Google Mini Integrated Solution Now Offers Secure Search for Businesses of All Sizes

January 31, 2007; 08:04 AM
Google announced that the Google Mini(1) now offers sophisticated search features for finding and sharing information within small businesses and departmental groups, including document and user-level security, as well as access to any business content through Google Onebox for Enterprise(2).

“When the Google Mini was introduced two years ago, it set a new standard for sophisticated search features in a small, simple and affordable appliance,” said Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager, Google Enterprise. “As search becomes more critical to businesses of all sizes, we continue to add even more sophisticated search features that, until now, had only been available to large businesses.”

Starting at just $1995, the new Google Mini introduces:

-- Secure Search
   Specially enhanced to support the information-sharing needs inside
   of small businesses and departmental workgroups, the Google Mini
   offers document and user-level security across all business
   content. Google's access control capabilities integrate with
   existing security systems, ensuring that employees can access only
   information they are authorized to view.

-- Google OneBox for Enterprise
   Introduced last year as part of the Google Search Appliance(TM)(3),
   the Google OneBox for Enterprise feature lets businesses provide
   secure access to any information - such as contact and calendar
   info, HR benefits, sales leads, or purchase order status - through
   the convenience of a Google(TM) search box.

   Google OneBox for Enterprise is a feature developed in partnership
   with some of the world's leading enterprise application vendors.
   With Google OneBox for Enterprise, employees can search across a
   greater variety of corporate information stored in such business
   systems as Business Objects, Cognos, Cisco, Employease, Microsoft
   Exchange, Netsuite, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SAP, SAS, and others.
   Organizations can also create OneBox modules to access applications
   built in-house.

-- Site Search Improvements
   Site administrators can now link the Google Mini search results
   page with Google Analytics(TM)(4) to provide more detailed
   information about how people use search on their site in order to
   improve the overall site experience. The new Google Mini also
   automatically generates sitemaps - allowing webmasters to expose
   more public content for crawling and indexing by Google.com.

The Google Mini is offered in versions that search from 50,000 up to 300,000 documents, includes a year of support and is available for purchase online. Thousands of small-business customers already rely on the Google Mini to provide fast and relevant search results for their businesses. To learn more about the new Google Mini, please visit http://mini.google.com.

About Google Inc.

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

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1 The Google Mini™ is an integrated hardware and software product designed to help your organization make the most of its digital assets.

2 Google Onebox for Enterprise is a front-end search capability that lets businesses provide secure access to any information through the convenience of a Google™ search box.

3 The Google Search Appliance™ is an integrated hardware and software product designed to give businesses the productivity-enhancing power of Google search.

4 Google Analytics™ is a webmaster tool that delivers detailed information on how people search and interact with an organization’s site. This information allows webmasters to improve the overall site experience.