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Google Search Appliance and ISYS:web 8 reviewed
Mike Heck (InfoWorld) 27 November, 2006 11:00:24
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BOTTOM LINE: Google Search Appliance 4.6.4

Company:Google
Score:Excellent -- 8.7
CriteriaScoreWeight
Ease-of-use9.020.0
Integration8.020.0
Management9.020.0
Performance9.020.0
Scalability9.010.0
Value8.010.0
Cost:Starts at US$30,000 for searching 500,000 documents (includes appliance, two years of support)
Platforms:Appliance
Bottom Line:The Google Search Appliance is an integrated hardware/software solution, creating a single point for discovering information within corporate networks, intranets, and Web sites. This version reaches into relational databases and file shares while respecting enterprise security policies. OneBox for Enterprise provides a front end into enterprise applications and services, including Oracle and Salesforce.com.

BOTTOM LINE: ISYS:web 8

Company:ISYS Search Software
Score:Very Good -- 8.5
CriteriaScoreWeight
Ease-of-use9.020.0
Integration8.020.0
Management8.020.0
Performance8.020.0
Scalability9.010.0
Value10.010.0
Cost:US$5,000 per server plus US$100 per seat; volume site licensing available
Platforms:Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003
Bottom Line:This midmarket search solution includes desktop search; ISYS:web 8 for intranets, Web sites, and portals; and an SDK. Deployment is fast, and rapid prototyping tools make customizing results' appearance easy. New automatic entity extraction automatically shows categories in an AJAX-based search UI. In addition, results from multiple indexes are federated and SharePoint portals are now searchable.
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