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Article: 'Google-mania' ignites search technology; There's no shortage of vendors looking to ease enterprise information retrieval.
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- Network World
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- September 13, 2004
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Byline: ANN BEDNARZ
The fervor around Google's summertime IPO has turned search technology into a hot commodity. Vendors with tools for searching corporate intranets and Web sites are trying to capitalize on the moment. Microsoft, too, has added to the search mania with its rumblings about forthcoming technology for searching desktop resources.
If there's one thing all the parties can agree on, it's the need to make it easier for users to find stuff.
Half the time information retrieval technology fails to find what users are looking for, according to Delphi Group. Among 300 respondents to a recent Delphi survey, 60% said it's easier to find ...