Comments on: Microsoft announces bid for FAST Search http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2008/01/microsoft-announces-bid-for-fast-search.html Thoughts on BPM, collaboration, analytics and information management, technology trends and the business value of IT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Archie Tetchy http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2008/01/microsoft-announces-bid-for-fast-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-328 Archie Tetchy Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-announces-bid-for-fast-search/#comment-328 I think this says everything about MS's Enterprise Search offering.<br/><br/>I've done a lot of work in this area in the last two years and whilst it is clear that MS offer a better search capability now than in the past, it still falls well short of the breadth of capability FAST Search offers and their own 80/20 standards.<br/><br/>The problem MS will have with FAST's technology is FAST configure their ESP (enterprise search platform) specifically for their customers which involves numerous tasks and technologies. They do not offer an "out of the box" solution you can install and configure yourself. This is clearly what MS would want.<br/><br/>It'll be interesting to see what happens. I think this says everything about MS’s Enterprise Search offering.

I’ve done a lot of work in this area in the last two years and whilst it is clear that MS offer a better search capability now than in the past, it still falls well short of the breadth of capability FAST Search offers and their own 80/20 standards.

The problem MS will have with FAST’s technology is FAST configure their ESP (enterprise search platform) specifically for their customers which involves numerous tasks and technologies. They do not offer an “out of the box” solution you can install and configure yourself. This is clearly what MS would want.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

]]> By: Archie Tetchy http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2008/01/microsoft-announces-bid-for-fast-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-329 Archie Tetchy Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-announces-bid-for-fast-search/#comment-329 I think this says everything about MS's Enterprise Search offering.<br/><br/>I've done a lot of work in this area in the last two years and whilst it is clear that MS offer a better search capability now than in the past, it still falls well short of the breadth of capability FAST Search offers and their own 80/20 standards.<br/><br/>The problem MS will have with FAST's technology is FAST configure their ESP (enterprise search platform) specifically for their customers which involves numerous tasks and technologies. They do not offer an "out of the box" solution you can install and configure yourself. This is clearly what MS would want.<br/><br/>It'll be interesting to see what happens. I think this says everything about MS’s Enterprise Search offering.

I’ve done a lot of work in this area in the last two years and whilst it is clear that MS offer a better search capability now than in the past, it still falls well short of the breadth of capability FAST Search offers and their own 80/20 standards.

The problem MS will have with FAST’s technology is FAST configure their ESP (enterprise search platform) specifically for their customers which involves numerous tasks and technologies. They do not offer an “out of the box” solution you can install and configure yourself. This is clearly what MS would want.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

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