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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
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Ground rules
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Google Search Appliance Sunsetting
Planning for Transition
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Agenda
1. Intro2. Welcome3. About MC+A4. GSA Overview: The Long Winding Road.5. Plan your Transition
a. Stepsb. Alternatives
6. Google Search Appliance Manage Services7. Q&A
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Today’s Speaker
Michael Cizmar
Managing Director
MC+A
Stephen Klava
GSA Deployment Specialist
MC+A
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About MC+AConnecting Business Intelligence.
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Leadership
Award WinningWe won the Innovation Partner of the year award from Google Search for Work.
Global CompanyOffices located in Chicago, San Francisco and Santiago Chile.
Deep experienceOver 200 search related deployment, 12 commercial content connectors & 15 years of experience in search.
TransformativeWe transform business through technology and change management. We help users find magical moments that previously did not exist.
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Our Practices
Enterprise SearchSearch should be a vital part of every business process and workflow.
Custom DevelopmentOnshore and nearshore custom application and solution development.
Analytics/Big DataIf it is worth building it should be worth measuring. Data is the new currency in the enterprise.
Change ManagementMoving from current state to future state in the enterprise, involving people, process and technology.
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GSA Overview
The Long Winding Down
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What did the GSA attempt to solve?
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Hidden in Plain Sight
In 2016...Why can’t I find what I’m looking for?
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Hidden in Plain Sight
Information Workers spend 2.5 hours a day searching for information.
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Hidden in Plain Sight
known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns and unknown knowns.
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Where we’re at today.
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Last chance to get your GSA - Enjoy 2 year sales through 2016.
GSA Introduction - First Google product for enterprises in the
market.
Goodbye GSA - No new sales. Appliances start to shut off.
No new sales - Get 1 year extensions through 2017.
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Plan your Transition
Plan early plan often
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It Starts with an Assessment
What did you aim to accomplish by implementing a Google Search Appliance
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High Level Questions for Assessment
+ How many GSA’s do we have?
+ Which part of the business owns the GSA’s?
+ Do you have resources allocated to keep them working?
+ What connectors/content sources are being indexed?
+ Deployment done with internal/external resources?
+ Are Analytics being tracked and reported?
We have an assessment guide to help
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Did your GSA initiative achieve its goals
Audit the GSA to determine what it was meant to...was it successful
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Did we achieve our goals?
+ Assess accomplishments to original goal?
+ Do you want an OEM equivalent?
+ Identified gaps that should be resolved in any migration?
Get our GSA Assessment Guide .
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The transition.
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Plan for the Future
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Wait for Google ‘Springboard’
Google’s future cloud based search solution
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Move to Cloud
Considering the opportunity of the Cloud
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Coveo Search
● In ‘Leader’ Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search● Tight integration with Salesforce and Sitecore
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Amazon CloudSearch
● Integrated with AWS● Fully Managed ● Content needs to be in AWS (Storage Gateway)
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Elastic Cloud
● Fully Managed Instance● Requires development for ingestion and UI
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On Premise Open Source
Options for On Premise
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Elastic
● Flexible Toolset Beyond Search● Requires development of ingestion and UI
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Lucidworks Fusion
● Strong development support● Security● Programmatic APIs
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Practical Recommendations
Wrapping Up
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Google Search Appliance Manage Services
Wrapping Up
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Connecting With Us
www.mcplusa.com
plus.google.com/+mcplusa @mcplusa fb.com/mcplusa Channel MC+A
linkedin.com/company/[email protected]
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