IHS has announced the IHS Engineering Workbench (EWB) a ‘knowledge discovery platform for the technical enterprise.’ The EWB provides information, content analytics and problem-solving tools via a common, intuitive interface enabling engineers and technical professionals to ‘accelerate research and problem-solving.’ Early adopter Mike Harris of Anadarko Petroleum added, ‘Today companies must address the complexity and volume of technical information with enterprise platforms. IHS is making great strides toward meeting these challenges with Engineering Workbench.’
The initial EWB release provides access to standards, eBooks, patents, journal articles and other content. ‘Next-generation’ search technology and content analytics leverage this federated information to quickly find answers in disparate data. Subsequent releases of will overlay this information with analytical and problem-solving capabilities and will extend the platform’s search and analytical capabilities to internal resources such as project files, field reports and other corporate information.
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