1 Andrew Maisey Product Development Manager The Business Benefits of Federated Searching Search Solutions May 2007

2 The Business Benefits of Federated Searching 1.The business benefits of federated searching 2.The business benefits of federated searching 3.The business benefits of federated searching

3 The Benefits of Search

4 “Understanding the hidden 80%”

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7 The Benefits of Search

8 The Options for Search Niche players; Hummingbird, Intelliseek, ISYS, Mercado Software, Mondosoft, Thunderstone, ZyLAB…

9 The Options for Search Search syntax Boolean, proximity, phrase, wildcards, masking, ranges, NL… Content analysis Summaries, categorisation, concepts Advanced UI Browsing, drill down, taxonomies Proprietary index

10 The Options for Search Trained people Support, maintain, optimise, 24*7*365 Dedicated hardware Infrastructure, systems administration Network Bandwidth, access Proprietary index

11 The Options for Search Proprietary index features!

12 Acquiring Content Latency Integrations Subscription sites Timing Backups Crawling and indexing

13 The Business Benefit? Federated search “The goal of federated searching is to enable a user to search multiple independent, discretely mounted, data sources or databases through one search query.”

14 Federated Search Broadcast - anywhere Mimicking user behaviour Unified results Reduced cost of ownership, deployment and maintenance What it does…

15 Federated Search Does this without requiring Large licence costs Dedicated teams Dedicated hardware Changing existing working practices

16 Quick win access Maximises ROI and reuse Single sign on Content consolidation Frees internal resources Business benefits The Business Benefits of Federated Searching

17 The Business Benefits of Federated Searching Instant one stop search Save time searching Increase search depth Uncover hidden content Quick wins

18 The Business Benefits of Federated Searching One tool – many sources Connect to anything Improve content reuse Maximise existing ROI Maximise ROI and reuse

19 The Business Benefits of Federated Searching Final or interim solution Save money, save time Easy to deploy No changes to working practices Content consolidation

20 The Business Benefits of Federated Searching Source level authentication No changes No costs Controlled access to subscription sites Auditing and charging Single Sign On

21 Reduced application development / support READ-only – done One corporate interface Reduced external costs Frees internal resources The Business Benefits of Federated Searching

22 Licence Hardware System administration Implementation Training Lower costs – same benefits The Business Benefits of Federated Searching

23 Access more…now Migrate when practical Free up development teams Single interface Spend less Access without latency No proprietary index pitfalls Avoid network issues The Business Benefits of Federated Searching

24 Andrew Maisey Product Development Manager The Business Benefits of Federated Searching Search Solutions May 2007