Sunday, 20 July 2008

Google, the number-one search engine in the world, today announced Google Mini, an enterprise search appliance.

The concept of Google’s enterprise product line is to support companies with internal search requirements.

Google Mini is the fourth addition to the product line and costs $1,995, the most affordable solution. Companies can now add search capabilities to their website or network and index up to 50,000 pages and documents.

The company said its focus with Google Mini is to target small and medium-sized businesses.

According to industry reports, Google serves approximately 3,000 corporate clients. Unfortunately, the company declined to comment on specific figures. The search company has also doubled its revenue from corporate customers last year.

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Google offers two larger mini appliances that index 500,000 pages and cost $30,000.

Though Google is safe in the enterprise market, Oracle also announced its enterprise search appliance called Secure Enterprise Search, which is expected to compete against the search giant’s offerings. There’s no news of enterprise search appliances from Yahoo! or Microsoft.


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