Comparing
and Evaluating the Google Search Appliance
This one-day
class introduces managers, decision makers,
and technical personnel to Google's enterprise
search initiatives. The class teaches the
fundamentals of Google's approach to
enterprise search, reviews the strengths and
weaknesses of the Google Appliance and the
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise approach
to search, compares Google's enterprise
solutions with other leading enterprise search
engines; and gives participants a hands-on
opportunity to run test searches, change
indexing schedules, and perform basic system
functions.
Price: $450.00
GSA Price: $450.00
Course Prerequisites
This course is for people who are new to
Google's enterprise search tools, or are
evaluating the use or impact of such tools in
their organization. No prior experience with
enterprise search is required.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be
able to:
Understand how enterprise search differs from
Web search;
Recognize how Google's enterprise tools
compare with tools from other vendors; and
Configure and optimally use Google's Desktop
Search for Enterprise application;
Understand and recognize the legal, security,
and privacy implications of Google's
enterprise search tools; and Identify changes
in future releases of Google's enterprise
search tools.
Course Outline
How do Search
Engines Work on the Web and in the Enterprise
What is a
spider, crawler or robot
What does a
crawler look for on a page
Unit 1: Google and Enterprise Search
How Google has redefined search
The Googleplex: Google's technical framework
for its applications
Google's redundant and self-replicating
designs
Google's capture and use of information
Understanding Google's "phone home" approach
to its products and services
Unit 2: Google's Approach to Enterprise
Search
What Is Enterprise Search?
Differentiating Google's approach to
enterprise search
Examining the Google technical framework
Introducing Google's enterprise hardware
product line
Introducing Google's Desktop Search for
Enterprise software
Unit 3: Google Desktop Search for
Enterprise
Getting oriented to the user interface
Key features and basic functions
Comparing Desktop Search for Enterprise and
the Appliance
Installing the enterprise search solutions
Selecting the set up options
Re-indexing and index updating processes
Advantages & disadvantages of the Desktop
Search for Enterprise
Hands on: Installing Desktop Search for
Enterprise and indexing against a test body of
information.
Hands on: Running test queries with Desktop
Search for Enterprise.
Unit 4: The Google Search Appliance
Pricing model for the Appliance
Basic functions of the Appliance
Appliance strengths and weaknesses
Web site indexing with the Appliance
Intranet indexing with the Appliance
Unit 5: Licensing, Privacy, and Security
Basic structure of a Google license agreement
Privacy aspects of a Google search system
Security considerations related to a Google
search system
Security and privacy checklist for the Google
Appliance
Unit 6: Google Enterprise Search Versus Others
Comparing the Google Appliance and Desktop
Search Enterprise with Autonomy, Endeca, FAST
Search & Transfer, and Verity
Cost factors related to enterprise search
systems
Identifying Google enterprise search
requirements
Unit 7: Looking Ahead
Changes to the Google Appliance in the next
release
Changes to the Desktop Search Enterprise in
the next release
Putting Google's enterprise search into the
context of other Google products and services
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