EXALEAD is a software company created in 2000, that provided search platforms and
search-based applications (SBA) for consumer and business users. The company's headquarter is located in
Paris
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,
France
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,
and was a subsidiary of
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.
Founded in 1981, it is ...
.
Exalabs
The CloudView product is also the platform for Exalead's public Web
search engine
A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages, and other relevant information on World Wide Web, the Web in response to a user's web query, query. The user enters a query in a web browser or a mobile app, and the sea ...
, which was designed to apply semantic processing and
faceted navigation to Web data volumes and usage. Exalead also operates an online laboratory which uses the Web as a medium for developing applied technologies for business.
Many of Exalabs projects are developed in conjunction with Exalead's partners in the
Quaero
Quaero (Latin for ''I seek'') was a European initiative designed to compete with the Google search engine. It was announced in 2005 by Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, the political leaders of France and of Germany. As a research and develo ...
project.
History
Exalead was founded in 2000
by
François Bourdoncle and Patrice Bertin (both of whom were involved in the development of the
Alta Vista search engine), and began commercializing its products in 2005.
On 8 June 2010,
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.
Founded in 1981, it is ...
acquired Exalead for 135 million Euros.
Exalead employed approximately 150 people in 2013. Since the acquisition, many startups have sprung from Exalead such as Dataiku founded by Florian Douetteau, former vice president and then CEO of
Dataiku, a French analytics software editor.
Exalead has been integrated into
NETVIBES
Netvibes is a French subsidiary of Dassault Group that previously ran a World Wide Web, web service offering a Dashboard (computing), dashboard and feed reader.
History
2005–2012
Founded in 2005 by Tariq Krim, the company provided software f ...
, a Dassault Systèmes brand.
See also
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List of search engines
Search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites have a search facility for online databases.
By content/topic
General ...
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Search engine
A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages, and other relevant information on World Wide Web, the Web in response to a user's web query, query. The user enters a query in a web browser or a mobile app, and the sea ...
References
External links
Exalead search engine
{{Dassault Systèmes
Internet search engines
Desktop search engines
Dassault Systèmes