Spend $15,000. Get Smart about Search? No So Much
January 21, 2011
ReportLinker declares that it’s Decision Manager: Enterprise Search will help you decide on the best search product for your organization. It has you specify your priorities and compares them to the features of the many search products on the market. The sales description claims the report:
“Provides insight into the comparative features of enterprise search solutions [and] enables you to create an evaluation of search products tailored for your own organization”
At first blush, this looks like it might be a good software deal from a mid-tier consulting firm.
However, is it worth the $15,000 price tag? Really, isn’t this just someone’s chief Excel officer to plug in values and “weights”?
For insight into search development, check out the interviews with the search companies’ innovators at www.arnoldit.com/search-wizards-speak. No credit card required. We don’t promise “smart”; we deliver useful information without a fee via the ArnoldIT.com Web site and our blogs.
Cynthia Murrell January 21, 2011
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I think this is the recently published Ovum report on Enterprise Search also known as “Enterprise Search and Retrieval: Exploiting all of the Organisation’s Information Assets” (according to http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274335/open-source-search-declared) – the press on this is quoting the author as saying “We believe enterprises should start with open source options when looking for a search solution and only go to the big players if open source is unable to deliver what they need.”
Charlie,
I absolutely love low- and mid-tier consulting firms. Their works sets the companies apart. Even blind squirrels can find an acorn now and then.
Stephen E Arnold, January 23, 2011