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| dtSearch Case Study — American
Technology Services, Inc. |
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Web Solutions With dtSearch |
“None
of the other search engines
we tried searched with
the same accuracy.”
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Founded in 1994,
American Technology Services,
Inc. (ATS) has provided technology
consulting services in the
areas of Internet development
and hosting, software development
and network integration for
professional and trade associations
as well as Fortune 500 companies.
It was named one of the nation's
leading Internet design firms
for the past three years by
Internet Week magazine. ATS
is also a Microsoft Certified
Solution Provider and one of
Microsoft's top resellers and
integrators.
An ATS client, the Petroleum
Finance Company (PFC), needed a comprehensive search
engine for its site, www.pfcenergy.com. PFC is a
consulting firm specializing in the financial, strategic,
commercial and political aspects of the international
oil and gas business. PFC works closely with client
organizations worldwide, including major oil and
gas companies, investment and commercial banks, governments
and multilateral agencies. |
“With
dtSearch, indexing was
very fast. And search
time over even a very
large database was instantaneous.”
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PFC needed a multi-faceted
search engine for its content-rich
Web site. The Web site included
a public database of events
in the energy world. PFC also
needed to provide searching
for a private, specialized
client-site search area. The
private search site included
such information as downstream
monitoring service for different
parts of the world, downstream
competition service, worldwide
lubricants service, gas and
power strategies service. The
search also needed to cover
an affiliate site, www.infoil.com,
connected to www.pfcenergy.com.
To search its multifaceted online databases, ATS chose the dtSearch
Text Retrieval Engine. "We had very large databases, for which
we evaluated a lot of search engines," said Alex Koludrovic
of ATS. "With dtSearch, indexing was very fast. And search time
over even a very large database was instantaneous." As a special
bonus, ATS was also able to use the dtSearch Engine to search files
internally on PFC's own desktop and network drives.
While speed was a secondary concern to accuracy, dtSearch Engine
provided both. "None of the other search engines we tried searched
with the same accuracy," said Mr. Koludrovic. ATS also liked
the many search features in dtSearch. "We increasingly rely
on advanced search options in dtSearch such as fuzzy, phonic, stemming
and natural language."
To link so many different databases through the Web, customization
work was key. "We needed something that we could customize with
ASP scripts," said Mr. Koludrovic. "None of the other search
engines provided the same ease of customization as dtSearch, both
on the frontend and the backend." For example, ATS used ASP
scripts on the frontend of the dtSearch Engine to customize the initial
search results returned. And ATS added scripts on the backend to
retrieve information like which search requests and which retrieved
documents were "hot."
"ATS really put together an impressive project with ASP scripting," said
David Thede, President, dtSearch Corp. "They clearly excel at complex Web
programming." For dtSearch Engine customization work, please see also ATS'
dtSearch Dev. Works listing.
For more information about ATS, please call 703-876-0300; fax 703-876-0740;
or visit their Web site at www.networkATS.com.
Or email Alex Koludrovic directly at alexk@networkATS.com
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