IBM is taking its search business far and wide with a new version of the OmniFind Enterprise Edition tool that lets users search portals, databases, file systems and the public internet.

The latest release provides a dashboard for searching and analysing Lotus Domino deployments, including attachments and IBM is also offering new search capabilities for WebSphere clients and Workplace web content management systems.

IBM said that as well as bringing powerful search, OmniFind can also be used as the basis for text analytics.

Separately, IBM said its free enterprise search tool, OmniFind Yahoo Edition has won the support of add-in providers.

These include Axioma Search’s Corporate Searcher tool that is designed to improve relevance. Its post-search results search tool uses clustering and context analysis to drill down on users' needs and interests.

Groxis has extended its Grokker platform to work with OmniFind Yahoo Edition to support queries into subscription content sites and categorise results. TnR Global’s ESearch lets firms build enterprise search facilities into sites based on the open-source Joomla content management system. TnR said that this would allow simpler customisation.

Fortune Interactive’s Featured Match add-on can learn from previous searches and tailor results accordingly.