Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) has released InStream for Data Classification, which the company describes as an OEM-specific solution that enables storage system, information management and data protection vendors to develop solutions that classify and make searchable 100 percent of available content, both structured and unstructured.

FAST says its new offering is designed for rapid, low-risk and high-capability integration and limitless scaling, giving OEMs the ability to offer their customers a contextual understanding of all active and archived data by indexing and analyzing metadata, text, terms and concepts and tying this information together with enterprise business processes. FAST also believes effective embedded data classification can turn storage systems from cost centers into a means of enabling productive processes such as compliance or litigation support.