OSC integrated with our team for a critical project, and it was certainly one of the most successful projects ever here. Their introduction of Agile and Scrum methodologies had a lasting effect on our development team and allowed the business real-time visibility.

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Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server Book Cover

OSC Principal Eric Pugh co-authored the book on Solr. The second edition Apache Solr 3.0 Enterprise Search Server; covering releases through 3.4 is now available.

5% of all book sales go to the Apache Software Foundation; as a result, in partnership with Packt Publishing, we are one of the largest contributors to the Foundation.

News

  • OpenSource Connections Adds Site Search Analytics Service

    At OpenSource Connections, we strongly believe that search is not simply a matter of installing a search engine, putting in a search box, and forgetting about it. Yet, that’s what we find most site owners do, and when they do that, they leave the door open to customer dissatisfaction and lost revenue opportunities. That’s why
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  • Scott Stults Discusses Value of Solr Certification Exam

    OSC’s Scott Stults and Michael Herndon are currently at Lucene Revolution and Scott was interviewed by CMSWire about the value of getting a Solr certification. You can watch his interview at the CMSWire coverage of day 1 of Lucene Revolution. OSC principal Eric Pugh took part in developing the Solr certification test with Lucid Imagination.
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  • Jason Hull Featured Discussing Solr and OpenSource Connections on Veterans Affairs Blog

    Jason Hull discusses OpenSource Connections’ participation in the National Veteran Small Business Conference and how their move to focus primarily on Solr affects the business on the latest VAntage Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. You can read the article here.

Blog

  • An Introduction to Results Utility Positioning

    When a user enters in a search query and is taken to a search engine results page, then the probability of clicking on a result is a function of three items: The density of the searched for terms found in the search snippet. Ideally, these are somehow highlighted – a different color, italics, bolding –
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  • OSC Launches http://www.smallbizcontracting.com

    At OpenSource Connections, we focus on solving the search problems that others face. One of the problems that we have noticed is that tools for U.S. government acquisition officers are poor at best. The SBA’s Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) and Central Contractor Registry (CCR) only provide the scantest of information to an acquisition officer
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  • Talking Solr in Las Vegas, February 22, 2012 7:00 PM

    Do you like Solr? Live in Las Vegas? Are you going to be in Vegas on Wednesday, February 22, 2012? Like free dinner? If this sounds like you, then join Eric Pugh and John Berryman at Mundo, 495 S. Grand Central Pkwy. A-116, Las Vegas, NV 89106 at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
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