Google Announces More Mini for Less.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG GOOG Google, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced that the Google Mini has twice the search capacity at an even more affordable price. The Google Mini can now search up to 100,000 documents for a lower price of $2,995. "Content is dramatically increasing everywhere and it's no longer limited to documents, spreadsheets and presentations," said Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business. "With more web pages, weblogs, wikis See wiki. and other content, businesses of every size are having a hard time keeping track of it all. With Google, you can help your customers and employees quickly find the information they need." The Google Mini is an integrated hardware/software search appliance A search appliance (SA) is a device which is attached to a corporate network for the purpose of indexing the content shared across that network in a way that is similar to a web search engine. that indexes all content within a company's intranet or public website. After an installation process that takes only a matter of hours, users can search for information just as they do with Google.com. The Google Mini was announced in January and is currently used by hundreds of law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , government agencies and other small-to-medium sized businesses to access and manage their information. "Our attorneys are continually searching for information. The Google Mini helps them find exactly what they need, when they need it, using an interface they're already familiar with," said John Neubauer, Legal Administrator for Blitman & King LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . "With the increased capacity of the Google Mini, we will now be able to include even more legal research in our index. This will help us leverage more of our firm's valuable intellectual property, making our attorneys more efficient and more responsive to our clients." The Google Mini comes with one year of support, software updates, and hardware replacement coverage. It can be purchased online, directly from the Google Store with a credit card, check or purchase order. For more information, see http://mini.google.com Google Search Appliance A rack-mounted computer from Google that is used to index documents for a company. Using Google's proprietary Google File System (GFS), appliances are available that index millions of documents, with entry-level units indexing up to a half million. Offers Larger Businesses More for Less The entry-level Google Search Appliance now offers search of up to 500,000 documents (more than three times the previous search capacity), for $30,000 including hardware, software, and two years of customer support. Other versions of the Search Appliance can index 15 million documents or more in a single collection. "The amount of content on Earthlink's Intranet continues to grow rapidly," said Jon Kerner, chief information officer for Earthlink. "This significant increase in Google Search Appliance document capacity will enable us to provide faster and more thorough searching for employees." The Search Appliance provides enterprise-wide search across corporate web sites, intranets, databases, business applications and content management systems. For more information on the Google Search Appliance, see http://www.google.com/enterprise About Google Inc. Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page For the music producer/manager, see . Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26 1973 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin. and Sergey Brin Sergey Brin (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Брин , Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com. Google is a registered trademark of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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