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FASTforward’09 – Day 3: Which Path to The Future Will You Take?
“Engage your users” was indeed an important message being sent by Microsoft/FAST at this years conference, examples being drawn from sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, Microsoft’s software and road-map did not entirely reflect this message in the online space, leaving customers working out the path for their products or sites themselves. Improvements were... Read More »
Microsoft Surface Enterprise Search Demo at FASTforward’09
A Microsoft Surface Enterprise Search demo is being presented by Conchango on FASTforward’09. Richard Wand writes about their efforts to create a playful search experience, using Microsoft’s new multi-touch screen-table-surface technology. Words like engaging, social and entertaining are not often used to describe enterprise search solutions. So what is different about this demo?
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FASTforward’09 – Day 2: Vertical Business Strategies
The day kicks off with announcements from Microsoft regarding the search product lineup. The products and licensing models will be simplified and separated into 3 flavors: stand-alone FAST Search for Internet, the heavily emphasized FAST Search for Sharepoint version, and the free version of Search Server Express which has over 100,000 downloads to this... Read More »
FASTforward’09: Pre-session Impressions
Microsoft FASTforward’09 started with a pre-session for the company’s European partners, gathering more than a 100 people a couple of hours before the official start of FAST’s yearly conference. It was a good opportunity for an interactive session with the FAST management team, and for listening to the stories of some of the European... Read More »
FASTforward’09 – Day 1: Get Social
FASTfoward’09 (on Twitter & official blog) kicked off in Las Vegas yesterday with a bang. Over 1000 bright heads were gathered in a football size like room within the never ending halls of the Mirage. This years flavour is “Engage your users” as we are looking at the big picture on search moving forward. ... Read More »
Watch Out – Intelligent Information Retrieval is Coming to a Business Near You!
The Norwegian National Collection Agency (NCA) chose to use a search engine as a central component of their information infrastructure. Per Waage (CEO) is expecting to collect more money through monthly down payments, having more information about people’s financial assets at his hands. Moving from an old mainframe architecture to the FAST Enterprise... Read More »
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