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The Business Case for Federated Search Presented by: Lesley D’Almeida, CSA Product Manager September 11, 2006. CSA Worldwide. CHILE. The unifying concept that drives our efforts….our mission statement. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Business Case for Federated Search
Presented by:Lesley D’Almeida, CSA Product ManagerSeptember 11, 2006
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CSA Worldwide
CHILE
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The unifying concept that drives our efforts….our mission statement.
CSA enables researchers to be more effective by expanding and expediting discovery, aiding the
management and organization of quality information relevant to their research, and providing tools to assist
them in disseminating their information.
CSA enables researchers to be more effective by expanding and expediting discovery, aiding the
management and organization of quality information relevant to their research, and providing tools to assist
them in disseminating their information.
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The Numbers
300+300+
Employees
200 million200 million
2005 Searches
25,000,00025,000,000
2005 Logons
650650RefWorks Customers
4,2904,290
CSA Illumina Customers
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History of Innovation
1994 • 1998Best Science/Technology Service (SIIA)
2002Best Online STM ServiceIIA CODiE
2004Best Customer Supportfrom the Charleston Advisor
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“You must be willing to change what you are today to become what you want to be tomorrow.”
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• NO!!
• Not Now!
• NEVER!!!
Skeptical ------ why?
Suspicious ------ what is the value?
Scared
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VisionCSA works to create information services
that take full advantage of
technology that will aid researchers in
their quest for discovery.
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Why?
• Leverage our platform
• Increased customer requests for federated search capability
• Increase usage
• Satisfy customers
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Where are we today?
• Confident
• Believers in the technology
• 2006 CODiE Award for Best Solution Integrating Content into an Application
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CSA Today
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the future is
what we create