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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.
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The Business Case for Federated SearchPresented by:Lesley D’Almeida, CSA Product ManagerSeptember 11, 2006
CSA Worldwide CHILE
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 Illumina Customers Employees 2005 Logons 2005 Searches RefWorks Customers The Numbers 650 4,290 300+ 25,000,000 200 million
1994 • 1998 Best Science/Technology Service (SIIA) 2002 Best Online STM Service IIA CODiE 2004 Best Customer Support from the Charleston Advisor History of Innovation
“You must be willing to change what you are today to become what you want to be tomorrow.”
NO!! • Not Now! • NEVER!!! Skeptical ------ why? Suspicious ------ what is the value? Scared
CSA works to create information services that take full advantage of technology that will aid researchers in their quest for discovery. Vision
Why? • Leverage our platform • Increased customer requests for federated search capability • Increase usage • Satisfy customers
Where are we today? • Confident • Believers in the technology • 2006 CODiE Award for Best Solution Integrating Content into an Application
the future is what we create