Yesterday, Google announced they would be slashing the price of its Google Mini search appliance, while increasing its search capacity by half.
Designed for the small business owner, the Google Mini appliance can now index and search up 100,000 documents, and the device is available for $2995, which is lower than it was when it initially launched.
Google issued a release for the mini search appliance upgrade, which says:
“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 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 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, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, consulting firms, 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 theyre already familiar with,” said John Neubauer, Legal Administrator for Blitman & King LLP. “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 also performed the same procedure on their entry-level Search Appliance, which now offers search of up to 500,000 documents (more than three times the previous search capacity), and costs $30,000. This includes hardware, software, and two years of customer support.
For more information on the Google Search Appliance, visit the the device’s page.
Chris Richardson is a search engine writer and editor for Murdok. Visit Murdok for the latest search news.
