Gartner warns against Google Desktop
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Research firm Gartner has issued a public warning that businesses should avoid allowing the Google Desktop search to be installed on business machines, until more can be ascertained about the security and privacy issues involved in using it. Gartner instead suggest waiting for an Enterprise release.
According to CNet in Gartner: Google desktop search not enterprise-ready
Responding to Gartner’s comments, Dave Girouard, Google’s general manager of enterprise products, said that the tool was never intended to be an enterprise-ready application in its current incarnation and that the company is working on a more robust version for large-scale deployments.
Overall, a sensible precaution worth taking note of.
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