verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message x1 technologies inc. type private venture backed industry enterprise search founded 2003 headquarters pasadena california key people john patzakis ceo website www.x1.com x1 technologies inc. now x1 is a privately held software company based in pasadena california united states that develops and markets products for enterprise search . it is an operating company of idealab and is backed by u.s. venture partners . contents 1 history 2 patents 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit x1 technologies was founded in 2003 to sell products that allow business users to access the information that resides on one computer or across the corporate enterprise . the products feature a find as you type interface that narrows the results list as each letter of the search term is typed or an entry is made in the metadata field without requiring the user to press the search button again . result details are listed in the left pane of the interface and a preview of the file or email is displayed in the right pane . x1 searches almost 500 file types including email outlook and enterprise applications such as oracle and symantec enterprise vault even if the user does not have the associated application installed on their pc . in late 2005 x1 entered the enterprise search market with its enterprise edition now x1 rapid discovery which consists of a network based indexing server that delivers results to the desktop edition now x1 search 8 or via a browser client interface . x1 was listed as one of kmworld s 100 companies that matter in knowledge management for four years 1 and as one of gartner s cool vendors in the high performance workplace in 2006 . 2 it also won a pc magazine s award for technical excellence in 2004 3 and was reviewed by econtent magazine . 4 x1 has partnered with and powered search initiatives for ibm yahoo and earthlink . citation needed in 2011 x1 discovery inc. was formed to expand the x1 product line to include ediscovery and social media products . in 2012 the full suite of x1 products was combined under x1 . the official company name now is simply x1 . patents edit 7 424 510 permanent dead link 7 370 035 permanent dead link 7 496 559 permanent dead link see also edit desktop search content management document management references edit km world s 100 companies that matter 2009 x1 gartner research id g00138492 gartner . technical excellence award pc magazine . econtent magazine econtent magazine . external links edit x1 technologies web site enterprise desktop search resource center hosted by x1 introduction to x1 on demand webinar retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title x1 technologies & oldid 730860669 categories computer companies of the united statescompanies based in californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2015all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 13 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view