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Today's business environment requires companies to be agile and innovative :: traditional business axioms no longer provide the means to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage :: are your managers ready for the challenges ahead?
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How much should be spent on search tools?
From Forrester research, here is a breakdown of what can expect to spend for an enterprise search tool - Entry Level (less than $20K) to include Google Mini, MS Sharepoint, and IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition; Mid level (between $20K and $80K) to include Google Search Appliance, Coveo, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle; High-End (start at $80K) to include Autonomy, Convera and Endeca Technologies. If you are asking yourself why is it necessary to pay for a search tool - keep in mind that your managers are spending on average about 2 hours a day looking for information - a search tool may help if accessibility to your data and information is improved.