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“Stability in the search technology market hasn’t brought about serious consolidation, but we’ve finally arrived at a point where there’s plenty of easy-to-install and relatively well-performing solutions,” points out Adriaan Bloem, Analyst for The Search & Information Access Report 2009. “In our 2009 Cross-Check(tm) chart, many vendors moved into the ‘Balance’ sector or migrated to the quieter, bottom-left of the chart. But enterprises in need of search technology still have a wealth of choices — in some cases, several from the same vendor.”
Some signs of the stabilizing search market include:
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Microsoft spent much of the past year honing and recently debuting a new strategy for its multiple search offerings, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Search and FAST ESP, while the products themselves changed little
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Many vendors’ “new features” added in the last year are well-tested and licensed content type filters, connectors, or natural language processing components from 3rd parties
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Few search vendors debuted major releases in the last 6 months, instead choosing to focus on refining existing offerings and improving marketing
The Search & Information Access Report 2009 provides a comprehensive overview of 23 search technology products and identifies current best practices. The Report is available for purchase online from CMS Watch.
missing Queplix search from this picture, which is becoming the rule changer for the enterprise search.