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| - | ====== Overview ====== | ||
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| - | ===== What is Omnidex? ===== | ||
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| - | * Omnidex is a highly-optimized search and analytic engine that delivers dramatically faster queries for business intelligence and online applications using standard SQL interfaces. | ||
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| - | * Omnidex provides flexible search capabilities that go well beyond a standard database. Omnidex indexes your textual data using search engine-like features, and uses fuzzy searches so that you don't worry about exact search terms or misspellings. | ||
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| - | * Omnidex supports your relational database by adding speed and flexibility without altering the underlying database. Omnidex can enhance your query performance without jeopardizing your investment in the relational system. | ||
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| - | * Omnidex indexes flat file data without costly imports into a relational database. Omnidex provides a complete SQL engine for your raw data files and transaction logs, all using standard ODBC and JDBC interfaces. | ||
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| - | ===== Where is Omnidex used? ===== | ||
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| - | Omnidex is used in a wide variety of applications. Essentially, Omnidex is used when you need high performance and increased flexibility. Some of the more common Omnidex applications include: | ||
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| - | * [[overview:lists|Database marketing and customer lists]] | ||
| - | * [[overview:analytics|Business analytics and data warehouses]] | ||
| - | * [[overview:largedb|Billion-record databases]] | ||
| - | * [[overview:onlinedb|Online, searchable database applications]] | ||
| - | * [[overview:text|Knowledgebases and text databases]] | ||
| - | * [[overview:flatfiles|Transaction logs and other flatfile databases]] | ||
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| - | ===== What is needed to implement Omnidex? ===== | ||
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| - | There are three basic steps to implementing Omnidex into your applications: | ||
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| - | - Tell Omnidex where to find your data. | ||
| - | - Add Omnidex indexing to your data. | ||
| - | - Connect to Omnidex and perform queries. | ||
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| - | Omnidex applications are easy to prototype. Omnidex will walk you through all of these steps using the Omnidex Administrator. Once you have created your Omnidex-enhanced database, you can run queries and see the performance for yourself. | ||
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| - | As with all things, it is valuable to understand Omnidex more deeply before building a production application. Omnidex has many powerful features. Learning about these features will help you decide where you want to enhance your application. | ||
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| - | ===== How long has Omnidex been around? ===== | ||
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| - | Omnidex was first introduced in 1981 during the era when most companies began using computers for their day-to-day business. Omnidex began by providing indexing to the early database users in the Hewlett-Packard marketplace. During the 1990's, Omnidex expanded to include relational databases across a wide range of operating systems. Today, Omnidex provides a powerful SQL engine that automatically optimize queries using standard interfaces. Over nearly three decades, Omnidex has been used by over 4,000 customers in countries around the world. | ||
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| - | ===== How can I find out more information? ===== | ||
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| - | If you are looking for technical advice on how to develop and deploy an Omnidex application, you can read more of this documentation, or you can speak to one of our [[http://www.omnidex.com/contactus.html:technical staff]]. | ||
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| - | If you are looking for more information about purchasing Omnidex, you can speak to one of our [[http://www.omnidex.com/contactus.html:sales staff]]. | ||
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| - | Either way, we look forward to assisting you! | ||
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