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Working at Attivio

Written by Will Johnson

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

As you may have heard, Attivio is growing. We've added some really good people to our team in the last few months - so many in fact that we had to put rows of desks in where we use to have common 'hang out' areas. It's sad to see some of the big round lunch tables go away, but in today's economy, these are really good problems to have. We're moving to new headquarters in the Fall, so common area will be making a comeback soon.

I thought I'd lay out some of the reasons why we're having such success and why Attivio is such an awesome place to work.

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Overview of Query-side JOIN

Thursday, 18 February 2010

In this whiteboard video, Attivio Architect Martin Serrano provides an overview of query-side JOIN in AIE.

Attivio AIE allows you to ingest both unstructured content and database content into the AIE inverted index. Martin discusses Attivio's patent-pending Query-side JOIN operator, which assembles relevant indexed information of all types when the query is issued. This query-time capability does not rely on a data schema set in advance; in fact, AIE is schema-agnostic and allows you to add a table at any time without having to change the data model or re-ingest information. Martin also discusses the limitations in the way most enterprise search systems handle database tables - flattening the records and not providing a way to reconstruct relationships. The AIE JOIN operator not only links data, it also links relevant textual information in response to a query.

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Overview of Guaranteed Indexing

Tuesday, 09 February 2010

In this whiteboard video, Attivio Architect Will Johnson provides an overview of guaranteed indexing in AIE.

Will discusses the common methods of content processing used by legacy enterprise search systems and how the Active Intelligence Engine uses a series of checkpoints in its content processing workflows to ensure content & data is successfully indexed and retrievable. This method reduces risk for dropping content and greatly reduces the need for re-processing content due to potential system/component outages.

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Overview of the Attivio Facet Finder

Tuesday, 05 January 2010

In this whiteboard video, Attivio CTO Sid Probstein walks us through the unique capabilities of the AIE Facet Finder.

Sid will provide an overview of how dynamic facet recommendation works in the Attivio Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) and how it frees up developers from worrying about the underlying data model, allowing them to focus on building feature-rich applications on top of the AIE platform.

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Overview of Connectors and Workflow in AIE

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

In this whiteboard video, Attivio Co-Chief Architect Martin Serrano provides a whiteboard overview of how connectors and workflow play an integral role in the Active Intelligence Engine™.

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