Christopher Even on SharePoint Search

SharePoint has built in functionality to index Lotus Notes content, but unfortunatly it has many shortcomings for the Enterprise. Before you exhust many cycles trying to get the built in connector working, you should educate yourself on all the features and functionality to determine if it meets your needs.

BA-insight has released a connector that meets all of the customer demands for searching notes. Some key points are that they fully honor security from group level security, to filters, to reader fields which the MS one does not. They also give granular control of the metadata mappings like title.

See a comparison full comparison matrix: http://www.ba-insight.com/collateral/notesfeaturematrix.pdf

Their UI product give an enhanced view of the Notes results also, by expanding out the list of attachments and showing a real time preview of each one.

They are giving on online webinar this Thursday (2/26/2009) at 12 noon EST which is open to the public: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/730057510

Request more information: Online Request Form

Read the press release here:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-10NewEnterpriseSearchPR.mspx

Basically in Office 14 Fast will be included with the Enterprise CAL (with some additional costs for servers and most likely some consulting requirements).

More importantly they are not ripping out the current platform search bits, so there should be a straightforward upgrade path from MOSS 07 and no loss of investments in current technologies.

While many businesses are scaling back and shedding resources in response to this global economic crisis, BA-Insight proves that success can exist even in the worst of times. They continue to grow and expand, adding international offices and resources. See  http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/01/31/ba-insight-triples-in-2008/

It makes sense though, organizations, fueled by the need to make the most of their existing infrastructure and assets, are beginning to realize that they already own an enterprise class search system. Why struggle with the additional hardware, training, and costs of Autonomy, Fast, Coveo and others, and then still need to figure out how to integrate with your SharePoint portal?

 A high end UI and connectivity to existing Line of Business systems are the only missing components to complete the SharePoint search solution and this is what BA-Insight provides.

Contact BA-Insight for more information about their offerings at http://ba-insight.net or directly submit a request for information or quote here:  Online Request Form

Longitude Enterprise Connectors for MOSS and MS Search Server 2008

Security: All of the connectors fully map and honor security of the source system with Full AD mapping and synchronization.

Extensibility: Pull and combine metadata from multiple systems to extend your searchable record

Control: Wizards and a flexible administration site provide granular control of indexing, including ability to format and replace metadata on the fly.

Enterprise Connector Listing:

·         Exchange Mailbox Stores – for desktop search replacement or discovery.

·         Documentum – now you can retain your full security mappings.

·         Lotus Notes – flexible and fully secure alternative.

·         Hummingbird – highly customizable.

·         WorkSite – documents and metadata combined with security.

·         SAP – yes, you can now index SAP data securely.

·         Enterprise Vault – unlock your archives to Enterprise Search.