Funnelback Pty Ltd
| Funnelback's logo, revised in February 2015, removes references to the parent company, Squiz. | |
| Private subsidiary | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded 📆 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (December 20, 2005) |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Canberra , Australia |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Dr. David Hawking Brett Matson |
| Products 📟 | Site Search Enterprise Search |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 50+ |
| Parent | Squiz |
| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
| Original author(s) | Dr. David Hawking |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Funnelback R&D Team |
| Initial release | 10 August 2006 |
| Stable release | 15.16.0
/ August 7, 2018 |
| Written in | C, Java, Groovy, FreeMarker, Perl |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows |
| Type | Search and index |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
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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 are 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
 |
- 2001
- 2005
- 2006
- April: P@noptic product renamed Funnelback
- October: Funnelback version 6.0 released
- 2009
- 2012
- February: Approved supplier to UK Government via G-Cloud[8]
- 2015
- Operations commence in the United States as Funnelback Inc.
Government clients
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
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
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
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
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "P@NOPTIC Intranet Search". panopticsearch.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001.
- ↑ Stephen E Arnold. "Search Wizards Speak: David Hawking of Funnelback :: ArnoldIT". arnoldit.com.
- ↑ Computerworld Staff. "CSIRO spins off home-grown search engine". Computerworld.
- ↑ "Current details for ABN 34 116 105 296". business.gov.au.
- ↑ Rodney Gedda. "CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine". TechWorld.
- ↑ "Companies House - Funnelback UK Limited".
- ↑ "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) - ↑ Funnelback (2016-01-19). "Government". Funnelback. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ↑ Tim Lohman. "AGIMO signs Funnelback for Govt search". PC Advisor.
- ↑ Hamish Barwick. "NSW Government dumps Google appliance for Funnelback". Computerworld.
- ↑ Hawking, David (1994). "PADRE - a parallel document retrieval engine". Proceedings of the Third Fujitsu Parallel Computing Workshop, Kawasaki, Japan.
- ↑ Funnelback. "Funnelback Ranking Algorithms". funnelback.com.
- ↑ Hawking, David. "Annotation Index System and Method". Lens. USPTO. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ Andrews, Whit; De Simoni, Guido; Murphy, Jim; Emmott, Stephen (2017). "Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines". gartner.com. Gartner.
- ↑ Andrews, Whit; Koehler-Kruener, Hanns (2015). "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search". gartner.com. Gartner.
- ↑ White, Martin (2014). "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search". intranetfocus.com. Gartner.
- ↑ "Ovum". ovum.com. Gartner.
- ↑ "Funnelback sees promise in enterprise search space that others have abandoned". 451 Research Group. 451 Research Group.
- ↑ "MySource Matrix Newsletter Issue #298". Squiz Labs. Squiz. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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