Each of us has been faced with the problem of searching for information more than once. Irregardless of the data source we are using (Internet, file system on our hard drive, data base or a global information system of a big company) the problems can be multiple and include the physical volume of the data base searched, the information being unstructured, different file types and also the complexity of accurately wording the search query. We have already reached the stage when the amount of data on one single PC is comparable to the amount of text data stored in a proper library. And as to the unstructured data flows, in future they are only going to increase, and at a very rapid tempo. If for an average user this might be just a minor misfortune, for a big company absence of control over information can mean significant problems. So the necessity to create full text search systems and technologies simplifying and accelerating access to the necessary information, originated long ago. Such information retrieval systems are numerous and moreover not every one of them is based on a unique technology. And the task of choosing the right one depends directly on the specific tasks to be solved in the future. While the demand for the perfect data searching and processing tools is steadily growing let’s consider the state of affairs with the supply side.

Not going deeply into the various peculiarities of the full text search engine technology, all the searching programs and systems can be divided into three groups. These are: global Internet systems, turnkey business solutions (corporate information retrieval and processing technologies) and simple phrasal or file search on a local computer. Different directions presumably mean different solutions.

Unique similar search technology in our data retrieval tools utility At present most of the potential customers simply have no clue that there is a data retrieval tools tool for searching similar documents. The problems facing a corporate user can be solved nice and easy. And the name of the game is the SoftInform data retrieval tools technologies. It is important, first of all, to inform the corporate user on SoftInform data retrieval tools solution, its originality and strengths as compared to data retrieval tools competitors, and second of all, to provide turn-key projects (examples) that would demonstrate the ease with which any challenge of corporate search and structuring information is solved by means of our data retrieval tools technology.