Google® Power Tools Bible

Chapter 38. Introducing Enterprise Hardware

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• Learning how to use Google Search Appliance to your company’s advantage

• Discovering the features of the Google OneBox

• Seeing how Google Mini can solve data access in smaller enterprises

• Comparing the Google OneBox Search Appliance with Google Mini

• Finding out how to participate in the Google Enterprise Partner Program

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Information. We are all deluged with information on a minute-by-minute basis. Dealing with information has become a fact of life, and one we must learn to handle efficiently to be competitive in today’s business world. The key is rapid access to the right information. It’s no longer enough simply to have access to all the information, a major goal of the 1990s IT professional. It’s now important that we can put our fingertips on very specific bits of information without spending hours looking for it. Enter Google.

While businesses often use information found on the Web, and mostly through Google Web search, the information they use most on a daily basis resides in files throughout their own enterprises. Through a combination of hardware and software solutions, Google provides rapid access to business information in medium and large enterprises. Most small businesses and organizations won’t require the power offered by this solution. But enterprises the size of universities and libraries may.

To get started toward faster access to business information, check out the Google Enterprise ...