EncyclopÆdia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica name has been synonymous with reliable and trustworthy information for generations. Founded in 1768, in Edinburgh, Scotland, it began with the encyclopedia of that name, created by two entrepreneurs and an editor. Over the years its reputation grew as the greatest minds of each generation contributed work to subsequent editions. The size of the Britannica grew as well, from the 3-volume 1st edition to the 32-volume 15th. In the 20th century the company expanded into new areas and new products, such as language instruction, educational media, the classics, and reference works in a host of different languages.
In 1981 Britannica published its first digital encyclopedia—probably the first digital encyclopedia—and thus began a journey toward becoming an almost totally digital company. Today the Britannica.com Web site and many others published by EB and its divisions serve tens of millions of people around the world. They are updated daily.
Britannica Digital Learning
Britannica Digital Learning (BDL) provides reliable high-quality classroom products and solutions for educators. BDL experts produce curriculum-correlated products for all ages from preschool to college that make creative use of technologies widely used in schools today—such as interactive whiteboards and learner-response devices—making it easier for teachers to teach and for students to learn. Products include Britannica SmartMath, Pathways: Science, Britannica Online School Edition, and Image Quest. More information is available at BritannicaLearn.com or 1-800-621-3900.
Britannica Kids
Britannica Kids publishes engaging, high-quality digital education products for students in the early and middle grades. They include Britannica Online for Kids (kids.britannica.com), a research and homework help portal, and a series of multimedia mobile apps on popular school topics ranging from the solar system to ancient Rome.
Merriam-Webster, Inc.
For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America’s leading and most-trusted provider of language information. Each month, Merriam’s Web sites offer guidance to tens of millions of visitors. Print publications include Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary (among the best-selling books in American history) and newly published dictionaries for English-language learners. All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world. For more information, visit www.Merriam-Webster.com.
Britannica Knowledge Systems
BKS is a leading provider of training, operation, and readiness-management solutions covering the full spectrum of decision-support and optimization needs of defense forces, homeland security units, and first-responder organizations in the civil sector. The company has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in defense and security forces worldwide and in serving clients that include systems providers and defense industry companies.
BKS’s flagship product is Fox, a state-of-the-art Web-based training and readiness management platform composed of distinct systems designed to meet the complex and ever-changing training and operation needs of today’s leading defense and security organizations. More information is available at britannica-ks.com. BKS is a subsidiary of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Melingo
Melingo Ltd., is a leader in the computerized processing of Semitic languages. The company specializes in products and services based on natural-language processing of Hebrew and Arabic, including network-based dictionaries and language-search products.
Melingo’s technology, unique in its field, breaks down written text in structurally complex languages, turning it into workable components that can be processed for a multitude of purposes such as data sorting, search and retrieval and text and speech processing.
The company’s research-and-development work focuses on advanced search engines, speech technology and online dictionaries. Products include MorfixTM, a smart morphologically aware search engine for Hebrew.