Fast Data Search Deployed on Norwegian Public Sector Information Portal, norge.no.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2003 Norge.no Users Now Able to Retrieve All Online Public Content From One Place With a Unique Freshness Rate and Customised Categorization Capabilities Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies, and norge.no, the official Norwegian Government access portal for public information on the Internet, today announced that FAST Data Search(TM) is now fully powering the search capabilities of the norge.no portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. . FAST Data Search, FAST's powerful enterprise search solution, combines search and real-time filtering technology with product modularity, advanced functionality and predefined integration, giving norge.no the unique flexibility to solve its most challenging information management needs. "We've found FAST Data Search to be an ideal search solution for our data-intensive environment," commented Ove Nyland, Editor of norge.no. "In addition to delivering superior, highly-relevant search results to our end-users, the flexibility and robustness of the technology enables us to search across a variety of document formats with sub-second response," said Ove Nyland, Editor of norge.no. "FAST Data Search has already proven to be a powerful means for improving user satisfaction, as well as improving efficiency and reducing costs." As public information is dispersed across millions of web pages and in a wide variety of file formats, finding the right information is challenging. With FAST Data Search, government portals such as norge.no (Norway) and FirstGov.gov (USA) are able to keep up with the ever-expanding amount of public data in various file formats including MS Word and PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , while still providing the freshest and most relevant results to its users. FAST and norge.no have collaborated in further refining the search capabilities of the portal with the addition of customized classification and categorization, in addition to advanced linguistic features for Norwegian (both "bokmal" and "nynorsk") and samisk. "We are pleased that norge.no is achieving its goal of providing a single access portal for the Norwegian public sector through the use of our award-winning FAST Data Search platform," said John M. Lervik, FAST's chief executive officer. "We are committed to helping norge.no users find the information they desire, and look forward to future collaborations that will continue to provide the best search experience possible." The unique, single-platform approach of FAST Data Search is setting new, enterprise search standards for customers and partners worldwide by providing them with scalable, industrial strength search solutions that address their needs and allow them to migrate from smaller installations to enterprise-wide deployments, as required, without changing software platform. With advanced linguistic technologies, support for over 225 file formats and 54 languages, and categorization and dynamic result clustering, FAST Data Search quickly connects users to the information they seek, thereby providing an opportunity to turn information into action. FAST Data Search enables companies and organizations to develop information transparency and utilization across organizational units and geographical areas. This results in improved efficiency through collaboration, information sharing See data conferencing. , and real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. monitoring and filtering. The FAST Data Search product suite supplies a complete information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. solution ideal for key vertical markets and applications including e-Commerce and Internet Portals, Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. ; Government; Life Sciences; Media and Publishing; and Telecom. About norge.no (Office of the County Governor of Sogn & Fjordane) The norge.no website was established by the central government authorities and the board of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities to provide a joint access point to all Norwegian public sector information on the web. The service is designed for use by the general public and government officials at all levels. The norge.no service is part of the Norwegian Government programme "A simpler Norway". The service is owned by the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration. The Norwegian Central Information Service has the overall editorial responsibility for the site including quality, development and budget. A user group and an advisory reference group have taken part in the consultative process to develop the service. The team responsible for editing norge.no is located at the Office of the County Governor of Sogn and Fjordane in Leikanger, west Norway. The members of the team are responsible for the ongoing technical maintenance and operation of the service. About FAST FAST creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions that are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology platform elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium. This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively leveraging IT infrastructure. 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