Microsoft gives away enterprise search

InternetNews | at | by Mike

Microsoft is doing for business search what competitors already do for consumer search: giving tools away for free.

The company today announced Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, which is based on Office SharePoint Server 2007 technology.

"The new Search Server Express is core to our strategy to broaden the appeal of search solutions to end users and developers," Kirk Koenigsbauer, general manager of Microsoft's SharePoint Business Group, said in a statement. "Businesses can have Search Server Express up and running in as little as 30 minutes, delivering secure, relevant results to their users at no charge and with the flexibility to run the solution on their own hardware."