Google, IBM team on deep-research tool
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From ComputerWorld: Google, IBM team on deep-research tool
Looks like our Notes/Domino future is going to have a little Google baked in... Not a bad pairing, if you ask me...
IBM and Google Inc. are collaborating to make it easier for office workers not only to search for local documents and personal e-mail but also to delve deep into corporate databases, the companies announced today.
IBM is linking its OmniFind corporate search system with Google's free desktop search for business to make it easier for users to locate information that's often locked up in many separate systems throughout an organization.
"Getting these two products together makes sense for both of us," said David Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business unit. "If you want to have a good corporate search product, you have to have desktop search," he said.
No money is changing hands in the partnership between IBM and the leader in Web search. But coming just weeks after a software and research pact by Google and Sun Microsystems Inc., the IBM deal enlists yet another potential ally as Google increasingly faces off with rival Microsoft Corp. on PC desktops.
Prial downplayed any grand strategy in IBM's dealings with Google, but he said the collaboration is part of a broader push IBM calls "information as a service" that the company plans to make more explicit over the coming months.
From ComputerWorld: Google, IBM team on deep-research tool
Looks like our Notes/Domino future is going to have a little Google baked in... Not a bad pairing, if you ask me...
IBM and Google Inc. are collaborating to make it easier for office workers not only to search for local documents and personal e-mail but also to delve deep into corporate databases, the companies announced today.
IBM is linking its OmniFind corporate search system with Google's free desktop search for business to make it easier for users to locate information that's often locked up in many separate systems throughout an organization.
"Getting these two products together makes sense for both of us," said David Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business unit. "If you want to have a good corporate search product, you have to have desktop search," he said.
No money is changing hands in the partnership between IBM and the leader in Web search. But coming just weeks after a software and research pact by Google and Sun Microsystems Inc., the IBM deal enlists yet another potential ally as Google increasingly faces off with rival Microsoft Corp. on PC desktops.
Prial downplayed any grand strategy in IBM's dealings with Google, but he said the collaboration is part of a broader push IBM calls "information as a service" that the company plans to make more explicit over the coming months.
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