Google Upgrades Corporate Search Engine

Google is getting ready to play hardball. Not just in the search world, but as they continue to show us their desire to moving into the world of software.

Hoping to become less dependent on Internet advertising, online search engine leader Google Inc. is introducing a tool designed to make it easier for companies and their workers to find vital information scattered across a maze of complex software applications.

The latest upgrade to Google’s 4-year-old search engine for corporate America underscores the Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s determination to develop other revenue channels besides advertising, traditionally a volatile market vulnerable to unpredictable swings in spending.

With the improvement unveiled Wednesday, Google’s corporate search engine will be able to fish through a deep pool of data and display the requested information in a box near the top of the computer screen so users won’t have to scan through other pages.

This “one box” approach is similar to the system that Google deploys at its own Web site whenever visitors are looking for information about local weather forecasts or stock market quotes. In those instances, Google’s search engine provides a snapshot of requested information at the top of the results page.

To make the tool work for corporate search, Google teamed with several other leading makers of business software. The list of partners includes Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Cognos Inc., SAS Institute Inc. and Employease Inc…. Source: Newsvine

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