SearchMax

New Desktop Search Application Offers Administrative Controls and
Integration with IBM Lotus Notes

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 18, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
today announced Google Desktop Search for Enterprise. This free
downloadable application enables companies to provide employees with
the ability to search for information on their computers with the same
quality experience they’ve come to expect from Google.com. Based on
Google’s popular desktop search application for consumers, Google
Desktop Search for Enterprise adds new enterprise-level security,
configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search
the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages.

“Finding information quickly in business is more than a convenience
- it’s a necessity,” said Dave Girouard, general manager of
Google’s enterprise business. “With the addition of Google Desktop
Search for Enterprise, businesses of all sizes can offer their
employees one-stop Google search for the desktop, intranet, or web.”

Through a collaborative effort between Google and IBM, the new Google
Desktop Search for Enterprise provides simple, fast search across Lotus
Notes messages.

“E-mail has evolved beyond messaging into a tool where people manage
their activities and store critical business information,” said Ken
Bisconti, vice president of Workplace, Portal and Collaboration
Software, IBM. “With Google Desktop Search for the Enterprise, we
are giving more than 118 million Lotus Notes users greater flexibility
in searching for critical business information stored on their
desktop.”

Google Desktop Search for Enterprise delivers high quality search
results, one-stop search, simple deployment and a series of new
features designed specifically to meet the needs of corporate
environments.

One-Stop Searching for Employees
- Search desktop files, the corporate intranet and global Internet all
from one search box
- Instantly find vital corporate email, files, web history, even
instant messages
- View web pages visited, even when not online

Centralized Administration and Security for the Enterprise
- Administer control of all configuration settings. For example,
restrict the indexing of secure sites, specific file types, or
particular domains
- Test and validate new software versions before deploying
- Support for index encryption to protect the search index from
unauthorized access

Easy Deployment for Everyone
- Free download and unlimited, enterprise-wide use
- Easy centralized deployment via the industry-standard installer
- Centrally managed software update administration

In addition to Lotus Notes, Google Desktop Search is the first desktop
search tool to access the full text of a user\’s web page history and
the only one to search AOL instant messages. Google works with most
popular email clients, most popular file types (including text, Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, MP3, image, audio, and video files) and web
pages viewed using popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Mozilla and Netscape).

Integration with Google Search Appliance
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise also offers full integration with
the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini to deliver search results
and convenient one-stop-searching from the desktop, intranet and Google.com.

Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is free and available at www.gogle.com
An optional premium support package is available, which includes access to information and assistance from Google experts, guaranteed response time on requests,
One-Stop Searching for Employees
- Search desktop files, the corporate intranet and global Internet all
from one search box
- Instantly find vital corporate email, files, web history, even
instant messages
- View web pages visited, even when not online

Centralized Administration and Security for the Enterprise
- Administer control of all configuration settings. For example,
restrict the indexing of secure sites, specific file types, or
particular domains
- Test and validate new software versions before deploying
- Support for index encryption to protect the search index from
unauthorized access

Easy Deployment for Everyone
- Free download and unlimited, enterprise-wide use
- Easy centralized deployment via the industry-standard installer
- Centrally managed software update administration

In addition to Lotus Notes, Google Desktop Search is the first desktop
search tool to access the full text of a user’s web page history and
the only one to search AOL instant messages. Google works with most
popular email clients, most popular file types (including text, Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, MP3, image, audio, and video files) and web
pages viewed using popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Mozilla and Netscape).

Integration with Google Search Appliance
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise also offers full integration with
the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini to deliver search results
and convenient one-stop-searching from the desktop, intranet and
Google.com.

Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is free and available at www.google.com An optional premium support
package is available, which includes access to information and
assistance from Google experts, guaranteed response time on requests,
and escalation for critical issues.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 18th, 2005 at 5:20 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.