Google Inc. has improved its enterprise Search Appliance so that it can now index documents that aren’t accessible via the Web protocol HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), thus significantly expanding the range of data the product can search for and retrieve. Google plans to announce the improvement Thursday. Google will also begin shipping Thursday a simpler and less expensive version of the Search Appliance, called Google Mini, that is designed for use by small and medium-size businesseses, whose enterprise search needs Google believes are grossly underserved. For details click here