SirsiDynix in Brainware Deal

SirsiDynix (www.sirsidynix.com) has entered into “an original equipment manufacturer” partnership with Brainware Inc. (www.brainware.com) to incorporate the latter's advanced context-based enterprise search technology into SirsiDynix's next-generation search solutions. “Brainware technology,” said SirsiDynix, “will provide innovative fuzzy search, fuzzy logic, dynamic categorization, and other capabilities.”

Central features of the new SirsiDynix search products will include seamless integration with SirsiDynix integrated library systems (ILS) and online public access catalogs (OPAC), a customizable interface, single- and multibyte character capability, and support on local servers or via SirsiDynix's software as a service (SaaS) hosted operations.

From these development efforts, SirsiDynix will build the foundation for a range of “user experience” solutions, including next-generation OPAC functionality for community/social networking such as user reviews, rankings, and tagging. The first release of SirsiDynix's next-generation search solutions is slated for summer 2008.