Nstein Technologies

Nstein Technologies Inc. was founded in January 2000 via a merger between the I.T. research and development firm GESPRO and Net Création, a technology marketing company. At the time, the company mandate was to develop and market “intelligent interactive linguistic tools based on innovative technology previously developed by GESPRO”. Its first marketed product was the nMedia Server, a precursor to TME (Text Mining Engine) that organized and classified large volumes of unstructured data for organizations like GPHIN, CEDROM SNI.

Nstein revenues rose 173% from the previous year, and the company made three acquisitions: KMTechnologies Inc., Valsar Consulting Group Inc., and Alis Technologies Inc., with the latter specializing in multilingual information management software and solutions.

In 2005 Nstein brought new products to market, including the Public Image Monitoring (PIM) system and the Ntelligent Enterprise Search. The company also won contracts with Getty Images and ProQuest .

In 2006 Nstein acquired European CMS developer Eurocortex and launched the Ntelligent Content Management (NCM) suite, a content management system with integrated text mining.

Nstein acquired the London, UK, based Picdar in 2007. Picdar specialized in Digital Asset Management and image management solutions. That year, Nstein launched the first version of its current solutions suite, featuring three core components: TME, WCM (Web Content Management), and DAM (Digital Asset Management).

Products

Nstein markets three major software solutions targeted to high-volume content-producers. They are:

1. WCM (Web Content Management) system
2. TME (Text Mining Engine)
3. DAM (Digital Asset Management)

Each solution has undergone previous iterations and continues to be developed. WCM is an enterprise content management system geared towards publishing workflows with a focus on usability. It allows writers, editors and web producers to create, edit and assemble content for multi-channel publishing. Nstein's WCM is built on a Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL architecture and meets open-source standards.

DAM, sometimes referred to as a “media hub” is used for the automatic storing, repurposing and syndication of textual and rich media digital assets. It is an XML content repository, designed to assist high-volume publishers maintain control over their assets.

TME consists of a series of modules which, combined, perform semantic analysis on text, creating taxonomical relationships and outputting rich metadata, in XML form. TME can be automatically embedded with both the WCM and DAM.

Clients

Nstein’s current client list includes:

• Hearst Newspapers
• Condé Nast
• Reader’s Digest
• Reed Business Information
• Time Inc.
• Financial Times
• Guardian Media Group
• The Economist

Awards

KMWorld Magazine has named Nstein on its list of Top 100 companies that matter in Knowledge Management for seven consecutive years. It also awarded Nstein the Trend-Setting Product of 2007. Nstein’s WCM is currently nominated for two CODiE awards in the Best Business Productivity Solution and Best Content Management Solution categories. Nstein was also named in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list in 2006, 2007 and 2008.