Squiz Open Source CMS announcement about the acquisition of Funnelback Enterprise Search Check out our blog post on the debate here: https://www.squiz.co.uk/resources/open-source-cms-blog/the-great-open-source-web-cms-debate-news-from-the-latest-squiz-seminar

1. Surprise Announcement

2. Background Organisational objectives to manage, organize and search content inside and outside of their organizations in a way that is transparent and easily understood As a result, the Enterprise Search market will surpass $1.2 Billion in total software revenue by 2010 (Gartner) Squiz sees a unique opportunity combine content management expertise with enterprise search technology

3. Funnelback Enterprise Search Funnelback’s search technology was originally developed by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Funnelback Enterprise is an integrated, high value, enterprise grade search solution that searches content assets across internet, intranet, database and shared network drives, as well as electronic document management and portal systems. Used by Government, Corporate, Media and Higher Education sectors

4. Squiz today announces… The acquisition of Funnelback The CMS and Enterprise search market is inseparable Deal combines Funnelback’s unique technology with Squiz content management capabilities and global sales and support network

5. Squiz today announces… We now have a unique opportunity to discover new ways of managing information to grow and market your business We’ll go beyond having ‘a CMS and a search engine’ to providing a complete information management suite to Marketers and Content Management experts alike Funnelback Chief Scientist, David Hawkins is here and after lunch you’ll see it in action!!!