Comments on: EMC Search Potpourri http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/ Ponderings on Life, the Universe, and Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alexandra Larsson http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2733 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:56:45 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2733 We have recently integrated FAST ESP with their Documentum Connector to Documentum D6 and have really positive experiences from that. The search GUI is a nice and fast complement to searching inside WebTop/DAM. Much easier to learn as well. Also we like that we have a GUI for the analytics log file (even though the log analyzer is a bit unstable currently). Since FAST already have around 3500 stand-alone installations I hope that the FAST ESP product will still exists as product. Having FAST inside MOSS 200X is definately not an argument to switch from Documentum to MOSS :)

Being able to choose which internal search engine to use is of course good. However, I now believe it is way more important for EMC to create a much more capable search GUI in WebTop/DAM. Facetted (drill-down) navigator and search analytics seem like a good first step.

]]> By: Pie http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2729 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:04:41 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2729 First, check out my latest post. It seems that Autonomy is meant for RSA. The word I heard confirms GC’s statements.

Mark, this direction would not change. I think they are still moving that way. However, I don’t anticipate them ever not bundling some sort of Search engine. You will just unplug it and insert your own.

]]> By: Mark http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2725 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:24:17 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2725 I thought I read or heard somewhere that EMC was considering moving to a plug-in connector based search model. Where the customer could choose from several search vendors? Is this not the case?

-Mark

]]> By: ldallas http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2709 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:48:24 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2709 I second that – GC – please explain why there is no impact. Has EMC stated why the agreement was needed and where in their stack they plan on using it? With the Legato line perhaps? I would hope that you are not basing this position on the premise that we can easily put any search engine we want in the architecture.

]]> By: Pie http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2707 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:43:29 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2707 Thanks for sharing GC. I wish you had shared more. I am sharing so that everyone else can have the same, confused, look on their face as they try and figure out what it does impact.

]]> By: GC http://wordofpie.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2702 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:25:28 +0000 http://wordofpie.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/emc-search-potpourri/#comment-2702 Despite DCTM previous integration with Autonomy, the OEM deal does not have an impact on Content Server’s search.

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