Cambridge, Mass., December 8, 2003 Endeca, the only provider of advanced search and Guided Navigation solutions, has been honored as a 2003 EContent 100 Company. The prestigious distinction is bestowed upon the 100 most influential and innovative companies in the digital content industry, as selected by EContent magazine’s expert editorial staff.
Endeca's inclusion marks the company's second consecutive year on EContent's exclusive list and further validates its status as the premier provider of business-to-consumer, business-to-business and enterprise search and navigation solutions. This latest accolade mirrors recognition from F500 businesses and leading retailers who are tapping Endeca technology to boost sales, improve customer service and create a simple, collaborative means of extracting intelligence from across a variety of enterprise information silos, including data from supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications.
"The EContent 100 is designed to provide information and content professionals with a shortlist of companies that consistently deliver proven, best-in-class solutions," said Michelle Manafy, editor of EContent. "As the sheer volume of digital content continues to grow exponentially, there will be increasing demand for innovative providers like Endeca to help organizations quickly turn mountains of data into specific, actionable information."
Endeca Search and Guided Navigation solutions help businesses across a variety of sectors like financial services, manufacturing, information publishing, retail 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 Guided Navigation and advanced search on structured and unstructured information with high performance, and low total cost of ownership, at any scale.
"It is an honor to be named as one of the leading players in digital content management by those who know the industry best," said Jim Baum, president and COO of Endeca. "Endeca's inclusion in the EContent 100 is a tribute to our dynamic team, our superior technology and the ever-growing use of advanced search and Guided Navigation as a strategic advantage for businesses of all types."
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.