Part of the innovation in Vista, Office 2007 and SharePoint is really making sure businesses are able get access not just to their Microsoft information but to their corporate information - connecting up to their SAP system, their CRM system, but...
Google was set to unveil on Wednesday two new enterprise search products - a new Google Search Appliance and a next generation Google Mini - targeted at large enterprises and small organisations respectively.
Microsoft is continuing to lose market share in the search business to industry rival Google, something the software behemoth's financial chief said he is "not happy" about. He said: "Given Google's large head-start in the market and its ongoing...
Google on Thursday began selling the Google Mini, a low-price box for corporate intranet search, in a move to diversify its business. The blue box, which plugs into a corporate intranet and searches up to 50,000 documents, went on sale on Thursday...
is testing a new service that extends its search functionality, in an effort to narrow the gap with Google. Dubbed 'My Web 2.0', the service builds on personalised search features introduced in late April.
Microsoft's BI strategy also extends to combining Office 2007 with SharePoint which will form the basis of a federated portal providing wide-ranging data access. Perhaps the most significant activity around driving BI to a wider audience is the...