<s>
EXALEAD	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
that	O
provided	O
search	O
platforms	O
and	O
search-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
(	O
SBA	O
)	O
for	O
consumer	O
and	O
business	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
CloudView	O
product	O
is	O
search	O
and	O
information	O
access	O
software	O
used	O
for	O
both	O
online	O
and	O
enterprise	O
search-based	O
applications	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
enterprise	B-Application
search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
structured	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
SBA	O
index	O
replaces	O
a	O
traditional	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
structure	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
vehicle	O
for	O
information	O
access	O
and	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CloudView	O
product	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
Exalead	B-Application
's	O
public	O
Web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
apply	O
semantic	O
processing	O
and	O
faceted	O
navigation	O
to	O
Web	O
data	O
volumes	O
and	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exalead	B-Application
also	O
operates	O
an	O
online	O
laboratory	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
Web	O
as	O
a	O
medium	O
for	O
developing	O
applied	O
technologies	O
for	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
Exalabs	O
projects	O
are	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Exalead	B-Application
's	O
partners	O
in	O
the	O
Quaero	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exalead	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
François	O
Bourdoncle	O
and	O
Patrice	O
Bertin	O
(	O
both	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Alta	O
Vista	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
commercializing	O
its	O
products	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exalead	B-Application
employed	O
approximately	O
150	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
acquired	O
Exalead	B-Application
for	O
135	O
million	O
Euros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
many	O
startups	O
have	O
sprung	O
from	O
Exalead	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Dataiku	O
founded	O
by	O
Florian	O
Douetteau	O
,	O
former	O
vice	O
president	O
and	O
then	O
CEO	O
of	O
Dataiku	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
analytics	O
software	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
