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  • Google management shuffle: Right move, wrong guy?

    By Edward N. Albro | 21 January, 2011 13:41

    Today's announcement that Google co-founder Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as the company's CEO was a surprise, but maybe it shouldn't have been. While the company's earnings are still stellar, Schmidt has made a series of embarrassing statements and the company has had some very public failures.

  • Google's Realtime Search update does what Twitter won't

    By Jared Newman | 27 August, 2010 08:10

    Searching for status updates is not Twitter's forte, so leave it to Google to make its own Realtime Search engine more powerful instead.

  • Five Advantages of Unified Information Access (UIA)

    By Sid Probstein | 09 August, 2010 05:12

    The first wave of enterprise search helped companies tap into the world of text+, sometimes referred to as "unstructured" or "semi-structured" information. Primary drivers included the need to monetize digital content, reduce risk through compliance, or increase employee, customer and partner productivity. These early implementations provided significant value and solved important problems; they also demonstrated limitations that have lead to demand for the next generation -- Unified Information Access (UIA).

  • SharePoint 2010: Three Ways Sony Is Using It

    By Shane O'Neill | 31 May, 2010 03:58

    Sony Electronics, the division of Sony Corporation that designs and develops the company's cameras, computers, TVs and other devices, is making a broad move to SharePoint 2010 to improve search, social networking and document sharing.

  • 5 Reasons to Revisit Google Desktop Now

    By Kristin Burnham | 26 February, 2010 07:22

    Google Desktop is a downloadable application that indexes items on your computer such as e-mail conversations, Microsoft Office documents, Web history, PDFs, music, images and video. The app then copies the items' content to your local cache, allowing you to search for any of these documents quicker than your computer's standard search function does.

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