SearchInform has introduced a new version of its full-text search software, which is said to be easier to use and to provide better database indexing.

The company highlights the following enhancements to SearchInform 2.4:

• phrase search with due attention to stemming and synonyms dictionary;
• new similar document search;
• improved indexing speed (from 15GB/hour to 30GB/hour);
• index size of no more than 15 percent to 25 percent of the actual text information volume;
• support for more than 50 text file formats, including Outlook and TheBat e-mails, mp3 and avi tags, as well as Microsoft Instant Messenger and ICQ logs; and;
• universal data sources (indexing of DBMS fields and various information systems).