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		<title>Comperio Still Likes FAST ESP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arnstein Andreassen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Comperio we are proud of our history as an advanced solution provider of FAST ESP, and as the world&#8217;s largest reseller of FAST ESP software. Comperio have been a partner and solution provider in FAST ESP since 2004, from the version titled FAST Data Search (FDS) 4.0 up to and including the current version [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Comperio we are proud of our history as an advanced solution provider of <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-esp/" target="_blank">FAST ESP</a>, and as the world&#8217;s largest reseller of FAST ESP software. Comperio have been a partner and solution provider in FAST ESP since 2004, from the version titled FAST Data Search (FDS) 4.0 up to and including the current version FAST ESP 5.3, or FSIA / FSIS (Fast Search for Internal Applications and Fast Search for Internet Applications) as it’s called in the Microsoft suite.</p>
<div class="mceTemp"><a href="http://blog.comperiosearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FAST-ESP.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1007" src="http://blog.comperiosearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FAST-ESP.png" alt="FAST ESP" width="195" height="38" /></a></div>
<p>FAST ESP was, and still is, an incredibly flexible and scalable enterprise search platform and is used by customers with sophisticated search needs and a significant requirement for updating the frequency, relevance adjustments, scalability and stability. The platform has very rich semantic and linguistic characteristics, and a wide range of connectors to the underlying systems, and connection points which can search and present relevant content adapted to the users context and device. These features generate revenue and/ or reduce costs for more than 2,600 customers worldwide that use or have used the FAST ESP platform.</p>
<p>FAST Search and Transfer was acquired by Microsoft in 2007. Following the acquisition, it became clear that FAST ESP will not be continuing as an independent cross-platform search engine. FAST ESP will however, exist in <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&amp;alpha=fast&amp;Filter=FilterNO" target="_blank">mainstream support until 2013</a> (2015 for customers with a License Grant), and extended support on all OS platforms until 2018 (2020 for License Grant customers).</p>
<p>During this period it is possible and safe to use and even develop new services on the FAST ESP search engine. Our team of <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/services/ams/" target="_blank">Application Management Services</a> (AMS) consultants have extensive experience in the FAST and FAST ESP platform – many of them formerly worked in consultancy, support or services in Fast Search and Transfer / Microsoft.</p>
<p>While Comperio&#8217;s AMS services can customise and sustain stable operation of customers on the FAST ESP platform, we also actively advise on search strategy, design, solution architecture and new search technology, as needs and technology evolve.</p>
<p>Our long-term plan with <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/comperio-front/" target="_blank">Comperio Front</a> has been making customers less dependent on the underlying search engine, and the situation with FAST ESP shows that this has been a good strategy. For our customers with Comperio Front, we are now able to provide effective transitions to new technology platforms, as well as new corporate business models, and the search engine&#8217;s position as an information hub are preserved in Comperio Front.</p>
<p>When it comes to transitions to new technologies post the FAST ESP era, more choices and opportunities are opening up. For many traditional FAST ESP customers in e-commerce, catalog, classified ads and media, FAST for SharePoint is not necessarily a natural choice straight away, especially if they use anything other than Microsoft technology. Comperio has experience and dialogue with several customers on the transition to open source platforms and cloud services such as Solr, Elasticsearch, Amazon Cloud Search and also Google Custom Search &#8211; when called for.</p>
<p>That said, Microsoft plans to further use the advanced capabilities of FAST in their products, both in Office/SharePoint/Exchange/Office365, as well as in its search engine on the internet &#8211; Bing. Microsoft&#8217;s release of <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-search/" target="_blank">FAST Search for SharePoint 2010</a> is an example of this and the next generation of Microsoft products will show this more clearly. For many FAST ESP customers in the business market, it is natural to follow this path, as long as it is possible to build the solutions they want. And this is also where Comperio Front comes in, as a building block to make it possible to customize the search based solutions in SharePoint in a flexible manner.</p>
<p>Microsoft&#8217;s development team for search, or FAST R&amp;D department, is based in Torggata, Oslo, and works closely with both the Bing and the Microsoft Office Division development teams.<br />
With Comperio’s close affiliation from a geographical, historical and technical perspective, we continue to follow the FAST / Microsoft team in their development (and vice-versa) with technical and strategic dialogue constantly held.</p>
<p>But above anything else, we want to help our clients to great search experiences!</p>
<p>You can learn more about FAST ESP at <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-esp/" target="_blank">http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-esp/</a> and go to <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com" target="_blank">www.comperiosearch.com</a> to see other products and services offered by Comperio.</p>
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		<title>Vi liker fremdeles FAST ESP</title>
		<link>http://blog.comperiosearch.com/blog/2012/07/27/vi-liker-fremdeles-fast-esp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arnstein Andreassen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vi i Comperio er stolte av vår historikk som avansert løsningsleverandør på FAST ESP, og som verdens største reseller av FAST ESP software. Comperio har vært partner og løsningsleverandør på FAST ESP siden 2004, fra versjonen med navn FAST Data Search (FDS) 4.0 opp til og med dagens versjon FAST ESP 5.3, eller FSIA/FSIS (Fast [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vi i Comperio er stolte av vår historikk som avansert løsningsleverandør på <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-esp/" target="_blank">FAST ESP</a>, og som verdens største reseller av FAST ESP software. Comperio har vært partner og løsningsleverandør på FAST ESP siden 2004, fra versjonen med navn FAST Data Search (FDS) 4.0 opp til og med dagens versjon FAST ESP 5.3, eller FSIA/FSIS (Fast Search for Internal Applications og Fast Search for Internet Applications) som det heter i Microsoft drakt.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.comperiosearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FAST-ESP.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1007" src="http://blog.comperiosearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FAST-ESP.png" alt="FAST ESP" width="195" height="38" /></a></p>
<p>FAST ESP var og er fremdeles en utrolig fleksibel og skalerbar enterprise search platform og blir brukt av kunder med avanserte søkebehov og ekstreme behov for oppdateringshyppighet, relevansjusteringer, skalerbarhet og stabilitet. Plattformen har meget rike semantiske og lingvistiske egenskaper, og et stort utvalg av connectorer til underliggende systemer, samt tilkoblingspunkter for å kunne søke og presentere relevant innhold tilpasset brukerens kontekst og device. Disse egenskapene er inntektskilde og kostnadsreduserende faktor for mer enn 2600 kunder verden over som benytter eller har benyttet FAST ESP plattformen.</p>
<p>FAST Search and Transfer ble kjøpt av Microsoft I 2007. Etter oppkjøpet er det etter hvert blitt klart at FAST ESP ikke blir videreført som selvstendig crossplattform søkemotor. FAST ESP vil imidlertid eksistere i <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&amp;alpha=fast&amp;Filter=FilterNO" target="_blank">mainstream support fram til 2013</a> (2015 for kunder med en Licence Grant), og extended support på alle OS plattformer fram til 2018 (2020 for License Grant kunder).</p>
<p>I denne perioden er det fullt mulig og trygt å benytte og til og med utvikle nye tjenester på FAST ESP søkemotor. Vårt team av <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/services/ams/" target="_blank">Application Management Services</a>  (AMS) konsulenter har lang fartstid fra FAST og med FAST ESP plattformen., og har blant annet jobbet med konsulenttjenster, AMS og support internt hos Fast Search and Transfer/Microsoft. Samtidig som vi med våre AMS tjenester kan oppretteholde stabil drift av din FAST ESP plattform, vil vi være aktive rådgivere og løsningsarktekter over på en ny søketeknologi ettersom behovene melder seg.</p>
<p>Vår langsiktige plan med <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/comperio-front/" target="_blank">Comperio Front</a> har vært å gjøre våre kunder mindre avhengige av underliggende søkemotor, og situasjonen med FAST ESP viser at dette har vært en god anbefaling. For våre kunder med Comperio Front er vi nå i stand til å tilby effektive  overganger til nye teknologiplattformer, samtidig som bedriftens forretningslogikk og søkemotorens posisjon som  informasjonsnav er ivaretatt i Comperio Front.</p>
<p>Når det gjelder overgangene til nye teknologier i en etter FAST ESP- era er det flere valg og muligheter som åpner seg. For mange tradisjonelle FAST ESP kunder innen ehandel, katalog, rubrikk og media er ikke FAST for Sharepoint nødvendigvis er et naturlig valg for øyeblikket, spesielt ikke dersom man ellers benytter noe annet enn Microsoft teknologi. Comperio har erfaring og dialog med flere kunder om overgang til opensource plattformer og Cloudtjenester som Solr, Elasticsearch og Amazon Cloudsearch, og også Google Custom Search, alt etter behov.</p>
<p>Når dette er sagt er Microsoft&#8217;s plan framover å bruke de avanserte egenskapene til FAST i sine produkter videre, både for kontorstøtte i Office/Sharepoint/Exchange/Office365, så vel som i sin søkemotor på internett – Bing. Microsofts release av <a href="http://www.comperiosearch.com/products/fast-search/" target="_blank">FAST Search for Sharepoint 2010</a> er et eksempel på dette, og neste generasjons Microsoft produkter vil vise dette enda tydeligere. For mange FAST ESP kunder i bedriftsmarkedet er det naturlig å følge dette sporet, så lenge det er mulig å bygge de løsningene man ønsker. Og også her er kommer Comperio Front inn som en byggestein for å gjøre det mulig å tilpasse søkebaserte løsninger i Sharepoint på en fleksibel måte.</p>
<p>Microsofts utviklingsteam for søk er lokalisert med basis i FAST R&amp;D avdeling i Torggata Oslo, og samarbeider tett med så vel Bing som Microsoft Office sine utviklingsteam. Med vår nære tilknytning, geografisk, historisk og teknisk fortsetter Comperio å følge FAST/Microsoft i deres videre utvikling, og vårt Microsoft team er hele tiden i Front med det nye som leveres fra Microsoft.</p>
<p>Men først av alt ønsker vi å hjelpe våre kunder til gode søkeopplevelser!</p>
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