Analysis of Implementation of Enterprise Search Solutions (Michael Sasaki)
Sep 26, 2009
Every multinational corporation requires a robust enterprise search application. But there are certain important points to consider before implementing a robust system within the organization.
Full Text Searches Organizations need to identify whether they need full-text searches. Full text searches are useful for organizations that have more unstructured data, which includes documents, articles, product descriptions, case studies, informal notes, web sites, discussion boards, wikis, emails, messages, job descriptions, resumes, patents, legal decisions, etc. They help users to locate the relevant information about any discussion or topic and are very useful for research.
Ideal Results Organizations need to analyze whether they require identification of ideal results during a search. Here the search application is able to maximize the find-ability for different kinds of information. This feature is hard to implement since the goal of search is usually not clear for the user himself. Factors like time and relevancy have to be inbuilt into the enterprise search engine.
Clustering Results It is important for all organizations to analyze whether they need cluster results. Cluster results usually return search results in relevant clusters, which makes it easy for the user to identify is exact requirement. Clustering results are usually returned based on categories like a common subject, date, price range etc. It is a great time-saver, compared to the regular long list of results that are usually returned.
Organizations need to evaluate these three factors before they decide on the technology to be implemented. One useful way is to build a prototype with which the organization can identify whether it suits its requirements.
Choose a famous search library like Lucene search or Solr search, which is ranked high among the Apache projects. The Solr search server provides application developers a ready-to-use search platform on top of the Lucene search library, and is one of the fastest growing Lucene sub-project.
About the AuthorChoose the right enterprise search technology for your enterprise, like Lucene Search or Solr Search, and enhance your employee creativity, innovation and productivity, eventually. The right technology will connect people through knowledge sharing and drive high business results..