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The Enterprise Search Report 2008 looks at... Project Costs

"Enterprise search costs have "sticker shock" when changes require an entry-level search system to be upgraded to a more robust installation. The simple graph below illustrates the typical cost curve when projects jump in scale and complexity. The values used are those experience shows are median costs; that is, where baseline costs for each "size" search implementation begins. Stated another way, the lowest costs for an enterprise search typically begin at these cost points:

  • Small -- Start at $10,000 and tend toward higher costs;
  • Medium -- Start at $100,000 and tend toward higher costs;
  • Large -- Start at $1 million and tend toward higher costs.
  • "
    (p. 39)

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    Janus Boye, Contributing Analyst

    Janus Boye

    Janus Boye is author of the Enterprise Portals Report and a contributor to The Web CMS Report and the Enterprise Social Software Report. He is managing director of J. Boye, a vendor-neutral consultancy based in Denmark. Janus is also the chair of jboye08, an annual web and portals conference. Janus has previously worked at an enterprise CMS vendor in various roles with clients across Europe.

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