Riding Google's Coat Tails

Dell partners with search giant

An interesting new white paper was released by Austin-based Dell this month. The paper details how the computer maker has partnered with Google to produce an enterprise search appliance, packaged in a distinctive yellow enclosure.

Not the first such pairing, last year, Dell struck a deal to pre-load its PCs with Google's search software and to point users to a joint Google-Dell homepage. How successful these moves have been is not clear, but if nothing else Dell is able to bask in the glow of the hottest company in technology even as its own halo has dimmed. .:.