Search Feature Articles
Article: Converging Content and Data
Love Your Local Data Warehouse Manager
Within most enterprises, the worlds of "data" and "content" remain far apart, despite recurring business needs to converge different types of information. Tony Byrne argues that data specialists have a lot to teach content specialists -- and vice-versa. The trick is finding common ground, allied interests, and a common vocabulary...
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Article: Search 2008
Enterprise Search Vendor Landscape, Circa 2008
You might be tempted to select enterprise search vendors for your shortlist based on their supposed
"leadership" status in the market -- status either conferred by analyst
firms or assumed by the vendors themselves. However, CMS Watch analyst Theresa Regli argues that you need to look more closely at product and vendor alike -- and understand where both are headed -- to properly evaluate your longterm risks and opportunities in an evolving marketplace...
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Article: 2008 Predictions
Twelve Predictions for 2008
It's that time of year again. The CMS Watch analyst team ponders what to expect next year, and offers 12 predictions that we think will shape content technologies in 2008 -- from Google to Microsoft, Web/Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Search, Archiving, and more...
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Article: Enterprise IA
Information Architecture, Meet the Enterprise Web
The first edition of Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville's famous "Polar
Bear Book" taught us how to think about information architecture for
a website. But what about website IA that spans multiple business units across
a distributed enterprise? The book's new third edition provides some practical
advice for IAs trying to negotiate the enterprise thicket...
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Article: 2007 Analyst Predictions
Predictions for 2007: The elusive quest for simple
The team at CMS Watch returns from the winter holidays to offer our predictions for 2007. The upshot? Things in the world of content technologies aren't as simple as they seem...
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Article: FAST Search in play?
Will an ownership struggle slow FAST's ascent?
Just when you thought privately-held vendors were tough to figure out...CMS Watch contributing analyst Steve Arnold charts the ownership intrigues facing publicly-held enterprise search provider, FAST Search & Transfer...
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Article: IBM and Search
What's up with IBM and Enterprise Search?
IBM has been active on the search scene recently, buying iPhrase and partnering with Google. CMS Watch Search Analyst Steve Arnold says none of this is really new...
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Article: Search Marketplace
Recent Trends in Enterprise Search
Stephen Arnold returns to CMS Watch to summarize recent trends in the Enterprise Search marketplace and posit a few predictions about what's coming next.
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Article: Healthcheck
Does Your Company Have an Enterprise Search Problem?
Nearly everyone gripes about the effectiveness of their enterprise search engine(s), but just how bad is the problem at your enterprise? Take our handy search "health quiz" and get a custom diagnosis...
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Article: Endeca ProFind
A Look at "Guided Navigation" for Enterprise Search
In this excerpt from the CMS Watch Enterprise Search Report, analyst Stephen Arnold takes a look at Endeca's ProFind. Endeca's faceted navigation and embeddable search are handy features, but how does the product stack up for general enterprise search...?
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Article: CMS + Search
Harmonizing Search & CMS
Which comes first, the Search Engine or the CMS? Neither, says Carl Sutter -- you need both to work together...
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