Industry Leaders Adopt Google Corporate Search Products

Boeing, Cisco, PBS.org, National Semiconductor, Sur La Table, and University of Florida use Google Search Appliance to Connect Customers and Employees with Products and Information

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 17, 2002 – Google Inc., today announced that leading aerospace, technology, broadcasting, retail and educational institutions have adopted the Google Search Appliance to enable employees and customers to find products and information within corporate intranets and websites. The growing list of Google Search Appliance customers includes The Boeing Company, Cisco Systems, PBS.org, National Semiconductor Corp., Sur La Table, the University of Florida and others.

"The Google Search Appliance delivers high-quality search results and enables our employees to quickly find the information they need to make better decisions," said Bill Corley, manager of Intranet Technology at National Semiconductor. "With our old search engine, users would have done several searches to find the right document and with Google they often find what they need on the first try. Our employees love Google because it helps them be more productive."

The Google Search Appliance is an integrated hardware/software solution that extends the power of Google.com to corporate intranets and web servers. Below are examples of how National Semiconductor and others have quickly deployed the Google Search Appliance.

  • National Semiconductor, a leader in the microelectronic circuits industry, uses the Google Search Appliance to power its global intranet search services, providing employees with immediate access to a wide range of information, including engineering design, marketing, and corporate planning documents.
  • The University of Florida purchased the Google Search Appliance to power search services for its website, enabling students, faculty, staff and others to quickly find course curricula, research and other school information.
  • Sur La Table, a premier store, mail order and e-commerce kitchenware company offering top quality cookware and hard-to-find kitchen tools, deployed the Google Search Appliance on its website to help customers search Sur La Table’s wide array of products and make informed purchasing decisions.

Additional Google Search Appliance customers include the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada); FindLaw, the most popular legal website; Vitria, a provider of innovative integration solutions; Omron Electronics; the Standards Council of Canada; and Wesleyan University.

"The Google Search Appliance addresses the growing demand for accurate and cost-effective search solutions," said Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s vice president of Product Development. "Google is helping a wide variety of corporations save time and money by enabling them to quickly deploy powerful search services behind the corporate firewall."

The Google Search Appliance comes in two versions: GB-1001 for departments and medium-size companies and the GB-8008 for large corporations. It is offered on a try-before-you-buy basis that enables customers to evaluate the product for four weeks before making a final purchase decision. Google Search Appliance pricing starts at $28,000 including two years of support and software updates. More information can be found on the web at www.google.com/appliance.

About Google Inc.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine’s Reader Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor’s Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including America Online, Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony and its affiliates, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at www.google.com.

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