Google released a desktop search product for businesses late Tuesday, reports Reuters. Its aim is to help workers more quickly search the web, their hard drives and email inboxes, and info on corporate intranets. The business edition of desktop search is based on Google's consumer product but includes features for business users.

The free software is integrated with Google's Search Appliance and Mini - which search company intranets - and Lotus Notes, IBM's business email system. All of the data that is indexed and stored on its enterprise desktop search product is encrypted for security reasons.

Microsoft, which officially launched its desktop search offering this week, said it would offer it to enterprises as well.