IBM and Yahoo partner for corporate search
It was only a matter of time before IBM and Yahoo entered the corporate search market. What’s surprising is that they decided to do so together. Recognizing that employees depend upon the web to find information as much as their own intranets, IBM has partnered with Yahoo. IBM’s Omnifind search solution will present the results in a single consolidated user interface. And like Google, they also have a starter free version of the software.
Increasingly, companies are realizing that the lines between their intranet and the wider web are blurring. The more an intranet can integrate the web and connect with it, the better it is. Employees want to find information and they care less about the source whether it is their own intranet or a trusted external web source. Companies that tried to bring the web to intranets via weather and news portlets are realizing that its best to let employees choose their own sources of information.
