Many organisations have large volumes of data, for example financial data, CRM data warehouse or biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) they wish to search in a fast and flexible manner. Most search software restricts access by requiring predefined index data being set-up and most will only respond to accurate data matches and, even if they permit fuzzy searches, are incredibly slow. The Iceware ® Search Engine totally eliminates existing problems covered above and can be used to either develop a custom built application for your particular company or your chosen market sectors or it can be integrated into your existing search tools. The interface can be either a custom GUI or via software calls from the application utilising it.

An example for the use of the Iceware ® Search Engine is:
Using the Iceware® Search Engine a catalogue of items can be searched to find the best match to a query using a fuzzy search. The fuzzy search provides answers to searches even when exact matches cannot be found (mis-spelled query and/or mis-spelled entry in catalogue). This ensures a customer stays with a site and does not move on, increasing site stickyness and thereby revenue while ensuring that simple spelling mistakes (whether initiated by the customer or already existing in the web-site) do not lose customers.

Many issues facing industry sectors can benefit significantly from the Iceware ® Search Engine, for example: