Tag Archives: Enterprise Search
Looking Beyond Enterprise Search
When people think of the term “enterprise search,” they often have a preconceived set of perceptions, capabilities and technology. It evokes lots of different reactions from various sources, depending on who you ask. If you ask Wikipedia, for instance, “Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and [...]
The “Intentional Approach” to Technology Adoption Part 4: Technology Should Address An Important Need and Be Tailored to the Business
The third impediment to technology adoption is that adoption is hindered when the new system does not address an important need or the initial implementation is not sufficiently tailored to the business to be compelling. While these impediments apply to implementation of all new technologies, let’s use an enterprise search project to illustrate the point. [...]
What and Who Define an Era in Enterprise Search?
Reflecting on the state of enterprise search and trends for 2011, just described by four knowledge management thought-leaders, and Coveo’s visionary CEO, Louis Tetu, I have thoughts on two aspects of the topics. One is on the concept of anything classified as 2.0, and the second relates to leadership. In my first of two guest [...]
From the Frontlines: Reported Benefits of Enterprise Search 2.0
The beginning of the year is always a time of reflection on the past, and planning and anticipation for the future, at least for me. One of my greatest pleasures at Coveo in 2010 was working with our customers to understand and document the value they are achieving with their implementations of Enterprise Search 2.0. [...]
Enterprise Search Grows Up
Do you remember the advent of enterprise search solutions over a decade ago? When first introduced, they held a great deal of promise. Yet, as with many new technologies, there were challenges to their implementation and use. Although a good percentage of companies adopted early enterprise search solutions, they were not well accepted by knowledge [...]
Enterprise Search 2.0: The New View of Information
Why are companies so focused on search? Two words: data overload. Incredibly, we are closing out a year in which the world will have created 1200 exabytes of data – with only five percent of it structured. For companies, that means it is harder to store, harder to make sense of and harder to leverage [...]