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The article presents information on Fast Search & Transfer. Enterprise search has come a long way from its roots in simple search technology, and Fast has been at the forefront of that evolution. By continually pushing the boundaries of technical innovation and designing customer-centric vertical market solutions, Fast stands out in the crowded enterprise search market. The firm was founded in Oslo, Norway in 1997 by Hans Gude Gudeson, Espen Brodin, and John Lervik, who recognized the growing importance of search technology as the volume of content on the web exploded. Since selling off its web search platform to Overture in 2003 for $70 million, the company's sole focus has been enterprise search, and it now serves 3,600 customers on six continents.

The article presents information on Brightcove Inc. When Jeremy Allaire founded Brightcove two years ago, he did so with a history that parallels the evolution of content delivery itself. His first major success was co-founding Allaire Corporation, a $120 million-a-year company that developed such Internet enabling technologies as ColdFusion and HomeSite. In late 2000, when the Allaire Corporation merged with Macromedia, Allaire took up the chief trading officer post at Macromedia, where he helped co-lead the evolution of Flash.

The article comments on factors affecting the efficiency of electronic content. First, delivery mechanisms are now in alignment with electronic content. The second factor at work is that content is now born digital. Native electronic content is extraordinarily mutable. It can change at a moment's notice with no history of what it contained before. This has some frightening implications for serious research, legal precedent, and historical accuracy. Nevertheless, there is every possibility that electronic content, born digital, will outpace digitized-from-print electronic content in the near future.

The article presents information on Open Text Corp. Open Text, whose offerings are anchored by its flagship product Livelink, helps organizations better manage their documents and business processes online. Through several partnerships with industry stalwarts such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle, Open Text has effectively bolstered the scope and capabilities of its solutions in order to meet the continually evolving needs of its customers, who represent a variety of markets, including automotive, consumer goods, government and insurance.

The article presents information on Japanese software firm Justsystems Inc. This year, the company wisely purchased XMetal, one of the most popular and flexible XML and DITA suites available, from Blast Radius. XMetaL boasts over 1,000 customers, including DaimlerChrysler, Continental Airline, the European Space Agency, and Texas Instruments. After bouncing among several companies, XMetaL has finally settled into a large, deep-pocketed, multinational company that can give this market-leading solution the global reach it warrants.

The article presents information on U.S. high-technology company Feedburner. Feedburner calls its feeds burned, which means more than just going five. Perks of burned feeds include easy set-up and management, and tracking features that allow users to view and monitor subscribers. Recently launched features reflect the growing, functionality that subscribers and publishers expect from their content. While anyone can tap into the company's flee software, paid subscribers saw a number of new features in 2006, FeedFlare and an advertising network for customers' mutual benefit.

The article presents information on U.S. computer company Exalead. Founded in 2000, Exalead is all about optimizing access to the masses of information people are confronted with on a daily basis. Exalead offers solutions to both the general public and businesses, and Bourdoncle sees the market as evenly split between the two. The company's overall goal is to make accessing pertinent information easier. With its business solutions, Exalead is shifting the focus from application-centered computing to search-centered computing by combining elements of knowledge management, content management, and databases.