Faeandar wrote:

So, since we have two people from companies in this space I'd like to
pose the competitive question:

What are your thoughts on Index Engines?



First, right now I would not see Index Engines as a direct competitor,
they are purely a search application and don't offer much in the way of
classification or policy-based data management which is needed for ILM.

Second for enterprise wide search the problem is that when I'm looking
for document X, I'd rather find it on disk than buried on a backup tape.
If I can't find it online, then I'd go backup tape. So other than as an
application for helping me keep better track of what I've backed up I
don't see much of a future for it.

Interesting technology that I suspect will get embedded in things like
VTLs and D2D disk backup appliances. I don't see it as a standalone
technology. Good acquisition candidate for somebody in that space.

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Nik Simpson