One question we get all the time is “What’s the difference between our Community Edition and Enterprise Edition?” so we decided to write a blog post about how they differ. Below is an overview of each offering.
IKANOW Engine
Core platform utilizing technologies such as MongoDB, elasaticsearch, and Hadoop.
IKANOW View
Presentation Framework - Graphical User Interface (GUI)
IKANOW Toolkit
Analysis tools / visualization widgets: Map, IKANOW Browser, Event Timeline, Event Graph, Query Metrics, Timeline, Sentiment, Entity Significance, Record Analyzer
IKANOW Enrichment
Data Enrichment Engines - Entity Extractors (Text Rank, OpenCalais, AlchemyAPI) Text Extractors (Boilerpipe, Tika, AlchemyAPI); Custom Plugins
IKANOW Manager
Administration and Management; Web Content Importer
IKANOW Engine
Core platform utilizing technologies such as MongoDB, elasaticsearch, and Hadoop.
IKANOW View
Presentation Framework – Graphical User Interface (GUI)
IKANOW Toolkit +
Includes all Community Edition data visualizations plus: Alias Builder, Case Inspector, Social Media Connector, IKANOW Viewer, Bar Graph Viewer, Custom Map Viewer
IKANOW Enrichment +
Includes all Community Edition data enrichment capabilities plus on-premise NLP and IP geo-locator module. Custom plugins are also available.
IKANOW Manager +
Includes Community Edition capabilities plus Apps (Case Manager, Source Builder GUI, and Standalone Case Inspector)
IKANOW Services +
Maintenance, Support, & Training (included); Data Subscriptions; Domain & Industry Specific Solutions
NOTE: The Community Edition has built-in connectors enabling integrations with OpenNLP, Stanford, UIMA, and others including OpenCalais and AlchemyAPI however this download does not include these data enrichment engines. Also, Ikanow is very committed and passionate about open source and our commitment will always be that our core platform and code will remain open source.
Our platform was built from the ground up using open source technologies and architected for plug-and-play with additional data sources, extraction engines, and visualization widgets. This provides our users and customers with the flexibility, adaptability, and enablement to achieve the needs for today’s complex intelligence environment.
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What is the difference between Ikanow’s Community and Enterprise Editions?
One question we get all the time is “What’s the difference between our Community Edition and Enterprise Edition?” so we decided to write a blog post about how they differ. Below is an overview of each offering.
Community Edition
Core platform utilizing technologies such as MongoDB, elasaticsearch, and Hadoop.
Presentation Framework - Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Analysis tools / visualization widgets: Map, IKANOW Browser, Event Timeline, Event Graph, Query Metrics, Timeline, Sentiment, Entity Significance, Record Analyzer
Data Enrichment Engines - Entity Extractors (Text Rank, OpenCalais, AlchemyAPI) Text Extractors (Boilerpipe, Tika, AlchemyAPI); Custom Plugins
Administration and Management; Web Content Importer
Enterprise Edition
Core platform utilizing technologies such as MongoDB, elasaticsearch, and Hadoop.
Presentation Framework – Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Includes all Community Edition data visualizations plus: Alias Builder, Case Inspector, Social Media Connector, IKANOW Viewer, Bar Graph Viewer, Custom Map Viewer
Includes all Community Edition data enrichment capabilities plus on-premise NLP and IP geo-locator module. Custom plugins are also available.
Includes Community Edition capabilities plus Apps (Case Manager, Source Builder GUI, and Standalone Case Inspector)
Maintenance, Support, & Training (included); Data Subscriptions; Domain & Industry Specific Solutions
NOTE: The Community Edition has built-in connectors enabling integrations with OpenNLP, Stanford, UIMA, and others including OpenCalais and AlchemyAPI however this download does not include these data enrichment engines. Also, Ikanow is very committed and passionate about open source and our commitment will always be that our core platform and code will remain open source.
Our platform was built from the ground up using open source technologies and architected for plug-and-play with additional data sources, extraction engines, and visualization widgets. This provides our users and customers with the flexibility, adaptability, and enablement to achieve the needs for today’s complex intelligence environment.
Interested in receiving quarterly newsletters from IKANOW?
Learn more from IKANOW:
Visit the Resource Center