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whitepaper Overview of Windows Search Technologies2008-12-05 Global Knowledge
  There have been many variations of search technology from Microsoft. Therefore, it is useful to get a "big picture" view of where they all fit. This white paper provides observations from the author on four search technologies: Indexing Service; MSN Desktop Search; Windows Desktop Search; and Windows Search. After reading this white paper, the reader should gain a better understanding of where the "desktop search" tools fit in the universe of Microsoft search tools.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Desktop Client OS, Internet and Web, Client System Hardware		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Which Enterprise Search Solution Is Right for My Business? (Level 100)2008-11-07 Microsoft
  The attendee of this webcast will learn about Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express along with the portfolio of enterprise search solutions that integrate with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and find the search solution needed to increase business productivity. In this webcast, the presenter will outline use-case scenarios for Search Server 2008 Express, demonstrate the familiar search experience the product provides, and show how to use Search Server 2008 Express, including quick installation and configuration of Search Server and federation using the OpenSearch standard. In addition, the presenter will briefly discuss search as part of the business productivity infrastructure using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the highly scalable and feature-rich FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) products offered by Microsoft.

Tags: Internet and Web, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Diverse Peer Selection in Collaborative Web Search2008-10-20 Association for Computing Machinery
  Effective peer selection for intelligent query routing is a challenge in collaborative peer-based Web search systems, especially unstructured networks that do not have any centralized control of peer document collections. In particular, routing a query to multiple peers that provide the same results is a waste of resources. To deal with overlapping document collections the paper proposes a diverse peer selection approach for adaptive query routing. This approach takes into account not only which neighbors are the best resource providers for a given query, but also which combinations of neighbors can provide the least redundant results. The paper validates the feasibility of the proposed algorithm by presenting several simulation experiments conducted with different configurations of peer network environments.

Tags: Internet and Web		   
whitepaper Search Engines - How Trustworthy Are They?2008-09-01 Trend Micro
  The World Wide Web has become the largest and most accessible source of information. As with every other information repository, its contents need to be indexed and well categorized, bringing henceforth the need for tools that allow fast and accurate searching in order to find the requested information. This process of indexing, categorizing and searching is completed by both known and relatively unknown Web search service providers, such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Yandex etc. This paper presents patterns used by cyber criminals to exploit search engines and manipulate their results. It will include case studies of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) manipulation, search engine redirections by local malware infection or DNS (Domain Name Server) settings modification.

Tags: Homeland Security		   
whitepaper Kimberly-Clark to Implement Low-Cost, High-Performance Search Solutions to Geographies Worldwide With the Upgraded Google Search Appliance2008-08-04 Google
  Kimberly-Clark is a leading global health and hygiene company employing more than 55,000 people worldwide and posting sales of $18.3 billion in 2007. With a workforce that needs ready access to information and documents of all kinds, Kimberly-Clark relies heavily on enterprise search solutions. Despite the high-volume requirements of the organization, the previous search solution fell short. It was incapable of searching corporate file servers. Kimberly-Clark deployed Google Search Appliance that is capable of searching a wide array of repositories. It is used to search about half a million static web pages on the company intranet, as well as web applications, homegrown document management systems, web file servers, corporate file servers, and the company's public internet site.

Tags: Internet and Web		   
whitepaper Boats.net Achieves Rapid Return on Investment With Google Search Appliance2008-08-04 Google
  Boats.net offers rock-bottom prices on outboard boats, outboard motors, and waverunners. The company is the number one OEM Yamaha outboard parts dealer in U.S. 7 years in a row and among the largest OEM outboard parts dealer for Honda, Mercury, Evinrude, and Johnson. The need for customers to hone in on specific model numbers to find what they need; implementing an intuitive, powerful search function on the site was a top priority. The company's previous site search came as part of a shopping cart solution, but it became clear immediately that it wasn't going to suffice. Boats deployed Google Search Appliance; Boats.net had an exceptional, highly functional search engine established in almost no time. Boats.net customers had the immediate and expected benefit of finding products and product information with ease.

Tags: IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper RSM Enhances Access to Vital Information With Powerful Search Capabilities2008-08-01 Oracle
  The Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) wanted to consolidate search engines, eliminating the need for separate engines for internal and external Web sites and enhance access capabilities, preventing external users from accessing information and ensuring that internal users can search only information for which they are authorized. The challenge was to deploy a search engine that is easy to administer by nontechnical personnel and gain the ability to add information and sources quickly to the search engine. RSM implemented Oracle Secure Enterprise Search as RSM's new search engine and integrated Oracle Secure Enterprise Search as a portlet in a single-enterprise Oracle Portal installation, allowing external and internal users to use the same portlet and search engine.

Tags: Internet and Web, Internet and Web		   
whitepaper Thomson Reuters Adds Value to Web Search With Software + Services Approach2008-08-01 Microsoft
  Thomson Reuters wanted to give its customers a better experience than they could get from using the company's information services and then separately using Internet search engines. With a software-plus-services approach, the company integrated Microsoft Live Search with its own proprietary search engine and databases, and added further value by analyzing, editing, and reordering the search results for maximum relevancy and usefulness before presenting them to customers. As a result, customers are spending more time using Thomson Reuters information service products, indicating greater satisfaction with those products. With its search solution, the company proved the value of providing new services centrally to be consumed by its various information service products.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Internet and Web		   
whitepaper Yahoo! Chooses the Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series to Run Its Ever-More-Powerful Internet Search Engine2008-08-01 Intel
  Yahoo! is a name familiar to computers users around the world. The popular search engine serves as a portal to the Internet for millions of people each day, enabling them to quickly find a wealth of information on practically any subject. Yahoo! wanted to increase processing capabilities to keep up with the demands of advanced search engine technologies and maximize cost-effectiveness of new server infrastructure to maintain business competitiveness. The challenge was to meet energy efficiency goals for power and cooling in the data center. Yahoo boost processing capacity with a server refresh based on the Intel Xeon processor 5400 series as well as increased cost-efficiency with two quad-core processors per server.

Tags: Desktop Client OS, Components		   
whitepaper BrowseRank: Letting Web Users Vote for Page Importance2008-07-24 Association for Computing Machinery
  This paper proposes a new method for computing page importance, referred to as BrowseRank. The conventional approach to compute page importance is to exploit the link graph of the web and to build a model based on that graph. For instance, PageRank is such an algorithm, which employs a discrete-time Markov process as the model. Unfortunately, the link graph might be incomplete and inaccurate with respect to data for determining page importance, because links can be easily added and deleted by web content creators. This paper proposes computing page importance by using a 'User browsing graph' created from user behavior data.

Tags: Software Development Tools