SunLibrary Grokker is the first enterprise–wide implementation of Groxis’ recently announced web-based version of Grokker that supports subscription–based content and a host of other new features. SunLibrary is transforming the corporate library into the digital library of the future and represents the first of many that will capitalize on the power of Grokker's advanced search and research technology to dramatically increase productivity, business intelligence, and competitiveness across the enterprise.

Grokker: The Re-search Engine
With SunLibrary Grokker, Sun maximizes the reach and use of fee-based content that might otherwise get overlooked by employees because of barriers such as multiple user interfaces and disparate reporting structures that characterize standard corporate "search" environments. SunLibrary Grokker also increases productivity by decreasing the amount of time employees spend searching for resources and information.

“The beauty of Grokker is that it presents an innovative cross-library research tool in a familiar search paradigm,” said Cindy Hill, SunLibrary manager at Sun. “At first glance, it may look like a search tool, and that's great for user adoption. But it is so much more. It's a powerful tool — with a compelling, intuitive visual interface — that helps knowledge workers to manage and make sense of all the information they have available to them, courtesy of the global library.”

“The implementation of Grokker technology at Sun is the fulfillment of a long-stated goal — to quickly empower people and organizations with more of the information they need, in less time, with less searching,” said R.J. Pittman, President and CEO of Groxis. “Decision-makers are realizing that research is more than just “page one” of a web search. Grokker intelligently gathers and consolidates content from any number of sources into a portable XML-based visual topic map. Our Grokker maps offer an easy to explore, easy to edit, and easy to share 'information currency' that can be accessed from anywhere, and from any computing platform. It is this kind of seamless knowledge sharing that sparks innovation.

Research is Key to Sun's Development
For more than twenty years, Sun has earned a reputation for exploration, development, and discovery; and intense, targeted research has always been key to Sun”s success. Today there are millions of electronic data sources available to Sun researchers; the challenge for Sun lay in finding a way to deliver those resources to employees without inundating them with the irrelevant, outdated, or unwanted data that can result from even the most straightforward web search.

SunLibrary Grokker gives Sun employees federated search capability across a wide range of information sources, including Internet search engines and subscription–based premium content. Information retrieved from selected sources is presented in a visual map that enables discovery, exploration, and understanding in a way that is impossible with standard search results or separate query reports.

SunLibrary Grokker can also be used as an authoring tool to create expert maps around virtually any topic. Maps can be saved, emailed, and shared via email or published on the company's intranet.

“With SunLibrary Grokker, the entire Sun community has both a better way to learn, and a better way to teach,” said Sun”s Cindy Hill. “Like all great learning tools, Grokker encourages collaboration, a method of learning that is just as powerful as the self–teaching that search-based tools have greatly facilitated. With Grokker, businesses have a tool that promotes learning in both ways.”

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.

About Groxis
Groxis is a pioneer in visual search technology and the creator of the patented Graphical Information Interface (GII). Groxis develops and markets a web-based visual search platform based on the GII called Grokker™. Corporations, universities, and institutions are using Grokker to improve the way people explore, organize, and share digital information. Grokker ties together library catalogs, corporate databases, subscription content, and search engines in a highly visual user interface that yields increased productivity through more efficient research and collaboration. A privately held company backed by leading venture investors, Groxis is based in San Francisco's financial district. For more information, please visit www.grokker.com.