History

ZyLAB, Inc. introduces ZyINDEX, the first full-text retrieval software for the personal computer. This software enables users to index electronic files, first in MS-DOS, and then later in a Windows 16-bit environment. It did not include any scanning or OCR functionalities.

First to offer CD publishing for PCs.

ZyLAB releases proprietary fuzzy search technology that revolutionizes the nature of document retrieval. This technology allows for search results that are similar (though not equal) to the search query. Furthermore, fuzzy search technology can generate results from documents that contain OCR errors, thereby eliminating the conventional need for costly post-OCR editing.

ZyLAB releases the ZyIMAGE Webserver and ZyALERT, products that laid the foundation for a complete line of software that automates document scanning, indexing, imaging and full-text retrieval. ZyLAB also enables publishing and document sharing through the Internet or a company's intranet.

New image-centric technology is introduced by ZyLAB. This technology enables the display of search results directly on the scanned image rather than in plain text. The underlying ASCII text (typically generated through OCR) remains accessible and can be used for many purposes, such as word processing.

ZyLAB develops full support for more than 200 languages (the most for any PC product at the time; ZyLAB later expands to support 400 languages) and seamless "one-click-archiving" integration with almost all digital copiers and multi-functional scan/printing devices for optimal user experience.

ZyLAB introduces a complete product-line overhaul: ZyIMAGE 5.0. It contains a host of new and enhanced functionality and products covering data acquisition, enhanced collaboration, security and audit controls, OCR and automatic multi-language recognition, and a complete framework for paper, electronic document, email and multimedia archiving. This new product line leverages an open and scalable architecture and contains a full open-source XML framework for data storage and product integration.

New features are added to ZyIMAGE: fully integrated advanced visualization, text mining and text analytics products, as well as capabilities based upon advanced linguistic, pattern recognition, statistical, semantic, and other artificial intelligence principles. ZyIMAGE Federator was released to search in parallel over many (Web-based) ZyIMAGE repositories.

ZyLAB establishes its award-winning ZyIMAGE Information Access Platform (IAP), bundling all of its capabilities into a single solution that provides an optimal framework for a number of specialized, all-in-one deployments:
      eDiscovery and Production
      Compliance and Litigation Readiness
      Law Enforcement & Investigations
      Digital & Print Media Archiving
      Communications Intelligence & Security
      Enterprise Information Management
These system deployments feature their own specific technologies, competitive pricing, best-practice working methods (including quality control and chain of custody forms) and professional services.

Release of the ZyIMAGE SharePoint connector and the Google Web-Search Engine integration, together with royalty-free TIFF production, near and exact de-duplication, machine translation and the ZyIMAGE Analytics server. Search Federation with the ATOM standard is available.

ZyLAB Information Management Platform was released, an integrated solution to address eDiscovery and Information Management problems.