The world of unified information access (UIA) has seen more than its share of change recently. Two of its biggest players, Endeca and Autonomy, were bought by Oracle and HP, respectively, leaving Attivio, Inc. and its Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) alone to concentrate on advancing UIA. With its most recent release, AIE 3.0, Attivio is forging ahead, hoping to help its customers build better applications to deal with often very specific information challenges.