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Google Updates Enterprise Search Appliance

Google has updated its Search Appliance hardware for businesses, expanding capacity to up to 30 million documents and adding a number of new features. Users can now specify date ranges in their searches, as well as set price and number ranges.
The software upgrade is available to Search Appliance owners with an active support plan. All owners get access to the search query enhancements, but they have to pay extra if they want additional capacity.

The Search Appliance, introduced in 2002, is a hardware box with Google search engine software designed to index and retrieve documents stored in enterprise servers.

The base price for indexing 500,000 documents is USD 30,000, with larger models reaching six figures. Google has also added ten more languages to the Search Appliance, which now supports 16 in total. Current customers with the GB-5005 and GB-8008 can download the update from Google's support site.

The purchase of a Search Appliance includes a two-year support plan, which in turn includes software updates and telephone technical assistance.

Google also has a smaller search device called the Google Mini, aimed at departments and small and medium-size businesses, as well as an enterprise desktop search application.


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