“dtSearch can be used on its own or, alternatively, its text-retrieval engine can be integrated with document-management software … I have been using dtSearch for a few weeks now and have found it very useful in managing the ‘information overload.’ I particularly value the ability to search across database as well as word-processed files.”
— SA Computer Magazine, Awarded Five Stars
“In our experience, we have found that dtSearch is a robust, highly configurable indexing and searching tool for electronic documents and many types of e-mail, including Microsoft Outlook. dtSearch also makes the engine available to developers to allow users to create added functionality if necessary.”
— Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation
“dtSearch Publish is a tool that lets you quickly publish a document collection … that is searchable by the recipient using dtSearch’s powerful search engine technology … The search capabilities are automatically built into the collection you produce.
The result is an elegant solution to creating a production set of electronically stored information that is immediately usable by the recipient … an ideal tool for corporations and in-house legal departments that must frequently respond to e-discovery … and for computer forensics examiners who need to provide their customers with a usable collection of items recovered during a computer forensic examination.”
— Law.com (special to Law.com)
“Once you’ve collected all of your information — and in today’s world, we’re probably talking about terabytes … you’ve got to organize it … This is generally an industrial task … specialized indexing and searching programs can help with this (I’m partial to dtSearch).”
— Techno Security’s™ Guide to E-Discovery and Digital Forensics (“Digital Forensics: An Overview”)
“Do you need to search mountains of digital text? dtSearch … achieves its speed by first building an index that stores the location of words in files. The program recognizes and supports word processor, database, PDF, XML, and Unicode files and more, and it doesn’t alter your original files. If you’re having trouble thinking of the word you’re trying to find, the program lets you use a Browse Thesaurus option [and] a look-up word option that shows the effect on words retrieved with fuzzy, phonic, stemming, or wild card searching activated.”
— PC World.com
“I go for brute strength, via something called dtSearch.”
— The Wall Street Journal (Loose Wire column,
“Gimme Some of That Software?”)
“Bottom line: dtSearch manages a terabyte of text in a single index and returns results in less than a second … Corporate features include multiple languages, index sharing, and customization. Plus, there’s extensive third-party support.
I was especially impressed with the transparent features that boost accuracy.”
— InfoWorld …dtSearch was previously
awarded the InfoWorld Buyers Assurance Seal
“Indispensable for users who need a search tool to access multiple file formats … The product performed searches at blazing speeds.”
—Computer Reseller News
Test Center Recommended
dtSearch “performs complex searches that other programs can’t even imagine.”
— PC Magazine (comparison of search products)
“More than a search tool, dtSearch is an application that lawyers can use for electronic discovery and management of electronic documents.
dtSearch’s power and versatility were the reasons I kept thinking of e-discovery as I tested dtSearch. The Dec. 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underscore the obligation of parties in litigation to provide electronic data in discovery. That means finding the data. And finding it requires a powerful and versatile search tool … dtSearch includes features specifically designed for corporate and forensic applications … Once the index is created, searching is every bit as fast as the company promises.”
— LegalLine Blog
(by the author of the “The Essential Guide to the
Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web)”
dtSearch can “create an indexed, fully searchable collection from the raw data you receive. You can search the collection by keyword or use more-advanced Boolean search techniques. Hits will be displayed in a list ordered by relevancy … Individual items can be viewed with the dtSearch viewer.”
— Law Practice
“dtSearch offers high-end capabilities … solid options for companies, including the surprisingly good dtSearch Web product that lets them add detailed search capabilities to their sites and intranets.”
— eWEEK Labs (Pings & Pangs)
dtSearch is “a desktop search engine on steroids. … pretty powerful stuff.”
— Geek News Central
“Ideally suited for rapid indexing by forensic investigators.”
— Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection
“dtSearch, an indexing application typically used as a forensic tool … excels at indexing your case information to be searched on the fly … dtSearch not only indexes large datasets but it can also create reports of the searches, export the files found, and even highlight the key words found.”
— Cybercrime Case Presentation
“dtSearch provides an incredibly powerful search engine to help you comb through everything from your desktop to your network to the Internet … an invaluable tool in law offices, recruiting, medical research, and government offices … dtSearch has unleashed the single most efficient text retrieval application available.”
— PC Upgrade Magazine
“Finding a particular document … An impossible task? It may be if you don’t have dtSearch … We particularly appreciated the speed and flexibility of the searches.”
— Smart Computing
“How would you like a program that can index a million words in a host of file formats … then find any word or phrase you need in any indexed file — and show you the entire text of that file, regardless of format — so close to instantly only an android would appreciate the difference? The program is dtSearch … Fast, clean, efficient, accurate, complete.”
— ComputorEdge Magazine
“Lawyers and their teams are always looking for information in hard-to-search documents, and dtSearch Corp. has solved their long-time headaches.”
— Inside Counsel (“New dtSearch Release Offers More Support to Lawyers”)
“For the heavy lifters, I’d recommend dtSearch … a super fast, super-reliable program … a workhorse for the serious searcher.”
— The Wall Street Journal (Loose Wire column,
“Where Oh Were Have All Great Software Ideas Gone?”)
“Simply put, the two companies help the good guys catch the bad guys. The FBI and local law enforcement agencies … have used dtSearch and [its customer’s] software to sift through massive amounts of computer data to help make the connections that lead to arrests.
Dramatic examples where the product has helped catch criminals” include “a money laundering and black market gem operation” and “a police shooting in California.”
— Washington Business Journal
“Text Mining: dtSearch … Addressing this issue of unstructured data is dtSearch … a tool for indexing, searching and retrieving free-form text files. What makes dtSearch so interesting is the capability of its search process, which goes far beyond the usual word search offered by most text editors and word processors … dtSearch is an ideal tool for bringing order to this collection of useful material … dtSearch delivers a powerful text mining engine that is effective because of the level of intelligence it displays.”
— PC AI
“dtSearch … does an excellent job of finding needles in haystacks that come in a wide variety of file formats … works quickly with a wide variety of search modes … But the most intriguing new feature I saw was the ability to index public sites on the Web … Web sites often have a built in index or search program, but I’ve found that dtSearch lets me find things on some sites that I couldn’t find using the built-in program.”
— Law Office Technology Review (reprinted at www.law.com)
“After you create an image of suspect media, you’ll need to search for possible evidence. The dtSearch product line … provides solutions that enable you to search terabytes of text in a short time. Although not strictly a forensic tool, dtSearch supports a highly necessary forensic function.”
— Computer Forensics JumpStart
“dtSearch provides great functionality in searching both electronic documents and paper documents that are subsequently scanned and converted to a text searchable format, especially since it can search and retrieve information in many different file types. dtSearch is a user friendly software program which provides immediate results and utility … As electronic discovery in federal criminal matters continues to grow in volume and in the variety of formats, dtSearch is a useful tool for CJA panel attorneys faced with the daunting task of organizing and searching through their case material.”
— National Litigation Support Blog for Federal /
Community Defenders and CJA Practitioners
“Besides Google there are tools from dtSearch, which offers a variety of software solutions.” dtSearch “provided much more detail and control than Google.”
— Network World (column)