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Fast Search & Transfer's (FAST) Enterprise Search Platform 5 (ESP 5) is a leader in enterprise search platforms. FAST compares well across most dimensions IT should consider when buying enterprise search products. ESP 5 is particularly strong in business analyst-facing search management tools and scales efficiently to very demanding scenarios. With approximately 440 employees and growing, FAST is a threat to incumbent Autonomy and will prove tough for smaller competitors to keep pace with. FAST's strategy includes a heavy focus on OEM sales, providing a reliable revenue stream and a very large, defensible installed base. OEM partners give the technology high marks for ease of integration and extensive capabilities. FAST's product fits best as a broad, standard enterprise search platform or as a search solution for mission-critical enterprise applications, such as large-scale data and information repositories and consumer-facing applications in information-intensive industries like media and entertainment.

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