Why You Can't Just ~Google~ for Enterprise Knowledge

Overview

This paper reviews opinion on the key differences between Internet Search using services such as Google or Bing and Enterprise Search behind the firewall. Some of the leading commercial Enterprise Search solutions are introduced, before comparison with Open Source alternatives (Swish-e, Lucene/Solr, Xapian/Flax and Sphinx). The experience in developing a plug-in search capability for CogniDox is described before some concluding observations on the state of this industry sector.