Munax

Munax

Type	Private
Industry	Internet, Search Engine systems, computer software
Founded	Stockholm, Sweden (2007)
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Key people	Jan-Olof Granlund, CEO Claes-Göran Fridh, CFO Johan Berg, CPO
Products	(See article)
Website	www.munax.com

Munax is a Swedish company which develops large hyper-parallel execution (LHPE) search engine systems. Founded in March 2007, its headquarters are in Stockholm. The company produces Munax XE, an all-content search engine that allows users to preview audio and video files with the option to transcode multimedia file to other formats. Customers include vertical search engines and mobile operators. The company's name is derived from Munin, one of the two ravens of the Norse god Odin, and the binomial designation for the raven, corvus corax.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

Jan-Olof Granlund began to develop the design specifications for Munax in 2002. The company's stated goal was to develop new algorithms for ranking, independent of the type of data, and to facilitate efficient distribution and scaling of processing power and data over a large cluster of computers. Implementation of these specifications commenced in 2003, and the first version (Munax P1) was released in 2005, powering the search engine Leit.is.^{[citation needed]} A second version, Munax XE, was released in 2006. Munax XE allows for installation and scaling across multiple computers connected on a local area network or through the Internet.

PlayAudioVideo

PlayAudioVideo is a multimedia search engine that allows users to search for audio, video and image files.^[1]Development began in July 2007,^{[citation needed]} with initial beta testing in December 2007 followed by a public release of PlayAudioVideo beta 1 in February 2008.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} PlayAudioVideo beta 2 ^[8] opened in June 2008 with larger content and new features.

References

1. ^ One-stop launched for multimedia searches. Ericsson Corp.. April 25, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
2. ^ The first multimedia search engine opens for world wide access. I-Newswire. February 25, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
3. ^ Munax AB opens the multimedia search engine PlayAudioVideo. Astrateg. February 25, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
4. ^ Playaudiovideo indexes movies, music and images. Pandia. February 25, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
5. ^ The first Multimedia search engine. Metro Teknik. February 20, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
6. ^ Swedish Munax finds all multimedia files on the internet. Ny Teknik. February 20, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
7. ^ Swedish company challenges Google on video search. Computer Sweden. February 21, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
8. ^ PlayAudioVideo, Bigger better and easier to use. EuroInvestor. June 17, 2008. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.

External links

• Munax web site