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search tool eganders 09-29-2006
`--> Re: search tool Hilary Cotter09-29-2006
Posted by eganders on September 29, 2006, 12:09 pm
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I am looking for an indexed file search tool that can be used to search
key words on my desktop and my personal network drive ONLY. I want to
be able to use key words, exclude words, search on phrases, search on
words that match the case I type in, etc.

I don't want to use the "free" search tools like Copernic and Google
Desktop search, because they have problems that concern the IT people.
There are search tools like ISYS which would be the type of product I
would be interested in, but ISYS is very costly (something over $1,000
when I last checked). I would say that a tool like this might
ultimately be worth that amount as far as time savings is concerned,
but realistically, I would like to spend no more than about $300 for a
single user license.

Here is a link to ISYS to show an example of the type of product I am
interested in:

http://www.isys-search.com/products/pricing.html

I used Copernic and Google Desktop search (both had limited search
functions and security issues). My use for this tool extends from
looking for files that I have lost to doing document research through
hundreds of Word documents, PDFs, text files, etc for research
projects.

Any ideas.


Posted by Hilary Cotter on September 29, 2006, 1:52 pm
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What about Indexing Services, its programmatic interface is completely
exposed.

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Hilary Cotter
Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.

This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
positions, strategies or opinions.

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Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com



>I am looking for an indexed file search tool that can be used to search
> key words on my desktop and my personal network drive ONLY. I want to
> be able to use key words, exclude words, search on phrases, search on
> words that match the case I type in, etc.
>
> I don't want to use the "free" search tools like Copernic and Google
> Desktop search, because they have problems that concern the IT people.
> There are search tools like ISYS which would be the type of product I
> would be interested in, but ISYS is very costly (something over $1,000
> when I last checked). I would say that a tool like this might
> ultimately be worth that amount as far as time savings is concerned,
> but realistically, I would like to spend no more than about $300 for a
> single user license.
>
> Here is a link to ISYS to show an example of the type of product I am
> interested in:
>
> http://www.isys-search.com/products/pricing.html
>
> I used Copernic and Google Desktop search (both had limited search
> functions and security issues). My use for this tool extends from
> looking for files that I have lost to doing document research through
> hundreds of Word documents, PDFs, text files, etc for research
> projects.
>
> Any ideas.
>



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