How Enterprises Are Leveraging Search Technologies in Small and Medium Organizations (EST1) Speakers: > Dr. Burch T. Kealey - Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Nebraska-Omaha > Alain Heurtebise, CEO, Exalead > Rob Wiesenberg, President, Contegra Systems, Inc. Moderator: Lynda Moulton

2 - ©2007 Gilbane Group, Inc. Dr. Burch T. Kealey: Going Beyond Search: Post-Query Processing Going Beyond Search: Post-Query Processing Professional Researcher and Associate Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha Creator-directEDGAR President AcademicEDGAR+ LLC Studies how corporate governance affects the value of publicly traded companies Has developed a method to practically and effectively search through the endless EDGAR filings and relevant financial reports that he was able to produce a comprehensive analysis of the data Tools: SEC Filings and ISYS search technology Beyond retrieval: analytical and mining functions like post-query processing

3 - ©2007 Gilbane Group, Inc. Alain Heurtebise: When Search is not Enough Case Study: The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) When Search is not Enough Case Study: The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) VP of sales and marketing Responsible for the overall strategy and direction of Exalead's direct and indirect sales channel worldwide ARF: new client selected Exalead for improving organization’s communications and project management Has 400 members and employees requiring single point of access to: publications, whitepapers and research on shared drives and across secondary Web sites

4 - ©2007 Gilbane Group, Inc. Rob Wiesenberg: Case Study: Why Otis Elevator Needs a Custom dtSearch® Implementation Case Study: Why Otis Elevator Needs a Custom dtSearch® Implementation CEO and founder of Contegra Systems, Inc., Web development and software integration Founded Contegra Systems in 1987 to deliver powerful and intuitive information management and search solutions DTsearch and other tools, case studies Focus on the approach for integrating search in a heterogeneous computing environment

5 - ©2007 Gilbane Group, Inc. Every Organization Needs Search Defining Small and Medium Enterprises What is needed? Why are there so many search options? How can enterprises focus their search for solutions? Why are case studies so valuable? End user advocate, search company executive and solutions integrator

6 - ©2007 Gilbane Group, Inc. Presentations and Contact Information Presentations URL: Presentations at Gilbane Boston: Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst, Enterprise Search, The Gilbane Group