Comments on: Is Enterprise Search Becoming a Commodity? http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/ Enterprise Search Expertise, Brought To You By Vivísimo Fri, 16 May 2008 05:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: plastik http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-20185 plastik Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:56:00 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-20185 With Google selling an Enterprise Search solution called the Google Mini and IBM and Yahoo partnered to deliver IBM Omnifind Yahoo. Edition is for free and it is not surprising that many believe Enterprise Search will be the next category of technology to become a commodity. Microsoft has announced that search is strategic to them and released a much improved version of it's search technology in SharePoint. Search technology has evolved to the point were structured content from ERP, CRM, and custom applications can be indexed and searched as easily as document based content. By enabling employees to access this data through a simple search interface, a new level of productivity can be achieved. In my view this space is developing rapidly and is wide open. Search will become the intersection of Composite Applications, Business Intelligence, and Search itself. Commoditization isn't even on the horizon. With Google selling an Enterprise Search solution called the Google Mini and IBM and Yahoo partnered to deliver IBM Omnifind Yahoo. Edition is for free and it is not surprising that many believe Enterprise Search will be the next category of technology to become a commodity. Microsoft has announced that search is strategic to them and released a much improved version of it’s search technology in SharePoint. Search technology has evolved to the point were structured content from ERP, CRM, and custom applications can be indexed and searched as easily as document based content. By enabling employees to access this data through a simple search interface, a new level of productivity can be achieved. In my view this space is developing rapidly and is wide open. Search will become the intersection of Composite Applications, Business Intelligence, and Search itself. Commoditization isn’t even on the horizon.

]]> By: Waleed http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-7492 Waleed Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:45:17 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-7492 No i dont think so, may be some day a new player will appear like exactly what Gogle did !! No i dont think so, may be some day a new player will appear like exactly what Gogle did !!

]]> By: Raya http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-4607 Raya Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:58:10 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-4607 I agree with Shopautodotca Seocontest. I agree with Shopautodotca Seocontest.

]]> By: Shopautodotca Seocontest http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-4055 Shopautodotca Seocontest Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:21:36 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-4055 Nice observation in your article about Enterprise Search. Enterprise search later on will be a weapon of big Search Engines as a bait for patnership. Nice observation in your article about Enterprise Search. Enterprise search later on will be a weapon of big Search Engines as a bait for patnership.

]]> By: DomPierre http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-232 DomPierre Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:23:52 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-232 Afterall. This is the 21st century. ;) Afterall. This is the 21st century. ;)

]]> By: DomPierre http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-231 DomPierre Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:22:14 +0000 http://searchdoneright.com/2007/03/is-enterprise-search-becoming-a-commodity/#comment-231 I rarely use Google anymore except for when I need language translations. Vivi and Yahoo are my main go-tos these days. It's interesting that IBM partnered up with Yahoo. They came to the party late and tried to launch their own back in the early 2000s. I know because I worked on it. They can never quite carry it off. They'll always buy it or partner up. ;) So, is search becoming a commodity? Search 1.0 is the beginning. In the scheme of things, it's basic. ask a question and get a set of results, sometimes what I want, sometimes not. Search 1.0 will become a commodity. Search 2.0 and Beyond will open up the Star Trek and Buck Rogers things we've all heard about. Verbally ask a computer a question, and it replies. Without a terribly long list of random findings. Personalized search based my own parameters. Beyond that, search ceases to be tied to a box or an object, and becomes something ubiquitous as a headset linked to computer somewhere and an ubiquitous interface that allows me to see results and touch or verbally select and go from there. So. No it will not be a commodity. It will continue to evolve in unexpected ways. I rarely use Google anymore except for when I need language translations. Vivi and Yahoo are my main go-tos these days.

It’s interesting that IBM partnered up with Yahoo. They came to the party late and tried to launch their own back in the early 2000s. I know because I worked on it. They can never quite carry it off. They’ll always buy it or partner up. ;)

So, is search becoming a commodity?

Search 1.0 is the beginning. In the scheme of things, it’s basic. ask a question and get a set of results, sometimes what I want, sometimes not. Search 1.0 will become a commodity.

Search 2.0 and Beyond will open up the Star Trek and Buck Rogers things we’ve all heard about. Verbally ask a computer a question, and it replies. Without a terribly long list of random findings. Personalized search based my own parameters. Beyond that, search ceases to be tied to a box or an object, and becomes something ubiquitous as a headset linked to computer somewhere and an ubiquitous interface that allows me to see results and touch or verbally select and go from there.

So. No it will not be a commodity. It will continue to evolve in unexpected ways.

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