Whit Andrews

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Whit Andrews
VP Distinguished Analyst
10 years at Gartner
14 years IT industry

Whit Andrews is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner Research. Mr. Andrews covers information access technologies, including enterprise search, and maintains the information access technology Magic Quadrant with Rita Knox. He is also a significant contributor to e-discovery… .Read Full Bio

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Bing’s Biggest Impact Yet? Getting the Conversation Started

by Whit Andrews  |  June 19, 2009  |  Comments Off

If Bing does nothing else but boost the ampage around “conversational” search, it will be enough of a victory for me to be delighted it’s there. This blog entry detailing a Google exec’s gracious consideration of the search newcomer’s strength is delightful, and even lacks what would have been the justifiable reflection that Google, with its “related search” autoclusters and pocket-door navigational aid was already headed in this direction. (Mind you, being the steward of the best-known interface on the planet is no small responsibility, and threatens to trigger paralysis in even the finest user design guru. Ask David Shen, who faced many such a challenge.)

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