Apache Solr


Details
Evan Pease will be speaking to us on Apache Solr (http://lucene.apache.org/solr/) search technology. Evan is a consultant with LucidWorks (http://www.lucidworks.com/), a Solr/Lucene consulting and product development company.
Outline:
Intro
History of Search
History of Lucene/Solr
Key Concepts
Solr Capabilities
Scaling Solr
Solr Applications
Enterprise Search
E-commerce
Knowledge Management
Data Access Layer for Hadoop / Big Data
Data Visualization (SiLK - Solr + Logstash integrated w/ Kibana).
Demos
Recommended Reading
Bio:
Evan Pease spent the last 8 years working in e-commerce as a solution integrator and consultant with a large focus on developing content and technology solutions for Search applications. He began working with Lucene 7 years ago and Solr soon after. He recently joined Lucidworks, the commercial entity behind the Lucene/Solr open source projects and the leading Lucene/Solr-based solution provider.
Once again, we will be graciously hosted by Spireon (http://Spireon.com).
Networking begins at 6:30PM.
The presentation begins at 7:00 and the meeting ends by 8:30.
Please RSVP so we have enough chairs.
As usual when the meeting ends at 8:30, we will head over to El Torito Grill for drinks, chips, and/or dinner. Here is the location:
http://goo.gl/maps/hrLwo (http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo%2Egl%2Fmaps%2FhrLwo&urlhash=5Wx2&_t=tracking_anet)
Thanks,
Philip
http://www.linkedin.com/in/philipyurchuk/

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