Enterprise Search
Articles and resources about search technology which identifies and enables content across an organisation to be indexed, searched, and displayed to authorised personnel.
- Singing a new tune: Google Search Appliance now includes automated tuning, better connectivity
- Posted by Cyrus Mistry, Product Manager, Google Enterprise Search. Official Google Enterprise Blog, Tuesday, October 20, 2009. "When we launched Google Search Appliance 6.0 in June we introduced a brand new architecture, (GSA)n. The GSA now lets organizations search over a billion documents, and we are constantly looking to develop on (GSA)n even further. In that vein, our engineers have been working feverishly to build more capabilities and ease of use into the appliance. Today we're announcing more than 10 new features available on the GSA from Google Enterprise, including one that automatically improves results over time, the Self-Learning Scorer..."
- Enterprise Search: Focus On The Business Goals
- by Damien Bianchi. Search Engine Land, July 23, 2009. "Implementing a successful search program at the Enterprise level has some unique challenges. Often, web marketing staff and content creators become very concerned with making everything 'SEO Friendly'. There is almost a sense of paranoia when creating web content, that every web page must be found in Google, which tends to be a major concern for large marketing programs..."
- Search billions of documents with the Google Search Appliance 6.0
- Posted by Cyrus Mistry, Product Manager. The Official Google Blog, 2 June 2009. "... Figuring out how to navigate the complex content systems of large organizations is a tough problem, one we've dedicated years to solving. Today we're releasing the newest version of our solution, the Google Search Appliance 6.0 (GSA), which has the capacity to search billions of documents. So whether you own a small business with a few thousand docs or belong to a huge organization with a billion, the GSA can search them all..."
- New Google Search Appliance: 10 million documents in a single box
- Mountain View, California, Google, August 6, 2008. " Google Inc. today announced an all-new version of the Google Search Appliance™ integrated hardware and software solution, with a new architecture that can index all of an organization's content—up to 10 million documents—in a single box. "It is now easier than ever for companies to give all employees a Google.com search experience inside their business," said Dave Girouard, president of Enterprise for Google. "With the improved architecture for the search appliance, businesses can provide secure search across the largest enterprise content repositories—such as Documentum, Filenet, LiveLink, and Sharepoint—all from one easy-to-maintain appliance."..."
- Agencies grapple with search and discovery
- By Michael Hardy. Federal Computer Week, April 2, 2008. "As increasing amounts of information exist only in electronic form, agencies are having to find ways to search it, retrieve useful information and retain it to comply with information retention rules..."
- Search at the foundation of the enterprise
- By John Alber. Computerworld, March 7, 2008. "Executive summary - Businesses are being overwhelmed with electronic records. Enterprise search offers a promising way to deal with the growth of electronically stored information (ESI). However, not all search technologies are well adapted to serve as the search backbone for an enterprise. While keyword searching may help find some documents, more sophisticated search technologies are called for to assimilate and organize content across the enterprise..."
- IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition
- IBM Corporation. Free search engine with a three click install procedure. Provides a simple to use and familiar Yahoo! Search interface. The Yahoo! Search integration provides a single configurable interface for Internet and enterprise search. Version 8.4.2 - New capability in this release is the ability to search up to 5 different collections which can be searched independently.
- IBM, Yahoo update free enterprise search tool
- New version of IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition, by Heather Havenstein. Computerworld, 27 November 2007. "IBM has unveiled a new release of the search software it developed with Yahoo and distributes without charge. The updated engine can help users better customize and personalize searches for information stored within their companies and on the Web, IBM said..."
- Google's releases sticky solution for Web sites
- by David Meyer, ZDNet UK. ZDNet Australia, 21 November 2007. "Google's hosted search service for business users has been extended worldwide for the first time, promising to make Web sites stickier by improving the ability for viewers to navigate the site..."
- Google Puts New Shine on Enterprise Search Appliance
- By Fred J. Aun. E-Commerce Times, 10 October 2007. "Better known for its Web search engine, Google also makes a search appliance for enterprise content management systems. On Wednesday, Google launched Version 5.0 of its search appliance, imbuing it with better reach across enterprise silos and tougher security measures than previous versions. Searches also are more relevant, Google said..."
- Strategies for Improving Enterprise Search
- Beyond the Out-of-the-Box Experience
by John Ferrara. Boxes and Arrows, 11 September 2007. "It's common for enterprise website developers to implement search engines with out-of-the-box functionality, point it at their content repositories, and then just leave it at that. Search is becoming something of a neglected orphan, in part because packaged search products are relatively easy to implement, and then even more easily forgotten..."
- Vivisimo Powers Mobile Enterprise Search
- Vivisimo, 15 May 2007. "Vivísimo Velocity for Mobile Searches Corporate Intranets, Email and Other Databases from Smartphones. Pittsburgh, PA—Vivísimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of search software and expertise, today announced a mobile solution for workers to access and search corporate intranets, email and other applications from mobile devices. Vivísimo Velocity for Mobile will be available as an extension to the Velocity enterprise search platform, an end-to-end solution that allows searching on desktop, internal repositories, and external content from a single search box..."
- Google adds corporate flavour into Mini Search Appliance
- Mini 2.2 has secure search features, integrates with Google Analytics, By John Fontana Framingham. Computerworld, 1 February, 2007. "Google has upgraded the Mini version of its Search Appliance with new security, analytic and other features designed to bring corporate features to small businesses. The company's Mini 2.2 , targeted at small and midsize companies and departments within larger companies, features secure search features so users get to see only what they are authorised to see. It also integrates with Google Analytics, supports the Google OneBox feature for specialised searches such as tracking numbers, searching based on a range of numbers or set of data, and has support for 16 languages..."
- Google upgrades enterprise search device
- by Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service. Computerworld, 20 September 2006. "Google has enhanced its enterprise search device, doubling its capacity and adding new query capabilities. The Search Appliance's maximum capacity has been increased to 30 million documents, up from 15 million, Google announced Tuesday. The increased capacity comes via a software upgrade that also includes search query enhancements..."
- Fast Search develops search app for enterprise desktops
- by Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service. Computerworld, 18 September 2006. "Fast Search & Transfer has developed an enterprise desktop search tool that retrieves data from users' PCs, as well as from internal servers and the public Web. Fast Search will unveil and begin shipping the application on Tuesday at a price of US$25 per seat. Discounts apply on purchases of over 1,000 seats..."
This category last updated: 26 May 2006