Google enters Australian enterprise market

22.06.2006
Over four years after launching its first enterprise search appliance in the U.S., Google has announced the availability of the two server products in Australia.

The Google Search Appliance and Google Mini allow businesses to use the company's search technology across internal content, including file servers, databases, business applications, and Web sites.

Google also announced the availability of the OneBox feature of the Google Search Appliance which allows employees to access real-time information from enterprise sources, like CRM, ERP, and BI systems.

ChannelWorx has been appointed as the distributor for Google Enterprise products in Australia and New Zealand and services provider BearingPoint has launched a search solutions practice for enterprise customers.

Google enterprise product manager Kevin Gough said the appliances continuously indexes corporate information based on how frequently it is accessed, and the search results can be customized into home-grown Web applications.

"Google OneBox for Enterprise gives a human interface to enterprise information," Gough said. "The search appliance makes CRM, CMS and the world's information accessible from one box."