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Search Tools Product Reports
Open Text LiveLink
Livelink Intranet Product
Information
BASIS Search and Retrieval Product
Information
Price: Livelink (old pricing) $75,000 per server; clients @ $97 for each named
user
Platforms: Windows NT and Unix
LiveLink Intranet is more of a knowledge
management system for enterprise than a site search tool.
- Open Text:
A Collaboration and KM Alternative Gartner Reprints; January 23, 2001
by D. Logan, G. Landers
Compares Livelink with Microsoft, including SharePoint, and Lotus products.
Describes history of the product, which includes project management, collaboration,
group scheduling, document management and so on. See also earlier Livelink
product analysis.
- Open Text LiveLink Intranet 8 Computer Reseller News Test Center,
June 8, 1998
Longish review within a knowledge management overview notes the all-encompassing
workspace, intuitive interface making good use of drop-down menus, scalability
with multiple servers, and speed. Search features include automatic indexing,
document extract, advanced search including file attributes, term proximity,
synonyms and phonetic searching. Wins the Editor's Choice Award for document
management products.
- ServerWatch Open
Text LiveLink entry, dated March 1998, provides a feature list.