ImageMAKER Announces Near Duplication Detection Integrating the dtSearch® Engine

ImageMAKER's Discovery Assistant Embeds Near Duplication Detection and the dtSearch Engine; ImageMAKER Will Now Offer Near Duplication Detection as a Separate Product

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Sep 15, 2020, 08:58 ET

BETHESDA, Md. and NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A specialist in document imaging and eDiscovery solutions, ImageMAKER will now market its Near Duplication Detection as a separate component integrating the dtSearch Engine. dtSearch offers enterprise and developer text retrieval (including the dtSearch Engine) to instantly search terabytes of online and offline data. ImageMAKER incorporates its Near Duplication Detection system in its flagship Discovery Assistant along with the embedded dtSearch Engine document filters and searching.

De-duplication technology typically identifies documents and emails that are exact duplicates using criteria like hash value comparison. By contrast, ImageMAKER's Near Duplication Detection can identify documents and emails that have contextually similar phrases or content, but are not exact matches. The ability to detect near duplicates greatly streamlines processes such as eDiscovery, other data review such as Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), archiving systems and document management.

Features of Near Duplication Detection include the ability to sequentially link multiple document versions as well as the capacity to output percentage similarity between similar documents. Using the dtSearch Engine document filters along with ImageMAKER's own technology, Near Duplication Detection can even detect the similarity of files that are fully nested in other documents. For example, Near Duplication Detection might find 87% of Document A contained in Document B, and 93% of Document B contained in Document C.

Near Duplication Detection also includes a visual comparison tool that outputs HTML formatted documents, and can highlight phrase differences in different colors for easy review. The visual comparison works both locally or in shared web based environments to allow end-users to seamlessly compare documents.

"ImageMAKER chose the dtSearch Engine for use in Discovery Assistant because of its market-leading search technology, including its ability to leverage metadata to ensure successful and fast search results in faceted searching," says Ken Davies, ImageMAKER's president. "Customers tell us that the embedded search technology is a 'lifesaver.'"

"Near Duplicate Detection also incorporates the dtSearch Engine," continues Davies. "As a standalone product, Near Duplicate Detection will rely on the dtSearch Engine's robust and extremely fast search speed to provide outstanding response times in identifying close file matches across terabytes of data."

dtSearch's core developer component, the dtSearch Engine, can instantly search terabytes of mixed documents, emails plus nested attachments, databases and online data with over 25 different search options. The dtSearch Engine has its own proprietary document filters for data parsing, extraction, conversion and display (including with highlighted hits). The dtSearch Engine SDK offers these capabilities through C++, Java and .NET / .NET Core APIs to Windows, Mac and Linux developers, both for "on premises" applications as well as for online platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

About IMAGEMaker, imgmaker.com
Since 1990, ImageMAKER Development Inc. has focused on the development and delivery of OEM and corporate solutions for the next generation of automated electronic document conversion and imaging applications. The company prides itself on being able to meet the demanding standards of our customers, including the provision of quality technical support, pre-sales support, priority access to senior development engineers, and customized software development services. Visit DiscoveryAssistant.com for more information on Near Duplication Detection embedded in that application, and email [email protected] for information on standalone Near Duplication Detection licensing,

About dtSearch®, dtSearch.com
The Smart Choice for Text Retrieval® since 1991, the dtSearch product line instantly searches terabytes of text. Along with enterprise and developer text retrieval, the company has its own document filters, offering parsing, extraction, conversion and searching of a broad range of data formats. Supported data types encompass databases, website data, popular "Office" formats, compression formats, and emails with attachments. dtSearch products meet some of the largest-capacity text retrieval needs in the world. The company has distributors worldwide with coverage on six continents. Please see dtSearch.com for hundreds of reviews and case studies, as well as fully-functional evaluation copies.

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