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In a move that could potentially mean trouble for Google, Facebook has granted Bing with access to information from its 500+ million user profiles. Adding a social layer to Microsoft's engine marks both sizable expansion for the two giants as well as profound change to the way we search. 

Recently, we took a look at records management in SharePoint in which we cited research from AIIM that showed spending on records management is set for a major increase. That research has now been published and shows that while records management is a major concern for enterprises, the real bad boy in records management is email management.

Endeca Latitude is a new Business Intelligence (BI) product from Endeca Technologies (news, site) aiming to provide organizations with the ability to not only find the information they’re looking for, but to also understand it -- and make intelligent daily decisions based on that.

The slow drip feed of information about the release of Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 ERP has started with Microsoft (news, site) announcing that it will be released in English in the US and Canada in the second quarter of next year.

The folks at Lucid Imagination (news, site) announced this week the release of LucidWorks Enterprise, a new search solution aimed at those limited by commercial search engines.

With the recent release of v7.0 of its M-Files document management software, Motive Systems (news, site) has upgraded in such a way as to make Outlook management considerably easier, as well as adding improved search and workflows.

gShift Labs (news, site), providers of the SaaS-based tool called Web Presence Optimizer (which aims to do exactly what it sounds like it aims to do) recently integrated WordStream Keyword Research. The addition provides even more ways to optimize webpages and improve organic search engine rankings. 

"Consumption environment" was what many excitedly called the new Twitter when it hit the ground running earlier this month. Little did we know that Qwiki, this year's winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt battlefield, was about to take information consumption beyond embedded photos and videos.  

Google offers free check-in devices, edit Office docs on your Android, manage Outlook mail with M-Files and get better local searchability.

Bridgeline (news, site) updates iAPPS to version 4.5 with improved search and commerce features for better business.

In early September they told us it was going to happen, and now it has. eZ Systems (news, site) has just released eZ Publish 4.4 Enterprise. Let's have a look at what's new and improved.

As the mobile channel’s audience has progressed from early adopters to the mainstream, many businesses are now providing mobile experiences for their users. The shifting momentum from desktop experiences to mobile has forced many online managers to stretch themselves into understanding this additional channel’s nuances and how to design mobile optimized user experiences (UX). Here's a look at how Usability Testing can help and how it's different from testing for the desktop.

For some search engines, it’s about recovery, not discovery. But for Sophia, provider of enterprise search products and software, discovery is a priority.
 

 A little funding news for your Monday afternoon. BA-Insight, provider of enterprise search solutions built on Microsoft technologies, have secured a tidy sum of US$ 6 million in funding.

Do you ever find yourself wondering why it's easier to find content on the internet than in your own organization? Maybe you need a Findability Strategy. Here's a look at how you can define yours.