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The Bing back-end: More on Cosmos, Tiger and Scope
By Mary Jo Foley | October 6, 2011, 8:50am PDT
Summary: Microsoft is working on increasing the performance and reliability of its Bing search engine via its Tiger, Cosmos and Scope work in its Online Services datacenters.
As part of its recent Microsoft Research roadshow, Microsoft officials talked up ?Tiger,? Bing?s next-generation index-serving platform. Tiger, jointly developed by Microsoft Research and Microsoft?s Search Technology Center in Asia, uses solid-state disk technology to improve Bing?s search performance and relevance.
(According to LiveSide, Tiger?s rollout began in August of this year and should be complete by year end.)
But there?s more to Binging than just the index server. Another key component of Microsoft?s search service is ?Cosmos.? Until recently,Cosmos was one of those Microsoft codenames that Softies hated to mention publicly. I?ve been tracking it since 2007 or so, but couldn?t get Microsoft execs to say much about it. Recently, however, Microsoft posted a number of new job openings for Bing that mentioned Cosmos, Scope and the coming indexing platform.
More to read about at:
http://www.zdnet.com...and-scope/10920
http://www.geekwire....d-tiger-project
http://www.liveside....-search-results
By Mary Jo Foley | October 6, 2011, 8:50am PDT
Summary: Microsoft is working on increasing the performance and reliability of its Bing search engine via its Tiger, Cosmos and Scope work in its Online Services datacenters.
As part of its recent Microsoft Research roadshow, Microsoft officials talked up ?Tiger,? Bing?s next-generation index-serving platform. Tiger, jointly developed by Microsoft Research and Microsoft?s Search Technology Center in Asia, uses solid-state disk technology to improve Bing?s search performance and relevance.
(According to LiveSide, Tiger?s rollout began in August of this year and should be complete by year end.)
But there?s more to Binging than just the index server. Another key component of Microsoft?s search service is ?Cosmos.? Until recently,Cosmos was one of those Microsoft codenames that Softies hated to mention publicly. I?ve been tracking it since 2007 or so, but couldn?t get Microsoft execs to say much about it. Recently, however, Microsoft posted a number of new job openings for Bing that mentioned Cosmos, Scope and the coming indexing platform.
More to read about at:
http://www.zdnet.com...and-scope/10920
http://www.geekwire....d-tiger-project
http://www.liveside....-search-results
