History
X1 Technologies was founded in 2003 to help business users easily access and act upon information that resides anywhere on a desktop or the corporate enterprise. X1 Technologies was an early leader in the desktop search space with the launch of their flagship product, X1 Desktop Search, which garnered several industry awards. The original desktop search product was licensed to approximately 22,000 users, mostly purchased at US$100 or US$50 through the company's website.
X1's user interface is known for its "find-as-you-type" search experience. This patented technology enables the results list to narrow as each letter of the search term is typed or an entry is made in the metadata field without requiring the user to press the search button again. Result details are listed in the left pane of the interface, and a preview of the file or email is displayed in the right pane. X1 searches many file types (almost 500 in all), including email, Outlook and enterprise applications such as Oracle and Symantec Enterprise Vault even if the user does not have the associated application installed on their PC.
In late 2005, X1 announced its Enterprise Edition (now X1 Enterprise Search Suite) solution, which consists of a network-based indexing server that delivers results to the Desktop Edition (now X1 Professional Client) or via a browser client interface. The release of X1 Enterprise Edition marked X1's entry into the enterprise search market. This product enables server based indexing of shared network drives, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Oracle and other content repositories.
X1 has been listed as one of KMWorld's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" for four years, and as one of Gartner's "Cool Vendors in the High Performance Workplace" in 2006. It also won a PC Magazine's Award for Technical Excellence in 2004, and was reviewed by EContent Magazine.
X1 has partnered with and powered search initiatives for IBM, Yahoo! and EarthLink. Headquartered in Pasadena, California, X1 Technologies is an operating company of Idealab, and is backed by U.S. Venture Partners.
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