Abstract: A system for monitoring actual access to data elements in an enterprise computer network and providing associated data, the system including an at least near real time data element audit subsystem providing audit output data including at least one of a time stamp, identification of an accessor, user depository stored data regarding the accessor, accessed data element data, affected data element data, type of access operation, source IP address of access and access outcome data, in at least near real time, relating to actual access to data elements in the enterprise computer network, and an additional data providing subsystem receiving in at least near real time at least a part of the audit output data and utilizing the at least part of the audit output data for providing additional data which is not part of the audit output data.

Abstract: A system for monitoring actual access to data elements in an enterprise computer network and providing associated data, the system including an at least near real time data element audit subsystem providing audit output data including at least one of a time stamp, identification of an accessor, user depository stored data regarding the accessor, accessed data element data, affected data element data, type of access operation, source IP address of access and access outcome data, in at least near real time, relating to actual access to data elements in the enterprise computer network, and an additional data providing subsystem receiving in at least near real time at least a part of the audit output data and utilizing the at least part of the audit output data for providing additional data which is not part of the audit output data.

Abstract: A system for monitoring actual access to data elements in an enterprise computer network and providing associated data, the system including an at least near real time data element audit subsystem providing audit output data including at least one of a time stamp, identification of an accessor, user depository stored data regarding the accessor, accessed data element data, affected data element data, type of access operation, source IP address of access and access outcome data, in at least near real time, relating to actual access to data elements in the enterprise computer network, and an additional data providing subsystem receiving in at least near real time at least a part of the audit output data and utilizing the at least part of the audit output data for providing additional data which is not part of the audit output data.

Abstract: A method for indexing objects in a computerized system having an index, comprising identifying in the computerized system an at least one indexed object that meets an at least one criterion related to contents of the at least one indexed object, detecting an at least one non-indexed object having a property similar to an at least one property of the at least one indexed object that was identified, and indexing the at least one non-indexed object in the index, wherein the method is performed by the computerized system, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method for pooling objects in a computerized system having a storage for objects, comprising identifying in the computerized system objects having an at least one common metadata entity associated with the objects, and including the identified objects in a pool of objects, and a apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for exchanging data between a remote computer and a computerized system remotely connected therebetween, the remote computer having a client application and the computerized system having a storage of objects, a system housekeeping and a service operating on an at least one computer, the method comprising retrieving by the remote computer an object of the storage under the system housekeeping by interaction of the client application with the service, affecting the retrieved object at the remote computer and updating the storage with the affected object, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for filtering-out results of a search, comprising obtaining representations of objects of a computerized system identified in the computerized system in a search conducted in the a computerized system by a party, and responsive to the search, applying by the computerized system an at least one condition constructed in the computerized system and related to access of the party with respect to the objects, thereby filtering-out the representations of the objects that correspondingly comply with the at least one condition, and an apparatus configured to carry out the method.

Abstract: A system for identifying data of interest from among a multiplicity of data elements residing on multiple platforms in an enterprise, the system including background data characterization functionality characterizing the data of interest at least by at least one content characteristic thereof and at least one access metric thereof, the at least one access metric being selected from data access permissions and actual data access history and near real time data matching functionality selecting the data of interest by considering only data elements which have the at least one content characteristic thereof and the at least one access metric thereof from among the multiplicity of data elements.

Abstract: A method for enabling querying independently of a computerized system about objects thereof, comprising providing a computer linked to the computerized system with replications of entries of an index of the computerized system that comprise data derived from contents of the objects, where said entries correspond to a subset of objects that are identified as related objects, thereby enabling the computer, based on the provided replications, to query locally and independently of the computerized system about the related objects according to contents thereof, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method for modifying an icon image, comprising retrieving an original icon image of an operating system, combining the original icon image with sub-images thus forming a combined icon image, and replacing the original icon image with the combined icon image, wherein the method is performed on an at least one computerized apparatus configured to perform the method.

Abstract: A computerized method for pooling objects in a computerized system having a storage for objects, comprising identifying in the computerized system objects having an at least one common metadata entity associated with the objects, and including the identified objects in a pool of objects, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for enabling querying independently of a computerized system about objects thereof, comprising providing a computer linked to the computerized system with replications of entries of an index of the computerized system that comprise data derived from contents of the objects, where said entries correspond to a subset of objects that are identified as related objects, thereby enabling the computer, based on the provided replications, to query locally and independently of the computerized system about the related objects according to contents thereof, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for distributing indexing of objects for an enterprise, comprising providing by a computer to an indexing server of an enterprise index entries respective to at least one object of the computer that was indexed in the computer, thereby updating an index of the indexing server of the enterprise with respect to the at least one object of the computer, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method for managing collaboration in a computerized system, comprising repeatedly applying any one of rules defined in the computerized system pertaining to objects of the computerized system, wherein the any one of the rules comprises an at least one condition concerning collaborativity of an object to which the any one of the rules pertains and the at least one condition is based on metadata of the object, by evaluating any one of conditions in the any one of the rules, thereby determining collaborativity of any one of the objects to which the any one of the rules pertains, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for indexing objects in a computerized system having an index, comprising identifying in the computerized system an at least one indexed object that meets an at least one criterion related to contents of the at least one indexed object, detecting an at least one non-indexed object having a property similar to an at least one property of the at least one indexed object that was identified, and indexing the at least one non-indexed object in the index, wherein the method is performed by the computerized system, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for a secure search in a computerized system having a storage, comprising searching for objects in the storage of the computerized system according to search criteria provided by a user wherein the criteria comprise at least one attribute of the objects, identifying objects that meet the criteria and displaying representations respective of identified objects that are accessible to the user, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method for obtaining collaboration with an object of a computerized system, comprising receiving at an owner party that owns the object a request from a requesting party employing a requesting mechanism of the computerized system to collaborate the object with a recipient party, providing by the owner party a decision to the recipient party whether to grant the recipient party to collaborate with the object, and registering, in a data construct of the computerized system, data comprising a status indicative of the decision, thereby providing for the computerized system to determine whether to allow the recipient party to collaborate with the object, wherein the method is performed on an at least one computer of the computerized system configured to perform the method, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A computerized method for managing collaboration in a computerized system, comprising repeatedly applying any one of rules defined in the computerized system pertaining to objects of the computerized system, wherein the any one of the rules comprises an at least one condition concerning collaborativity of an object to which the any one of the rules pertains and the at least one condition is based on metadata of the object, by evaluating any one of conditions in the any one of the rules, thereby determining collaborativity of any one of the objects to which the any one of the rules pertains, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for a secure search in a computerized system having a storage, comprising searching for objects in the storage of the computerized system according to search criteria provided by a user wherein the criteria comprise at least one attribute of the objects, identifying objects that meet the criteria and displaying representations respective of identified objects that are accessible to the user, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: A method for enabling querying independently of a computerized system about objects thereof, comprising providing a computer linked to the computerized system with replications of entries of an index of the computerized system that comprise data derived from contents of the objects, where said entries correspond to a subset of objects that are identified as related objects, thereby enabling the computer, based on the provided replications, to query locally and independently of the computerized system about the related objects according to contents thereof, and an apparatus for performing the same.