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Louisville, Kentucky - (Website Hosting Directory) - May 23, 2007 - Google's broad enterprise push and its potential future role, disclosed in two separate Google patent applications, was recently discussed by search expert, Stephen E. Arnold, at the Enterprise Search Summit in New York City.

Google's search appliance remains the centerpiece of Google's entry point into the enterprise, allowing an organization to use Google's search technology to index and find intranet documents. As such, the Google Appliance is sending shock waves through the enterprise search market, and Google's ''search appliance'' is poised to impact the traditional enterprise software market in a surprising way.

Mr. Arnold, author of ''The Google Legacy and the forthcoming Google Version 2.0: The Subtle Predator, available this summer from Infonortics Ltd.,'' remarked, ''On the surface, this is a straightforward product. But, Google's patent applications reveal a significantly broader strategy.''

The sparks for this surprising use of the Google Appliance were two patent applications, which have been given little attention in the trade press:
• US20070005568 ''Determination of a Desired Repository'', filed in June 2005 and published in January 2007
• US2007 00386616, filed on April 10, 2005, and published on February 15, 2007 as ''Programmable Search Engine''

Mr. Arnold continued, ''The Google Appliance is a junction box. It can connect one or more Google Appliances to the mothership, the Google supercomputer. Google makes available a powerful software widget, its API (applications programming interface.) The real opportunity for enterprises is to push data for Google to resell or include in their new structured data services.''

Mr. Arnold has spent more than 30 years in accessing and developing online technologies, as is the author of seven books about information technology. He is the author of more than 60 journal articles. For the last four years, he has been tracking and monitoring Google's technical innovations and monitoring the enterprise search technology of more than 50 companies competing in this market sector. He is the original author of The Enterprise Search Report, a 660-page encyclopedia of search technology, now entering its fourth edition from CMSWatch.com and The Google Legacy from Infonortics Ltd. This Google monograph was the first report to document Google's technology infrastructure and tie it to the company's ability to generate new products and outmaneuver its competitors. He funds the Evvie, an annual award for excellence in search technology. This award is presented each year at the Boston Search Engine Meeting, organized by Infonortics Ltd.

In 1993, Mr. Arnold and a partner started Point (Top 5%) of the Internet, selling that property to Lycos, Inc. in 1996. In 2000, he helped develop the plan, architecture, and security guidelines concepts for First-Gov.gov (now USA.gov), the official gateway to U.S. governmental information. He remains involved in a range of eGov initiatives through his work with a variety of governmental entities. He has assisted organizations worldwide with technology strategy related to new online and system, and software products and revenue opportunities. He is a Gerson Lehrman Group leader and an advisor to several high-technology firms.

Mr. Arnold opined, ''Together these two Google inventions make it possible to connect an Appliance into Google network of data centers. This connection makes it possible for a licensee to tap into the computational power and the applications running on Google's servers. Even more interesting is that a Google Appliance can send data to Google's servers for inclusion in new information products and charge users a fee for the access to this data. This is a dramatic technical achievement. Google won't comment on the company's plans, but the inventions give Google a potent option for increasing its presence in the enterprise.''

Information about Stephen E. Arnold's forthcoming Google Version 2.0: The Subtle Predator is available at www.infonortics.com and www.arnoldit.com.

Mr. Arnold concluded, ''Google needs billions in revenue, and the enterprise is one place to get it. Search is today's offering. Tomorrow it will be email, enterprise applications, and a wide range of innovative partnerships to help Appliance licensees leverage information more effectively.''

Mr. Arnold is President of AIT (Arnold Information Technology), an organization specializing in electronic publishing, marketing via electronic media, online system engineering, and database design. He is a frequent lecturer on topics related to enterprise search and Google, having written several books on key players in search and data mining over the last decade. Mr. Arnold is the author of six books and over 50 journal articles. In October 2004, CMSWatch.com published Stephen's 450-page 1st edition ''The Enterprise Search Report.'' This annual report profiles 27 enterprise search engines and includes management, budgeting, and technical information. His book, ''The Google Legacy,'' was published by Infonortics, Ltd. in the summer of 2005. Stephen's latest work is ''Text-Mining Report,'' which will be published by CMSWatch.com this year.Over the past 13 years, Mr. Arnold has worked provided technical, financial, and strategic support for many technology projects.

In 2006, OSS, Inc., headed by Robert David Steele, the ''father of the open source intelligence movement'' and consultant to numerous U.S. government entities and allies, awarded Stephen Arnold the OSS Platinum Lifetime Award his work in open source intelligence.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.

For more information about Mr. Arnold, please visit: www.arnoldit.com.

To learn more about Google, please visit: www.google.com.

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