Today we released the Enterprise Search Report 2008, evaluating 18 major search vendors. We'll be discussing more about different marketplace trends and vendors in the coming weeks. For now, our initial release focuses on the stunted promise of hosted search, as customers look to appliances for simpler needs, and more sophisticated, on-premise solutions for connecting to enterprise repositories. You can download a free chapter, which includes our (I think rather path-breaking) review of Google's Search Appliance.

If you are a full subscriber, you should receive your copy shortly; if you're a previous report buyer, you'll receive an e-mail a bit later this week outlining discount eligibility.