Microsoft Gearing Up For Enterprise Search Fight

MS to Google: "Back off!"

Published on July 14, 2006 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

As reported on C-Net News yesterday, Microsoft is getting ready to fight Google on the enterprise search products front. In Boston, Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer, addressed the 2006 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, saying "Enterprise search is our business, it's our house and Google is not going to take that business."

This comes in response to the growing popularity and availability of Google's search appliances, though the company has not yet laid out a strategy for the enterprise search market.

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer has identified search technology as one of the company's most important areas for investment and development.

Comments

nightbirdsf

on Jul 14, 2006

That's interesting. I use Google to search microsoft.com.

Put site:microsoft.com (or subdomain as needed) in your Google search term.

Pogo-

on Jul 15, 2006

Microsoft is just mad because its only taken google 5 years to take over the world and microsoft has been working on it sence 1984.

Jafo

on Jul 15, 2006

taken google 5 years to take over the world

Wait till they devise a religion to Opiate the masses....

I always get it confused...Brave New World or 1984 .... same trip in a handbasket, either way....

Pogo-

on Jul 16, 2006

yea tottaly

Aaron McRill

on Jul 17, 2006

I think Microsoft should be concentrating more on their OS! Got the Beta of Vista...I was not impressed.

Jan Oscar

on Jul 17, 2006

Had to delete my cookies to be able to vote. Flushing...

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