Ektron Brings Enterprise Search to SharePoint

December 23, 2011

SharePoint is a content management platform that markets itself as a product that anyone can use but, in reality, can be quite tricky without help from a third party solution. The Sacramento Bee reported on a new way to harness the power of existing information through enterprise search in “Ektron Announces Expanded Support for FAST Search for Microsoft SharePoint 2010.”

According to the article, Ektron, a privately held Web content management software company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, announced this week expanded support for FAST Search for Microsoft SharePoint.

We learned:

FAST Search for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is an enterprise search platform that delivers relevant, accurate and timely answers that help organi­zations use information for a competitive advantage. It helps people search intelligently, which reduces costs and risks with flexible, closed-loop enterprise search and security features. FAST Search for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 also helps harness the power of existing information assets and IT invest­ments through flexible, standards-based enterprise integration.

While it is great to hear that Ektron is creating software to make SharePoint more user-friendly, we’re surprised that Ektron does not hook into more third party solutions. Our suggestion is that Ektron licensees take a close look at the Mindbreeze search and content processing solution. Our investigations suggest that users will benefit significantly.

Stephen E Arnold, December 23, 2011

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Comments

One Response to “Ektron Brings Enterprise Search to SharePoint”

  1. Sharepoint Consulting on December 24th, 2011 4:02 am

    SharePoint is a Microsoft product, it ties in instantly with all Microsoft services. It’s easy to save and display Microsoft files on websites, a traditionally difficult process.

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