Information Retrieval in the Cloud

TL;DR

This paper explores how migrating IT infrastructure to the cloud affects information retrieval, focusing on distributed indexing and federated search in organizational settings, highlighting new challenges and opportunities.

Contribution

It introduces a discussion on the impact of cloud migration on distributed IR systems and federated search, emphasizing organizational implications.

Findings

Cloud migration influences IR system design and performance.

Federated search becomes more complex in cloud environments.

Organizational strategies are needed for effective cloud-based IR.

Abstract

There has been a recent trend to migrate IT infrastructure into the cloud. In this paper, we discuss the impact of this trend on searching for textual and other data, i.e. the distributed indexing and retrieval of information, from an organizational context. Keywords: information retrieval (IR); federated search; cloud search.