Don Philmlee

While researching an article on Enterprise Search technology I had the opportunity to talk to a very smart man, John Alber, Partner-Technology of Bryan Cave. I asked him where Enterprise search technology was going.

He believes that as Enterprise Search technology matures it will likely become embedded in everything we do and become part of the background. Such improvements in search technology may also make it possible that a person will attract information.

Imagine if relevant information could actually find you and suggest itself to you when you need it, like a reminder in a calendar. Such systems would provide pertinent and germane information without any user interaction. Search could then be woven into everything we do.

John believes that in a future such as this, doing a manual search for something would be regarded as a failure of this system. For example, imagine driving a car down the road and think about how frustrating it would be to have to search the speedometer for how fast you are going.