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racing ahead in the fast lane.
Byline: Mark Chillingworth
racing ahead in the fast lane
With things hotting up in the global enterprise search market, Mark Chillingworth braves heavy snow and temperatures of -11C to visit Fast's headquarters in Oslo
and grill senior management on current developments
Over the past three years, plucky Norwegian upstart Fast Search & Transfer has been building up a profile as a big beast in the enterprise search market.
IT analyst Gartner Group ranked the company as a leader in its report on information access technology in October 2005, putting it alongside Autonomy, Verity and Endeca as a pace-setter in the sector. Verity has since been consumed by the rapidly growing British supplier Autonomy.
In their report, the Gartner analysts
- FAST Acquires AltaVista Enterprise Search Business.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 17, 2003 700+ words
...plans to integrate the AltaVista enterprise search technology with FAST Data Search. As FAST continues...Deutsche Telecom) currently use FAST's powerful enterprise search technology solutions. FAST operates globally with offices...
- REPEAT/FAST Acquires AltaVista Enterprise Search Business.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 17, 2003 700+ words
...plans to integrate the AltaVista enterprise search technology with FAST Data Search. As FAST continues...Deutsche Telecom) currently use FAST's powerful enterprise search technology solutions. FAST operates globally with offices...
- FAST Holds First Annual Gathering of Search Thought Leaders and Innovators at...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 31, 2004 700+ words
...FAST Thinking Awards' in recognition of deploying the most innovative applications of enterprise search technology. The FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP) allowed these companies to find new ways to attack existing or new business demands...
- FAST Holds First Annual Gathering of Search Thought Leaders and Innovators at...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 31, 2004 700+ words
...FAST Thinking Awards' in recognition of deploying the most innovative applications of enterprise search technology. The FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP) allowed these companies to find new ways to attack existing or new business demands...
- FAST Holds First Annual Gathering Of Search Thought Leaders And Innovators At...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 31, 2004 700+ words
...Most Innovative Business Applications of Enterprise Search Technology Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), the...applications of enterprise search technology. The FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP) allowed these companies to find new...
- FAST Enables Independent Software Vendors to Develop Enterprise Search...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 29, 2005 700+ words
OSLO, Norway -- FAST Extends Enterprise Search Leadership Position with Industry's Most Comprehensive...partner's customers by leveraging the power of FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP(TM)) technology. Supporting both structured...
- FAST OFFERS ISVS OEM ENTERPRISE SEARCH ON INTEL ITANIUM 2 HP INTEGRITY SERVERS.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News October 11, 2005 700+ words
...partner's customers by leveraging the power of FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP(TM)) technology. Supporting both...Itanium(R) 2 processors, HP servers, and FAST enterprise search form a combination of best-of-breed components...
- FAST Now Offers ISVs OEM Enterprise Search on Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 11, 2005 700+ words
...partner's customers by leveraging the power of FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP(TM)) technology. Supporting both...Itanium(R) 2 processors, HP servers, and FAST enterprise search form a combination of best-of-breed components...
Source: HighBeam Research, racing ahead in the fast lane.