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NIE Enterprise Search
Volume 5 Number 5
Fall 2008
Miles Kehoe, Editor
Welcome to Enterprise Search!
So much for a leisurely Fall - in addition to having the opportunity to participate in a number of great industry shows, we've been busy building relationships with a number of new vendors, so we can continue to provide you independent insight into the market. Add to that the planning we've been doing for our new web site, and actually helping our customers with their search issues, and you'll understand what has kept us busy. So no, you didn't miss an issue.
Table of Contents: November 2008
What's New - November 2008: Analysts see good 2008-2009 for search, NIE at embedded search webinar, SharePoint gets search vendor's attention, CMS standards ...[More].
The Looming Mobile Phone Singularity and Search: Are You Ready? Beyond the hype, based strictly on the numbers, Mark really does believe you'll be asked to support mobile search much sooner than most IT people think, even for non-customer facing apps. But the good news is it may not be as hard as you've heard. Is your site ready? Your IT staff? You search vendor? We suggest a few actions items you can do now to prepare. ...[More]
How Do You Define a "Failed Search" ? Miles takes a look at ambiguities of defining success and failure well enough that an automated tool could be used. This is a critical step in long term search engine improvements. He has a couple of ideas on how you can have the best of both worlds, the leverage of automation with the wisdom of people, if you're willing to invest a little time over the long haul. ...[More] The Animated Gartner Magic Quadrant Grid 2008 We're happy to publish the new update to our popular animated version of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Information Access. This popular and detailed report provides guidance to companies looking to implement enterprise and customer facing search, as well as bragging rights for vendors based on how well they were positioned. ...[More]. Ask Dr. Search: Mysterious FAST ESP Message: The Good Doctor consults with our inside resource, Deep Search, about "session_servant (27): DocAPI manually suspended. Operation denied." ...[More].Remember to send your tough search questions to Dr. Search at support@ideaeng.com.
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