Blog posts about Search Server 2008

SharePoint's FAST 2010 is not as cheap as you might think

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 13-Aug-2010

However, make no mistake: FAST may be a lot less expensive, but it's certainly not going to come cheap. Not in the least bit because implementing it right will still be an expert's job. ... Continue Reading

Google - unsuitable for the enterprise

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 22-Feb-2010

For years now Google has played fast and loose with information confidentiality and privacy issues. As if further proof were needed ... Continue Reading

Search gets (even more) specialized

Added By Kas Thomas on 13-Jan-2010

The search technology marketplace is getting much more specialized, with important implications for you the customer. There are at least two different ways that software can specialize: Functionally and Vertically ... Continue Reading

SurfRay Ontolica 2010

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 12-Jan-2010

Regular readers of this blog know that Surfray's MondoSearch and Ontolica (search for SharePoint) products have a bit of a checkered past. First vendor MondoSoft went bankrupt; it was then sold to SurfRay; then SurfRay went bankrupt; then it was restructured to SurfRay 2009. But I'm happy to report that the Danish company now seems to be doing a lot better ... Continue Reading

Is the SharePoint bubble going to burst?

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 11-Nov-2009

As subscribers who received our recent advisory paper know, there is plenty to be excited about in SP2010, especially if you are a part of the SharePoint channel of resellers, consultants, developers, and system integrators. But over the past few weeks I have been noticing something of a shadow side to this excitement ... Continue Reading

Lotus Connections now with Microblogging and Wikis

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 5-Oct-2009

Last week, IBM announced the official release of Lotus Connections 2.5. For me, the main two updates in this social software tool are ... Continue Reading

Old Software Never Dies -- SurfRay Releases Ontolica 4.0

Added By Shawn Shell on 14-Sep-2009

SurfRay, maker of Ontolica and twice bankrupt search software company, announced availability of Ontolica 4.0 for SharePoint. This new version, according to the announcement, includes ... Continue Reading

A browser is a search engine?

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 30-Jun-2009

In a clip on YouTube, an interviewer asks passersby in Times Square what a browser is.The surprising result: many think it's a search engine ... Continue Reading

Making sense of CMS Watch....

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 11-Jun-2009

At CMS Watch we evaluate an awful lot of products, and making sense of all this research can be a challenge. ... Continue Reading

Wolfram Alpha search engine: just the facts

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 25-May-2009

After months of high anticipation of what this "Google killer" would bring, Wolfram Alpha was finally opened to the public a week ago ... Continue Reading

Software versions - how strange the change from major to minor

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 18-Mar-2009

Spring is here, and, as in Autumn, this means new products released and new version numbers ... Continue Reading

SharePoint - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No...

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 2-Dec-2008

Talking about SharePoint in Copenhagen today and yesterday reminded me of an interesting point ... Continue Reading

SharePoint 2007 SP2 is coming

Added By Janus Boye on 26-Oct-2008

On Friday Microsoft announced a few interesting details on the next service pack for SharePoint. ... Continue Reading

More Fast Upheaval

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 16-Oct-2008

It's official: Fast Search & Transfer has been charged with accounting fraud ... Continue Reading

What You Need To Know About Search in SharePoint 2007

Added By Janus Boye on 29-Aug-2008

Search is important to most SharePoint projects, but unfortunately it is also something that ... Continue Reading

Plenty of choice for buyers in ECM's mid-market

Added By Alan Pelz-Sharpe on 12-Aug-2008

Laserfiche is an ECM vendor we have been watching and writing about for a while, and our coverage of them in The ECM Suites Report is set to extend this year as we evaluate their new Rio offering ... Continue Reading

Cuil could be cool

Added By Adriaan Bloem on 1-Aug-2008

As the buzz has it, public website search engine Cuil is the new Google challenger ... Continue Reading

Ongoing confusion in the land of MS search technology

Added By Shawn Shell on 1-Aug-2008

The SharePoint IT Pro Documentation Team recently published a blog post on the various Microsoft "enterprise" search technologies. The post did a nice job of clarifying the role of each of Microsoft's various search tools, save FAST ... Continue Reading