(Disclaimer: these guys are actually one of my clients - but you have probably not heard of them yet so keep on reading.) Documill, based in Finland, has a search engine server add-on that enables a keyword search over PDF and MS Office document arhives, producing instant page level results. Those results are visualized on a mobile browser along with conventional result format by adding a clickable thumbnail… direct access to the page where the keyword is highlighted. Take a look at their presentation. The applications areas range from legal eDiscovery and call center CRM solutions to searchable ad-supported media archives for non-profit verticals. I am curious to hear what everyone out there thinks of the product. Finland has a reputation of using the reverse American logic in product development: first you develop a product (fine-tuned for over nine years) and only after that you produce the powerpoints. This company can go a long way by developing a story - much smaller ideas have gotten all too much money lately in Silicon Valley.
Oh, and by the way: their core technology can also enable optimized delivery of email attachments on any mobile browser - something the industry has been waiting for a long time.
