Google and MSN unveil Corporate desktop search tools
23 May 2005
Both MSN and Google Desktop Search tools have reportedly launched more secure Enterprise versions of their software.
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is a free downloadable application that enables companies to provide employees with the ability to search for information on their computers using the company's algorithm and indexing capabilities.
The tool offers new enterprise-level security, configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages, to users, according to the Search Engine Journal.
"Finding information quickly in business is more than a convenience - it's a necessity," said Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's Enterprise business. "With the addition of Google Desktop Search for Enterprise, businesses of all sizes can offer their employees one-stop Google search for the desktop, intranet, or web."
MSN unveiled its full MSN Toolbar Suite last week, which comes with three toolbars designed to make desktop searching easier for the end user. The company is now planning to offer a corporate solution for desktop searching, possibly in order to target Google's Mini Appliance, which allows companies to index documents lying on their intranets for local searching, according to Techwhack.
MSN's official statement reads: "In response from corporate customers looking for desktop searching capabilities designed for their needs, Microsoft is developing a desktop search offering, built on Windows Desktop Search, for the corporate environment."
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