Search Architecture Meet a Nemesis
March 24, 2009
Hinchcliffe.org had an intriguing article called “10 Must-Know Topics For Software Architects In 2009”. You can read it here. I thought the identification of the “must know topics” was good. As I ran through the list (cloud computing, non relational databases, etc.) I thought about the implications of this list for search and content processing. Boiling down my mental flapping I came up with one sentence:
Search vendors and software architects are on different wave lengths.
None of the 10 points are part of the brand name enterprise vendors’ search solutions. I can identify some notable companies unable to offer more than key word search. So much for “new application models”. I know that social content befuddles some seven figure systems. The notion of Web oriented architecture is easy for some search vendors to talk about and quite a bit of work to implement.
What’s this suggest? Three points to me. Feel free to lash me with your own notions:
- Traditional search companies are highly vulnerable to solutions that focus on one or more of these key points, embed content processing, and package the fix as a higher value than a point content solution.
- The top 10 challenges are going to be disruptive due to their cost and the pressure on new hires to get access to the features of the “new” architectures that 20 somethings covet.
- Security will become an even bigger problem than it is today.
Do search vendors care? Some do. Some don’t. Do software architects think about search vendors? Not too often.
Mr. Hinchcliffe’s analysis provides some insight into future excitement in the enterprise.
Stephen Arnold, March 24, 2009
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