Enterprise Search

Companies are realising that search engines are becoming a major component in their total IT platform. Executives want to understand how Enterprise Search software and related applications really work inside organisations and how effective they can be in delivering their promises.

The IDC has estimated that any organisation with 1000+ information workers can expect to lose $5 million per annum in salary costs due to time wasted by employees looking for information and being unable to find it.

It is Enterprise Search Technology that will help companies eliminate that time and money wasted, enabling all employees to obtain the required information accurately and at a fraction of the time.

CXO Europe will put forward the business case behind Enterprise Search and show how it can deliver a measurable ROI to any size organisation, increasing both profitability and productivity.   

Topics under discussion 

• Cost effectiveness- measuring the ROI
• Is enterprise search dead- is dissatisfaction breeding disillusion?
• Bespoke or one size fits all?
• Acquisitions and mergers- is the niche player an endangered species?
• Open source- pleasure or pain?
• Ease of use- can an efficient system really be that user-friendly?
• Security- the need to isolate private content

Contributors

• Susan Fieldman- Research VP IDC
• Dan Vesset- Content Technician IDC
• Ken Harvey- CIO HSBC
• Boet Kriken- CIO KLM
• Paul Coby- CIO British Airways
• Al-Noor Ramji- CIO British Telecom
• John Bottega- CDO Citigroup
• Jim Marsh- CEO Cable & Wireless
• Susan Unger- CIO Daimler Chrysler
• Peter Sany- CIO Deutsche Telekom