Category: Opinion

  • LuceneRevolution 2012 Recap

    I went to LuceneRevolution to test out my assertion that Search is the dominant metaphor for working with Big Data and based on the conversations that I had, that assertion holds water. As Grant Ingersoll pointed out in his keynote, the basic plumbing required for Big Data: storage, distributed processing, cheap price tag, have been [...]

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    Conference, Opinion, solr
  • The Failure of Search at FedBizOpps

    The United States government procures most of its goods and services through competitive bidding. The notices of its requirements are posted on a centralized website called FedBizOpps, www.fbo.gov. Contracting officers and liaisons of government agencies to private sector providers recite from rote the message that everyone should search for opportunities on FedBizOpps. Yet, the system [...]

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    Business, Government, Opinion
  • HIMSS HealthIT Wrapup

    After a couple of exhausting days at HIMSS last week, where I was overwhelmed both by being a first time visitor to the glitz of Las Vegas and the sheer size of the HIMSS exhibit hall, I’ve come to the conclusion that HealthIT is currently running on two separate parallel tracks. The first track is [...]

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    Business, Conference, Opinion
  • Top Three Drivers of Solr Adoption

    We’ve been talking to our customers to understand why they are adopting Solr. Is it because it’s a great product from the Apache Software Foundation? Is it because Lucene has a cute naming story? Is it because of Solr’s compelling feature set, ease of use, and great admin interface? Unfortunately, it’s none of those reasons. [...]

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    Business, Opinion