Whither IHS Goldfire Search
July 18, 2015
Short honk: I followed the Invention Machine for a while years ago. Developed to display systems and methods which could solve a problem, the Invention Machine was acquired by IHS, a Swiss Army Knife outfit.
The company made a push for Goldfire, the Invention Machine packaged as an enterprise search solution, a couple of years ago.
Curious about its market position?’
I navigated to the Goldfire blog and saw that 13 months have elapsed since the last post. That article was “Unlock Corporate Knowledge to Avoid Repeating Past Mistakes.”
The post stated:
Have you invested a lot of time, effort and money in file management systems yet still can’t find relevant engineering answers?
Good question. Perhaps IHS has come to understand that finding revenues from patent-centric technology can be tricky. On the other hand, the company’s revenues from search may be so massive that IHS does not have time to update its blog.
The individual whom I understood was one of the leaders of the IHS search pack is, according to LinkedIn, responsible for Virgil Visions, which is an independent video company, which according to Vimeo is owned by Mr. Belfiore. I could not determine who the IHS top search boss is. Use the comments section to help fill my addled goose’s brain.
Is IHS another in the long line of non search oriented outfits to gain access to information not available before it owned a search system?
Stephen E Arnold, July 18, 2015
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