Expert System S.p.A.
 We invent technology that transforms the way people find, comprehend and use information. | |
| Industry | Computer software |
|---|---|
| Founded | Modena, Italy (1989) |
| Headquarters | Modena, Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Stefano Spaggiari, Founder and CEO Marco Varone, Founder and CTO Paolo Lombardi, founder and R&D manager |
| Products | Cogito |
| Website |
www |
Expert System is a software company founded in Modena, Italy in 1989. It specializes in the analysis and management of unstructured information using a semantic approach.
Expert System developed Cogito, the patented, multilingual technology that understands the meaning of words in context much the way that people do. Based on an advanced semantic analysis engine and a complete semantic network, Cogito enables the deep understanding of any type of text with speed and precision. It dramatically improves the ability of businesses and government organizations to use all of their available information for market intelligence, decision making and strategic planning.
As of February 2014, Expert System is listed on the Italian stock exchange AIM Italia. In July 2014, the company was included in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search.
History
1989 - Expert System S.p.A. is founded in Modena, Italy
1992 - Specializing in linguistic analysis and semantic technology, the company launches its first software, “Errata Corrige”
1994 - The Company licenses an enhanced version of Errata Corrige to Microsoft to spell check text in Italian
1999 - The first version of the Cogito semantic technology is developed, and the company orients itself to a B2B business model B2B
2007 - Cogito is patented in the United States
2009 - Expert System opens its first offices in the US
2009 - The company spins off its semantic advertising solution to form ADmantX, helping publishers, ad networks and ad exchanges, advertisers and agencies improve their online ad campaigns with semantic technology
2014 - After a successful IPO, Expert System begins trading on the AIM Italian Stock Exchange under the symbol EXSY
2015 - Expert System acquires TEMIS
Main Activities
Through the Cogito semantic technology, Expert System software significantly reduces the complexity and labor intensity of processing text by transforming how technology understands content, and transforming the customer’s ability to organize, find and understand the meaning and importance of their information. Cogito is successfully utilized in several horizontal applications, such as in Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence and Customer Support, and across industry verticals including Banking & Insurance, Life Science and Pharma, Oil and Gas, Media & Publishing.
Products
The products and solutions based on the Expert System semantic technology Cogito are used to analyze, understand, enrich and organize unstructured content; process text in natural language; support business and security intelligence operations and enable the development of custom applications.
Cogito products offer a complete set of features including: semantic search and natural language search, text analytics, development and management of taxonomies and ontologies, automatic categorization, extraction of data and metadata, and natural language processing:
Cogito Discover
Cogito Categorizer
Cogito Intelligence Platform
Cogito Connected
Cogito API
Cogito Answers
Cogito Taxonomy Studio
Cogito Studio