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Fast Search & Transfer sets out strategy to beat Google. Enterprise search vendor says partnerships with publishers will deliver one-stop desktop search.
Information providers, including Reed Elsevier, will be the key to users adopting a new desktop search application from Fast Search & Transfer, the Norwegian search vendor claims.
Launching its Personal Search Platform (PSP), Fast said it hoped package deals from publishers like Elsevier would provide users with a one-stop-shop for scientific information, web and desktop search.
"We are working with partners like Elsevier to develop PSP into something they can take out to their clients," said Lee Phillips, director of intelligence solutions at Fast.
He said content providers like Elsevier had approached Fast because of the increasing media distribution power of Google.
"When users search their desktop with PSP, a behind-the-scenes agent connects you to the repositories at Elsevier, for example."
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