Gartner: Google desktop search not enterprise-ready

Published on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 By Brad Wardell In Personal Computing

Research company Gartner has issued a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Google's desktop search tool until a more robust, enterprise-ready version is released.

While the tool is potentially extremely attractive to employees, Gartner states in a recent research note, IT managers should discourage users from adopting it and instead opt for a more business-ready, secure search engine.

"We have no problem with it being used for personal use," said Gartner research director Maurene Grey. "Our concern is (that) when it is used in a corporation, we have some security and privacy issues. Google says it will collect only nonpersonal data, but in a corporation how can you monitor what's being collected?"

You can read the whole thing [Here].