Challenge
Create an internet search engine with an intuitive interface that searches multiple document formats and presents relevant search results.
Solution
Use VB.NET to create a series of ASP.NET pages to simulate the look and feel of Ask.com on an internet site. The Autonomy IDOL Enterprise documentation aggregation tool and Microsoft SharePoint provide search results.
Summary
Management of unstructured or semi-structured data is a problem for companies with large stores of varying document types. Data may not always be available in database form but rather it may be scattered throughout multiple network locations, e-mails, presentations, pictures, and other files.
