Microsoft Pushes Toward or Beyond Google
October 14, 2011
As part of its recent Microsoft Research roadshow, Microsoft officials talked up ‘Tiger,’ Bing’s next-generation index-serving platform. Tiger, jointly developed by Microsoft Research and Microsoft’s Search Technology Center in Asia, uses solid-state disk technology to improve Bing’s search performance and relevance… But there’s more to Binging than just the index server. Another key component of Microsoft’s search service is ‘Cosmos’ . . . Cosmos is the cloud storage and computational engine that powers all of Microsoft’s Online Services, including Bing.
A concerted effort is being made to improve Bing’s behind-the-scenes function. Various aspects of Bing have been lauded by the tech community, but Google still holds a lion’s share of the market. Speaking of lion, Microsoft should know better than to name a product Tiger. Mac already owns that space in the tech lexicon.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 14, 2011
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