[Kharkov, Ukraine – October 14th, 2002]
<Meta> Inc. a leading provider of Internet search software solutions and the largest Internet search engine in Ukraine, announced today that it has expanded its distribution into the USA and international markets. <Meta> Inc. signed an exclusive distribution agreement with 3nW Corporation of San Diego CA., an innovative knowledge management technology and integration services provider.
3nW Corporation contracted the rights to distribute the <Meta> Inc. software product line in the US, Canada, Mexico and China.
“The <Meta > Inc. product line brings significant improvements in multi-lingual, natural language search capabilities to the markets,” said Karsten Gerhardt, President of 3nW Corporation. “Our clients’ demands for ease of integration, subject relevant natural language search in multiple language environments are fully met with the advantages that <Meta> Inc. products offer”.
Significantly, the mature metaPX engine allows an open integration on all major computing platforms with the capacity of search and indexing for up to 200 languages simultaneously, on Linux, Windows and Solaris server platforms.
“<Meta> Inc. is the leading company in search solution software development in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Our search solutions serve the complex demands of industry and government users in this sphere with perfect results. We offer a proven product line with attractive and unique features which were conceived by our development work in a growing multi-lingual, multi-alphabet marketplace,” says Yuri Nazarov, CEO of <Meta> Inc.
The <Meta> Inc. product line will be immediately available in North America, mainly the ‘metaPX’ engine designed for software integration and the ‘metaSP’ engine, designed for supporting Internet Service Providers. Additional products for standalone server search and desktop search will be introduced in 2003.
<META> Inc. is the largest search engine provider in Ukrainian language and a leader in Cyrillic multilingual search engine morphology technologies.
<META> Inc.'s history began in the mid-1990s when its founders realized the necessity for a Ukrainian language search tool for their developing country by recognizing that the different Cyrillic alphabets and morphologies needed to be improved.
Various improved technologies and search system products were developed during this time ranging from single website search software to custom applications in major corporate and government environments. The results are considered the Ukraine benchmark for data search processes. They include English, Ukrainian, and Russian morphologies.
The <META> Inc. staff consists of highly skilled experts in the field of programming, linguistics and mathematical modeling.
Founded in 2001 in San Diego, California, 3nW Corporation is a privately held company that provides knowledge management integration services to clients around the world. 3nW Corporation has a relentless commitment to quality and seeks to provide clients with new and innovative methods of solving unique problems with the application of new, disruptive technologies. 3nW Corporation remains dedicated to bringing these concepts to the mainstream markets, providing its clients with an edge in the early adoption phase of technology and procedures.
The UGF International Investment Fund owns a 63.3% stake of Meta (assets of the fund are managed by SigmaBleyzer).