iBox is a metadata and 'findability' technology from Interse. It provides very intelligent enhancements to SharePoint (and more) for adding and managing metadata to content and for finding information based ona defined metadata model.

In a recent report Gartner's top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2008 – Metadata Management i.e. Enterprise Search is as good as their Metadata. iBox empowers Enterprise to take control of that to enhance Findability. http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/tech/678DDE5B45FC8096CC25737100810B67

iBox enhances MOSS 2007

iBox transforms Free-Text Search to a highly efficient and Superior Findability Solution. Free-Text is limited to search of words in content. 

• It does not cater for Synonyms and Abbreviations ( MOSS vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs SharePoint etc...).
• You cannot search for Parent Terms ( Netherlands vs Amsterdam, ABN Amro vs Alfred Berg, etc...). 
• You cannot search on critically Related Business Entities such as Industries, Geographies, Practices etc...The consequence is that the highly paid Knowledge Workers waste valuable time on non value added activities.

This results in additional costs on an Enterprise/Authority  i.e. Lack of individual Productivity and within the Teams, Wasting Valuable Time in having to re-create information, Lower Employee Satisfaction etc.... 

iBox brings World Class End to End Metadata Management

Metadata addition and management in most systems,  inlcuding MOSS is comparatively cumbersome and labour Intensive. As a result user often skip applying useful metadata, which results in poor/insufficient classifications. MOSS manages taxonomy lists at the individual site level. Hierarchies, relations and relational types do not exist.
        
iBox offers central management of the whole enterprise environment, storing synonyms, hierarchies, relations and relational types. Any changes in your back-end systems can instantly be reflected in the Information Model and Files, with no need for re-Indexing.
The user Interface of the iBox Model Builder is highly Intuitive and Straight Forward. iBox combines Fully Automated and Semi-Automated classification and assignment of metadata. It can classify Files, Lists, Document Libraries, Sites and Areas within MOSS. Content keeps its classification if moved to new locations.

• iBox also enables Classification of NTFS and Exchange. E-mails in Exchange have their attachments classified separately.
• Any change in the Information Model ( or back-end system) is instantly reflected in iBox with No Need for Re-Indexing!
• Implementation of the iBox is within days/weeks.
  

 Learn more: www.interse.com