Nalanda Analytics: A New Tech-Buzz For Journalists

A newly launched power-search tool proven to take information search to the next level .

New Delhi 19 April 2016

Nalanda Technology ( www.nalandatechnology.com ), is offering all investigative journalists a free trial of its newly launched advanced search tool.

Journalists and news organisations have never been under so much pressure to find information quickly as the public’s appetite for content across all channels explodes. Nalanda’s solution enable users to carry out a detailed search of their data regardless of where it is stored. Moreover, the software ‘Nalytics’ assists in the analysis of data by enabling users to make sophisticated searches which puts the information in context and can highlight relationships between seemingly disparate bits of material.

Designed to be easy and intuitive to use, the Nalytics platform is presented as Software as a Service, so can be accessed by any device or browser and does not require any software download. Users can be searching for data within minutes of deployment. Nalytics places the power into the end user’s hands, and when deployed means all key information is quickly findable and organised – the level of search precision is second to none.

Key markets for Nalytics will be anywhere where large amounts of unstructured data needs to be searched and analysed. This will include medical and clinical research, pharma, investigative research/journalism, operational risk management, legal research, audit and compliance and data preservation and archiving.

Nalanda is part of the OLM Group of companies ( www.olmgroup.com ) which has a 25-year track record of introducing innovative and cutting edge solutions in sectors such as health, social care and local government.

One organisation which is already benefiting from this is Buzzfeed - a cross-platform, global network for news and entertainment that generates more than 6 billion monthly global content views.

Heidi Blake, Investigations Editor, BuzzFeed UK, comments: “Nalanda is brilliant for searching, analysing and organising large troves of documents really simply and quickly. We've used it to mine a few bulky document dumps and found it easier to navigate than other forensic search software we've tried in the past, as well as being far more cost-effective. We were also able to get up and running and start doing real work very quickly with only minimal training. Highly recommended!"

Peter O’Hara, chief executive, Nalanda Technology, explains: “Nalytics picks up where Google finishes. Most people are familiar with the Google search engine but its search capabilities are really quite basic and typically present too many results for users to be able to decipher. Our platform covers the whole of your information store from emails and attachments to Dropbox data, and the application does not have to be launched to view and review the data. There is no such thing as unstructured data. All data has an inherent structure; using our technology anything held in a digital format can be simply processed to create data sets. These can be used to locate and discover information and meaningful content within its context and structure.”

He added: “We are living in a world of big data. The key question is how to make sense of complex data and be confident of finding the right answer. Our solution can deal with anything from a few hundred documents to terabytes of data and puts the power of search back in the hands of the user. Our mission is to make the complex simple and empower users to find the right information at the right time.”

David Rivett is a founding Director of Nalanda Technology and has spent over 30 years in the IT industry involved in delivering many high profile IT solutions in both private and public sectors. Tim Barrett is a founding Director and Chief Architect for Nalanda who is behind many of the innovative elements of Nalytics. Tim has over 30 years’ experience as an ICT Architect and expert programmer with in depth experience in the areas of application development, integration, design, modelling and security using industry standard service oriented architectures and supporting infrastructure.

Bona fide journalists can apply for a free two-week trial of the software. For further information about Nalanda Technology they can visit www.nalandatechnology.com.