IBM has announced a new plug-in for its enterprise search technology, which will facilitate integration with Google Desktop for Enterprise. A free downloadable application; this will enable employees of companies to search for information on their computers.

Together with the Google Desktop for Enterprise interface, the IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition will enable finding and retrieval of varied content located on personal computers.

Google had earlier announced, that Google Desktop for Enterprise is equipped to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes mail messages stored on a local PC.

As it is, IBM's enterprise search technology enables users to access information across the enterprise, ranging from content management systems such as IBM DB2 Content Manager, EMC Documentum and FileNet, to relational databases including IBM DB2 Universal Database, Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server, etc.

The integration promises to further extend the reach of WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, through the Google Desktop for Enterprise interface, to find information on users' computers.

Dave Girouard, general manager, Google Enterprise, said, "Google Desktop for Enterprise helps users navigate the growing sea of information on their PC, including their overflowing inbox, documents, presentations, PDF files, and web pages they've visited. We're pleased IBM is integrating its search solution with Google Desktop for Enterprise, enabling its customers to use multiple software solutions to reach a broader set of enterprise data sources."

Jon Prial, vice president - content management and discovery, IBM, said, "With this announcement, we are providing IBM enterprise search customers, additional tools to help them more easily find information wherever it is, now including the desktop. WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition is the first mainstream, enterprise scale solution that enables users to search, based on concepts and facts, not just keywords, to find the exact information they are looking for across the enterprise. This, coupled with Google Desktop for Enterprise, creates a powerful search combination across the desktop and a variety of enterprise sources."

Google Desktop for Enterprise is available for download, at no cost, from http://desktop.google.com/enterprise; IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition Plug-In for Google Desktop for Enterprise, can be downloaded free of cost, from the IBM DeveloperWorks site.