Comments on: Microsoft is buying FAST; what about FAST’s contractual prohibition? http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/ Understanding technology ... in both senses of the phrase Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Text Technologies»Blog Archive » Implications of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-32426 Text Technologies»Blog Archive » Implications of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:32:31 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-32426 [...] will recombine both parts of the old FAST/alltheweb.com Therefore, Microsoft will be able to use the same technology for web and enterprise search, to the [...] [...] will recombine both parts of the old FAST/alltheweb.com Therefore, Microsoft will be able to use the same technology for web and enterprise search, to the [...]

]]> By: Text Technologies»Blog Archive » More on Microsoft in enterprise search http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30696 Text Technologies»Blog Archive » More on Microsoft in enterprise search Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:24:53 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30696 [...] up on my prior posts about Microsoft’s impending acquisition of FAST, they’ve now had the conference [...] [...] up on my prior posts about Microsoft’s impending acquisition of FAST, they’ve now had the conference [...]

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30693 Curt Monash Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:24:21 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30693 The conference call has now started, and Jeff Raikes is positioning FAST clearly as enterprise search, integrated w/ SharePoint. $5000/knowledge-worker/year spent looking for misplaced info (not just pure text) and so on. CAM The conference call has now started, and Jeff Raikes is positioning FAST clearly as enterprise search, integrated w/ SharePoint. $5000/knowledge-worker/year spent looking for misplaced info (not just pure text) and so on.

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]]> By: Tom Culler http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30692 Tom Culler Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:31:56 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-fast-prohibition/#comment-30692 My guess is that, as we speak, Microsoft is furiously looking through that contract and looking for the word 'Internet' rather than 'web'. I assume that they will start with subsuming the FAST search product and positioning it as an Enterprise search tool behind the veneer of Office 2007 or $harePoint server (Enterprise Edition, of course); they'll eventually digest the product and add the functionality to Windows Live Search, and hold Yahoo! off with a lawyer's fist (clenching a wallet, of course.) - Tom My guess is that, as we speak, Microsoft is furiously looking through that contract and looking for the word ‘Internet’ rather than ‘web’. I assume that they will start with subsuming the FAST search product and positioning it as an Enterprise search tool behind the veneer of Office 2007 or $harePoint server (Enterprise Edition, of course); they’ll eventually digest the product and add the functionality to Windows Live Search, and hold Yahoo! off with a lawyer’s fist (clenching a wallet, of course.)

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