The Muse Content Machine: One Solution for Content Integration.

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You'll always be doing something new with content integration. New sources. New search engines. New user interfaces. New networks. To manage this dynamic environment efficiently and effectively you need an overarching system that can integrate and manage diverse search sources and services in a unified, stable and easily maintained production environment. That's what the Muse Content Machine is all about. The Muse Content Machine, MuseGlobal's unified content integration environment, provides source management, access management, search integration and application modules all managed within a common administrative system and networking environment that can create and maintain search products and services quickly, effectively and reliably.

Muse Source Management: Reliable Source Connectivity.

Industry's Most Flexible Content Source Interface

The "raw materials" for search - content - can come from any potential source. Muse Source Management allows you to harvest content in a consistent format from search engines, databases, document management systems, subscription information services, data mining applications and other indexed content sources. Muse maintains source interface modules for thousands of sources that the Muse Content Machine can use in a normalized format. You can use all of the content available from a source or filter content with selective harvesting. When updates to source modules are available the Muse Content Machine's Administrative Manager will let you know right away - allowing you to respond quickly and effectively to maintain a seamless production environment.

Muse Access Management: Simplified Access Control For Search Engine Users.

A key factor in maintaining search environments is being able to return information from search sources that may have restricted access. Muse Access Management acts as a common "gatekeeper" for the Muse Content Machine to ensure that a user will not be able to gain unauthorized access to a specific search source or to specific content within that source. Being able to manage security for separate search sources via a common login allows the Muse Content Machine to integrate content sources that would otherwise be difficult to manage securely in a search engine environment.

Muse Search Integration Engine: Bringing Search Sources Together.

The "assembly line" in the Muse Content Machine is the Muse Search Integration Engine. The Muse Search Integration Engine processes search queries from users and distributes them to user-selected search sources. As results are returned from search sources the Muse Search Integration Engine organizes results from all search sources into a common ranked and sorted display. As results are returned from specific sources the Muse Search Integration Engine updates results listings dynamically: you get the latest information as soon as you need it in a unified view of the best information available. The Muse Search Integration Engine can be easily configured to integrate tools such as taxonomies, categorization and faceted navigation to enhance the usefulness of search results. The Muse Search Integration Engine can be configured easily to create a highly customized "look and feel" for any search application.

Muse Interface Modules: Turning Search Results Into Answers.

Muse Interface Modules allow Muse partners to feed selected search content from the Muse Content Machine into a wide variety of analysis and intelligence tools to create answers and insights - "finished products" - that are powering many of today's most advanced search-based content products and services. Muse partners can choose from a growing set of Muse's own advanced interface modules, develop their own or integrate third party applications quickly and effectively.

Muse Network Administration: Making All Networks Part Of The Solution.

The Muse Network Administration architecture allows content to flow effortlessly from any number of network environments through a normalized networking environment that allows the Muse Content Machine to work efficiently and smoothly in any multi-protocol network environment. By eliminating the need to develop special protocol handlers and interfaces for specific functions every component in the Muse Content Machine can operate with a minimum of disturbance from troublesome network issues - while allowing legacy sources and specialized networks to interface with Muse Content Machine content and services seamlessly.

Muse System Administration: One Interface For A Complete Search Environment.

Keeping any production environment running smoothly can be a challenge: keeping an integrated search system in top shape requires well-designed administrative tools to oversee every function involved in creating search content for users. Muse Search Administration monitors all of the functions of the Muse Content Machine to make it easy for production staffs to understand the status of each function and to administer user access and network configurations simply and effectively. When updates for source modules are available from Muse you'll know right away. You can make quick and informed decisions as to when and where to make changes.