For numerical information that resides in databases or indexed textual information, you can probably answer yes to both questions. Unfortunately, the great majority of information in an enterprise is in the form of free text, which is unindexed, unqueryable, and mostly unusable in any efficient way.

The Axonwave text analytics system lets enterprises unlock the high-value potential in their text sources. Unlike simplistic keyword-based systems, the Axonwave Content Intelligence System (CIS) works with the meaningful conceptual content of your text. It is fast, consistent, tireless, and has the ability to “read between the lines”.

The Axonwave CIS is useful in many areas; here are a few examples:

• Process Plants: During alarm rationalization and HAZOPS, retrieve specific text from operating procedures, control philosophies and other plant documentation.
• Document Management system: Perform automatic categorization and indexing.
• Finance: Stock market investor sentiment mining from discussion boards, blogs, etc.
• Forensics: Fraud and abuse detection in health care claims. Text mining of corporate documents for discovery and investigation of financial fraud.
• Research Tax Credit support: Scan e-mail and design documentation for information supporting tax-credit claims.

Axonwave was founded in 1999. It grew out of the natural language laboratory at Simon Fraser University led by Dr. Fred Popowich, a recognized leader in the field of linguistic computing. The patented Axonwave natural-language processing technologies are used for classification, filtering, monitoring and retrieval of unstructured information. Axonwave operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Matrikon Inc. since its acquisition by Matrikon in 2007.