Every other big player in enterprise social networks (ESNs) has a bloated Intranet-type platform, almost guaranteed to give employees dashboard fatigue.

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"We started enterprise search with the ability to search a company's Intranet, then added the ability to go into databases, collaboration systems, and applications, now this, " said Matthew Glotzbach, product management director for Google enterprise search.

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