Kazeon mind-melds with Google Data classification startup Kazeon Systems Inc. announced a joint product with search engine powerhouse Google that will integrate Kazeon's Information Server1200 with Google's OneBox. Each box will have a module that can read data from the other's search results, so that users can be presented with both sets of results in the same interface. (Kazeon's server searches within the storage infrastructure, while Google's OneBox generally searches the Internet and Web servers only). The boxes will remain separate, and users need both boxes in order to use this feature, according to Kazeon's vice president of product marketing Troy Toman.
"We had some mutual customers who wanted us to add this functionality," he said.
Previously, Google had announced a similar-sounding partnership with Kazeon competitor StoredIQ (See
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Google to enter data classification market, Sept. 21, 2005). According to Kevin Smith, partner program manager, Google Enterprise, the announcement with Kazeon doesn't mean StoredIQ is out.
"Both Kazeon and StoredIQ are in the Google Enterprise Professional program," Smith said. "The program is not exclusive, so competitors could potentially be in the program, but partners do tend to have different areas of focus. Kazeon focuses more on complementing Google search with its own storage search, while StoredIQ focuses more specifically on compliance issues."
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