant relationships in data and find accurate and precise results with unprecedented speed. This search and navigation technology can be applied across a wide-range of enterprise and customer applications including Knowledge Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), customer self-service, analytics, catalogs, directories, and portal integration. Endeca is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Endeca is an IBM Advanced Business Partner. For more information, visit www.endeca.com or email us at info@endeca.com.