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Funnelback Pty Ltd
Funnelback's logo, revised in February 2015, removes references to the parent company, Squiz.
Private subsidiary
ISIN🆔
IndustrySoftware
Founded 📆Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (December 20, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-20))
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️, ,
Area served 🗺️
Worldwide
Key people
Dr. David Hawking
Brett Matson
Products 📟 Site Search

Enterprise Search
Funnelback for Higher Education
Funnelback for Finance
Accessibility Auditor

Content Auditor
Members
Number of employees
50+
ParentSquiz
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📇 Address
📞 telephone

Funnelback Platform
Original author(s)Dr. David Hawking
Developer(s)Funnelback R&D Team
Initial release10 August 2006; 17 years ago (2006-08-10)
Stable release
15.16.0 / August 7, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08-07)
Written inC, Java, Groovy, FreeMarker, Perl
Engine
    Operating systemLinux, Windows
    TypeSearch and index
    LicenseProprietary
    Websitewww.funnelback.com/product/search

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    Funnelback is a search engine platform. Funnelback is typically deployed as a vertical search (site search) or enterprise search solution, and has been cited as suitable for search-based applications.[1] It features a broad array of plug-ins and APIs, and is platform-agnostic.

    Funnelback's headquarters and research and development is based in Canberra, with additional offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, London, Seattle, Wellington, Edinburgh and Szczecin.

    The company's name is a portmanteau of two Australian spiders - the Funnel-web and Redback.

    History[edit]

    • 2001
      • CSIRO sponsors P@noptic[2] research project, design and development headed by Dr. David Hawking[3]
      • First version of P@noptic released
    • 2005
      • December: Funnelback spun off from CSIRO ICT Centre [4] as Funnelback Pty. Ltd[5]
    • 2006
      • April: P@noptic product renamed Funnelback
      • October: Funnelback version 6.0 released
    • 2009
      • July: Funnelback acquired by Squiz[6]
      • August: Operations commence in United Kingdom as Funnelback UK Ltd.[7]
    • 2012
      • February: Approved supplier to UK Government via G-Cloud[8]
    • 2015
      • Operations commence in United States as Funnelback Inc.

    Government clients[edit]

    Funnelback has built government search services[9] for clients including: Australian Government,[10] Bolton Council (UK), Queensland Government (Australia), New South Wales Government (Australia)[11] and a joint project for three councils in West London (UK).

    Technology[edit]

    The core of the system is based around the proprietary Parallel Document Retrieval Engine (PADRE)[12] developed by the Australian National University and CSIRO to perform very fast data look-ups. Its relevancy ranking system uses a variant of the Okapi BM25[13] algorithm to rank document content and metadata. The company has also been granted patents for annotation index methods.[14]

    Industry Analysts' Reception[edit]

    In March 2017, Funnelback was listed as a 'visionary' vendor on Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines.[15] Funnelback first appeared as a ‘niche’ vendor on Gartner’s Enterprise Search Magic Quadrant in 2015 [16] as Squiz. In 2014, Gartner's Enterprise Search Magic Quadrant mentions Funnelback in passing,[17] but did not place it on the quadrant.

    Ovum Ltd. summarised the product as being able to "deliver highly relevant, context-aware results, based on a user's location, interests, profile, or browsing history, to create a truly personalised experience".[18]

    451 Research Group noted the company's 30% revenue growth in 2010, especially in the UK.[19]

    Availability[edit]

    Funnelback is currently provided as a Windows or Linux Installer or as a hosted service. These are sold through direct sales channels or Funnelback partners.

    Previous Versions[edit]

    Versions of Funnelback released prior to 2007 were available as 30-day trials, limited to 50,000 document indexes, and supplied via CD-ROM or accessible via the Funnelback website.

    In 2010, a now-deprecated OEM version of Funnelback, branded as SquizSearch,[20] was bundled with Squiz's MySource Matrix product.

    References[edit]

    1. Grefenstette, Gregory; Wilber, Laura (2010). "Search-Based Applications: At the Confluence of Search and Database Technologies". Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. 2 (1): 1–141. doi:10.2200/S00320ED1V01Y201012ICR017.
    2. "P@NOPTIC Intranet Search". panopticsearch.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001.
    3. Stephen E Arnold. "Search Wizards Speak: David Hawking of Funnelback :: ArnoldIT". arnoldit.com.
    4. Computerworld Staff. "CSIRO spins off home-grown search engine". Computerworld.
    5. "Current details for ABN 34 116 105 296". business.gov.au.
    6. Rodney Gedda. "CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine". TechWorld.
    7. "Companies House - Funnelback UK Limited".
    8. "Funnelback Approved as a Supplier for the G-Cloud; The New Framework of Cloud Service Providers for the UK Government". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
    9. Funnelback (2016-01-19). "Government". Funnelback. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
    10. Tim Lohman. "AGIMO signs Funnelback for Govt search". PC Advisor.
    11. Hamish Barwick. "NSW Government dumps Google appliance for Funnelback". Computerworld.
    12. Hawking, David (1994). "PADRE - a parallel document retrieval engine". Proceedings of the Third Fujitsu Parallel Computing Workshop, Kawasaki, Japan.
    13. Funnelback. "Funnelback Ranking Algorithms". funnelback.com.
    14. Hawking, David. "Annotation Index System and Method". Lens. USPTO. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
    15. Andrews, Whit; De Simoni, Guido; Murphy, Jim; Emmott, Stephen (2017). "Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines". gartner.com. Gartner.
    16. Andrews, Whit; Koehler-Kruener, Hanns (2015). "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search". gartner.com. Gartner.
    17. White, Martin (2014). "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search". intranetfocus.com. Gartner.
    18. "Ovum". ovum.com. Gartner.
    19. "Funnelback sees promise in enterprise search space that others have abandoned". 451 Research Group. 451 Research Group.
    20. "MySource Matrix Newsletter Issue #298". Squiz Labs. Squiz. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

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