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Introduction
Information access applications solve the long-standing need of regular people to explore, analyze, and understand information. Other technologies like relational databases, business intelligence, and search engines successfully answer predictable questions such as "What was the sales close rate last quarter?" or "Is John Smith's resume on file?" But there's a valuable class of questions that don't fit neatly into reports or search boxes — questions like "How can I consolidate purchasing?" or "Who should I staff on this project?" Endeca's Guided Summarization experience helps people answer open-ended questions like these.
Solutions featuring Guided Summarization require a new kind of technology. Earlier approaches weren't designed to support exploration of today's enterprise data, and retrofitting them leads to prohibitively high TCO and risk, including the need for custom coding and complex data modeling. Endeca developed the first purpose-built architecture to solve just this problem. The Endeca Information Access Platform is powered by a new class of database, the MDEX Engine™, that helps you successfully build tailored applications for people to explore your existing data, regardless of its source or format.
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