The Tauranga-based technology firm has launched its next-generation ‘intelligent’ search engine at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Wellington.

Impressions has been developed with Professor Wai Yeap at AUT University with a $1.7M grant from the Foundation of Research, Science and Technology. Pingar Founder and Managing Director Peter Wren-Hilton said that Yeap has instrumental in creating Impressions and assisting with the development of new search verticals for industries such as law and pharmaceuticals. “What Professor Yeap and his team at AUT University have done is deliver a more advanced version of the Pingar search platform. Impressions will radically speed up the delivery of key information to enterprises and businesses looking to minimise the cost of desk-based research,” he said.

Pingar is launching the two new verticals at the same time as additional value-added services to Microsoft SharePoint users.

Professor Yeap, added, “The Impressions platform is an exciting step forward. It is very much the next-generation of search engine technology and at the cutting edge of technology available today. We are confident that the search results will speak for themselves once the platform is unleashed – faster delivery of data and even more internal efficiencies for companies from reduced time retrieving information – when this is translated across a large enterprise the ongoing cost savings will be significant.”

Pingar will also showcase Impressions at the Shanghai World Expo on July 22nd.