SWIRL Blog

November 20, 2025

The Confidence Economy: Don’t Be The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

The problem is no longer lack of data. It’s no longer an inability to retrieve data. Today’s problem is knowing which data to trust. It’s like the sorcerer’s apprentice commanded the broomstick to bring buckets of bits instead of buckets of water, but the result is much the same: data, data everywhere, with no time to stop and think.

January 9, 2025

How Can You Break Down Data Silos Without Moving Data using SWIRL

Data silos isolate valuable information across tools like Slack, Jira, Salesforce, and Confluence, making it hard to get a complete view. Traditional solutions require costly and risky data movement. SWIRL’s Zero ETL AI Search keeps data in place, connects to over 100 sources securely, delivers real-time contextual insights, and eliminates silos without duplication—transforming enterprise information discovery.

January 7, 2025

No Time to Prepare for Meetings? AI Search Can Help

Meeting prep often takes longer than the meeting itself, especially when hunting for scattered files, emails, chats, and transcripts. SWIRL’s Zero ETL AI Search connects to all your approved data sources, keeps data in place, integrates with existing security, and delivers relevant results instantly. Reduce prep time from 7–9 hours per week to under an hour while maintaining security and accuracy.

December 10, 2024

AI Security in the Enterprise

AI is revolutionizing enterprise operations, but with innovation comes risk. Models can be manipulated, and sensitive data can leak if safeguards aren’t in place. Securing AI requires protecting both the model and the data pipeline—through access controls, encryption, validation, and monitoring. SWIRL AI Connect keeps data on-premises, integrates securely with over 100 sources, and eliminates risky data migration. Build a secure AI ecosystem without compromising insights.

November 27, 2024

Search Box.com with SWIRL

Box’s Search API only returns document titles, and its web interface limits previews. SWIRL’s updated Box.com Connector changes that by retrieving full document text securely and analyzing it with AI for contextually relevant snippets. Integrate Box with other repositories like OneDrive for unified search, highlight key content, and maintain strict security protocols—all without sacrificing speed or accuracy.

November 19, 2024

Information Overload Wrecks Performance—And How AI Can Help Prevent It

Our daily information intake has skyrocketed from 10 pages in 1986 to 150 pages today, creating a constant cognitive load that drains focus and clouds decision-making. Burnout is the end stage, but productivity and decision quality suffer long before that. SWIRL uses AI-powered intent detection, relevancy filtering, and secure data connectivity to cut through the noise, reduce search time, and help you make better decisions faster—all without moving your data or compromising security.

November 18, 2024

The Non-Persistence of Memory—Using AI to Manage Information Overload

Information overload isn’t just exhausting—it damages our ability to retain and recall information, leading to costly errors in fields like medicine and law. Enterprise knowledge management powered by AI can cut through the noise, but only if the solution keeps data in place, integrates with security protocols, detects query intent, ranks results by relevancy, and supports multiple LLMs. Learn the five key questions to ask before adopting any AI knowledge management system so you can reduce overload without risking data security.

November 14, 2024

Transforming Data-Driven Decision Making with AI and SWIRL

Data-driven decision-making eliminates guesswork, relying instead on insights, patterns, and predictive analytics. AI accelerates this process but is often limited by fragmented data sources and security concerns. SWIRL solves these challenges with real-time, zero-ETL access to unified data across multiple systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation for contextual insights, and AI-driven relevancy ranking. The result: faster, more secure, and higher-quality decisions for industries from supply chain to finance.

November 14, 2024

SWIRL v3.9 Community Release

SWIRL AI Connect 3.9 Community Edition delivers a major leap in usability, scalability, and performance. Key highlights include an “Unselect All” option for RAG, Django-based database migrations, and full validation on Python 3.12.6. UI improvements enhance readability, while refined Elasticsearch, Outlook, and OneDrive integrations streamline workflows. This release focuses on making AI-powered search faster, more secure, and easier to manage—whether you’re a developer or an enterprise user.

November 12, 2024

Reassessing Knowledge Worker Productivity in the Age of AI and Private Data

AI promised to free knowledge workers from the endless hunt for data, but private data security concerns and siloed information still hold organizations back. This article revisits the “Four Ps” of data—Public, Private, Paid, and Personal—in the AI era, showing why ROI remains elusive when sensitive data must be moved into new repositories. SWIRL takes a different approach with privacy-first, federated AI search that reaches across systems like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and proprietary databases—without ever relocating your data.