Q-Sensei

Q-Sensei Corp.

Type	Private company
Industry	Information technology Search-based applications Search technology
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Brooklyn, New York
Key people	Ute Rother, co-founder and CEO Wolfram Kerber, co-founder and SVP Software Development Jason Simon, VP Product Development
Products	Q-Sensei Spark Q-Sensei Fuse
Website	http://www.qsensei.com

Q-Sensei is a privately owned software company developing search technology and search-based applications for searching through unstructured and structured data. They make searching through diverse types and sources of data faster, easier, and more powerful.^[1] They developed enterprise search applications and are developing analytic features.

Q-Sensei is based on multi-dimensional search, which combines full text with faceted search and content analysis to present data organized and correlated along multiple facets or "dimensions" (e.g. date, tag, author, source, language, content type, etc.).^[2] This lets the end user dive deeper into a search query on multiple fronts. The company is product-focused and develops nearly plug and play applications that companies can deploy mostly on their own.^[1] Previous projects included: a “next generation” enterprise search platform;^[3] an RSS feed aggregator and reader;^[4] and an online service for searching scholarly literature.^[5]

Q-Sensei was formed in 2007 through the merger of German-based social knowledge network Lalisio and the US search technology company, QUASM. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.^[6] Its European office is in Erfurt, Germany.

Its name is derived from the Japanese word Sensei, meaning "master" or "mentor".

Products/applications

• Q-Sensei Spark -- plug-ins that integrate enterprise search into existing business applications. Available for Atlassian Confluence and JIRA.
• Q-Sensei Fuse -- algorithm-driven search and index program wrapped in an easy-to-install service layer.^[1]

Awards

• Initiative Mittelstand: "Spark: Best Of Solution 2014, Apps category" (PDF). & "Fuse: Best Of Solution 2014, IT-Service category" (PDF).
• "KMWorld "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" 2014".
• "KMWorld "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" 2013".
• Frost & Sullivan 2012 Global Enterprise Search Price Performance Value Award
• "KMWorld "Trend-Setting Products of 2012"". (for Q-Sensei Enterprise)^[7]
• "2012 Innovationspreis IT, Wissensmanagement". (IT Innovations Award Winner, Knowledge Management category)
• "Frost & Sullivan 2011 North American Enterprise Search New Product Innovation Award".
• "2011 Innovative Business Analytics Companies Under $100M to Watch".

See also

• Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area

References

1. Brady, Dale (Apr 17, 2014). "Q-Sensei wants to make 'enterprise search' deeper, faster, more powerful". Technical.ly/Brooklyn.
2. Koch, Susanne (Oct 9, 2011). "Q-Sensei enterprise search solution". Pandia Search News.
3. Peacock, Marisa (Apr 14, 2011). "Next Generation Enterprise Search Platform for All Kinds of Data". CMS Wire.
4. Koch, Susanne (Oct 9, 2011). "FeedBooster, A Tool for Real News Junkies". Pandia Search News.
5. Quint, Barbara (Aug 21, 2008). "Science 2.0 Gains Another Search Engine". Information Today.
6. Faircloth, Kelly (Apr 25, 2012). "Armed with a big data offering and a Brooklyn Office, Q-Sensei eyes America". BetaBeat.
7. Llamanzares, Lauren (Sep 18, 2012). "Q-Sensei Bags KMWorld Trend-Setting Product of 2012 Award". Open Search News.