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Search Vendors

Platform Vendors

  • Coveo: Coveo G2B
  • HP: IDOL Server
  • IBM: IBM Vivisimo Velocity
  • Microsoft: FAST and Search 2010
  • Oracle: Oracle Endeca Information Access Platform

Infrastructure Vendors

  • IBM: Content Analytics with Enterprise Search
  • Oracle: Secure Enterprise Search 11g
  • SAP: NetWeaver Enterprise Search

Specialized Search Vendors

  • Adobe: Adobe Omniture SiteSearch
  • Apache Project: Lucene and Solr
  • Dassault Systèmes: EXALEAD CloudView
  • Lexmark International: Perceptive Search/ISYS
  • Recommind: Mindserver Enterprise Search

Turnkey Search

  • Google: Google Search Appliance

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"I've seen a lot of basic vendor comparison guides, but none of them come close to the technical depth, real-life experience, and hard-hitting critiques that I found in the Search & Information Access Research. When I need the real scoop about vendors, I always turn to the Real Story Group."

Alexander T. Deligtisch, Co-founder & Vice President, Spliteye Multimedia

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Enterprise Search Vendors

The 257-page Enterprise Search Report evaluates solutions, comparing them head-to-head within each category.

Platform Vendors

After various mergers, there are just three, each with multidimensional information management and access technology platforms. The platform vendors offer customers comprehensive (read: complex) frameworks on which search applications can be constructed.

  • Coveo: Coveo G2B
  • HP: IDOL Server
  • IBM: IBM Vivisimo Velocity
  • Microsoft: FAST and Search 2010
  • Oracle: Oracle Endeca Information Access Platform

Infrastructure Vendors

These are names you recognize, and your enterprise probably licenses products from them. Each wants to "own" the information management domain at their major customers, and each now recognizes the importance of search in that strategy.

  • IBM: Content Analytics with Enterprise Search
  • Oracle: Secure Enterprise Search 11g
  • SAP: NetWeaver Enterprise Search

Specialized Search Vendors

A plethora of specialized suppliers have emerged to fulfill more specific needs, and some have now grown into large, thriving companies. With some exceptions, they tend to be higher priced and implementations can range from $50 - 250k or more.

  • Adobe: Adobe Omniture SiteSearch
  • Apache Project: Lucene and Solr
  • Dassault Systèmes: EXALEAD CloudView
  • Lexmark International: Perceptive Search/ISYS
  • Recommind: Mindserver Enterprise Search

Turnkey Search

If you don't want the hassle and expense of installing and tuning a high-end search system, you can always turn to a hosted ("SaaS") solution, or a search "appliance" that you plug into your network.

  • Google: Google Search Appliance

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