The 1.2 billion dollar purchase of "FAST Search and Transfer ASA" will form a strategic base for Microsoft in the enterpsire search domain.
Fast offers Microsoft high-end enterprise search technology, complementing Microsoft's existing enterprise search tools aimed at the lower end of the market, including its Search Server products. Microsoft has said that it plans to integrate Fast's technology with SharePoint, the enterprise collaboration software product.
Microsoft is planning to hire additional 50 Norway based scientists and developers to strengthen its enterprise research base.
The Fast Innovation Center is going to strengthen competence development in the area of search and lay the foundation for new enterprises.
All-in-all, Microsoft's 'search' for a perfect enterprise search solutions seems to be headed in the right direction. Though nothing has been heard about it but Microsoft in future is likely integrate FAST search with its popular Office SharePoint Server application, which includes tools for collaboration, business intelligence, portal and content management.
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