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BI Partners With Search
Search technology is expected to become the primary method for finding information in business intelligence repositories. Google pushed the trend into high gear last month when it added to its search appliance a new feature for tapping into data stores for business applications. Since then, BI vendors have cranked out the press releases announcing their support for enterprise search engines. Among the first was Cognos, which said shortly after the Google announcement that it would open up Cognos 8 to the Google Search Appliance, and the IBM Websphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition. SAS was another BI vendor that made a similar announcement regarding Google about the same time. Since last week's newsletter, Business Objects and Information Builders have announced their support for Google. In addition, Cognos and Fast Search & Transerfer are joining the FAST Enterprise Search Platform with Cognos 8 to deliver corporate content directly to information workers. So there's definitely a trend toward connecting enterprise search with BI, Dan Everett, analyst for Ventana Research said. Rather than continue to let customers search for information in folders, "the BI vendors are making it easier to find documents and information within their repositories." "Eventually, you'll see ad hoc queries (just for BI applications) go away and be replaced with search engines," Everett said. Indeed, Ventana recommends that organizations' shift their investments in BI query components and training to search technology. Drop me an email to let me know what you think.  E-MAIL | SLASHDOT | DIGG This is a public forum. CMP Technology and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. CMP Technology makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of CMP Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in CMP Technology's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
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