Session to Focus on How End Users Combine High-Recall Search Tools with Visualization; Event to Take Place June 27-28 at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia

June 27, 2005 - Bagshot - ZyLAB, an innovative developer of content management and compliance solutions for paper intensive organizations, today announced that its CEO, Dr. Johannes Scholtes, is a featured presenter at next week's Intelligence Tools, Data Mining, Visualization (IDV) Conference (http://www.infonortics.com/idv/05pro.html) hosted by Infonortics. The event takes place June 27-28 at the Park Hyatt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The premise of Dr. Scholtes' presentation is that law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies always require 100% recall when analysing large data collections. They are not in the position to miss a potenially relevant document. However, as recall accuracy goes up, the precision of these systems goes down. As a result, analyzing and organizing all possibly relevant information is a tremendous task that can take months and sometimes longer, thus seriously delaying investigations and trials.

In theory, modern search-engine technology should allow users to overcome the lack of precision and continue to focus on recall. However, due to the variety of languages used, document sizes, and document structures, types, and domains - plus the fact that most users do not always know exactly what they are looking for - these advanced search algorithms may still not adequately address all of the relevant concerns. In addition, these search algorithms are often too domain or language dependent, work too slowly, or require too much manual training and fine-tuning. Users may not be aware of all the issues involved and may ultimately become frustrated, leading them to avoid using the technology altogether.

In this presentation, practical examples are given of simple, straightforward search-related concepts such as fuzzy search, hit highlighting, hit navigation, relevance feedback, categorization, classification tools and data visualization, which allow users to reach 100 percent recall and overcome the lack of precision by interactively navigating through data collections without losing sight of the context in which they are working. Tools with a visualization focus are rapidly being embraced by even relatively non-skilled users in the law enforcement and legal domains.

To learn more about this event, visit: http://www.infonortics.com/idv/05pro.html

About ZyLAB
Founded in 1983, ZyLAB is the leading provider of low-cost content management and compliance solutions for small-and-medium-sized business (SMB) and government organizations that need to digitally file and manage millions of pages of paper and electronic documents. ZyLAB's comprehensive investigative capabilities, with its high quality search and retrieval features supporting over 200 languages, gives users the ability to organize and easily share all information online. In particular, ZyLAB solutions are relied upon extensively by legal, law enforcement/intelligence, and financial/back-office professionals.

With more than 7,000 installations worldwide and over 300,000 users, ZyLAB has a wide breadth of experience and knowledge across a variety of different industries and business applications. Our clients include Gloucestershire County Council Environment Department, Metropolitan Police, Serious Fraud Office, University Hospital of Wales A&E Department, BBC, and Dell Computers. ZyLAB UK is located in Bagshot and is part of the worldwide ZyLAB network that serves its global customers from offices in Virginia (USA HQ), Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Singapore and Australia. For more information visit www.zylab.co.uk