Elasticsearch Brings on Additional Leadership
August 14, 2013
Open source companies are announcing expansions and broadening leadership teams at a rapid pace. Elasticsearch is joining that trend with their latest announcement. Read more in the MarketWatch article, “Elasticsearch Names Kevin Kluge Vice President of Engineering.”
The article begins:
“Elasticsearch, the company behind the popular real-time search and analytics open source project, today announced the appointment of Kevin Kluge as vice president of engineering. Kevin has a history of leading engineering teams for companies that have changed the dynamics of their markets, including Citrix, Cloud.com and Zimbra. He will play a critical role in extending the value of Elasticsearch.”
Elasticsearch has been a bit embattled in the last year but there is not doubt that they are part of the larger trend of a growing open source search market. However, they are not quite up to the standard that LucidWorks and others have set. LucidWorks is considered the industry leader in customer support and training, and they build upon what is arguably the strongest open source search infrastructure and community, Apache Lucene Solr.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 14, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Imagining a World Without Open Source
August 9, 2013
Open source technology has made substantial changes to the culture of technology in a remarkably short period of time. Open source software started the movement and now open source is even moving into hardware. Wired covers the impact that open source had made in their article, “In a World Without Open Source.”
The article muses on what would happen if the world lacked open source:
“It’s thought-provoking when you consider software in this way, and a breathtaking demonstration of the power and influence of open source software (OSS) in our lives. If you’re a techie or a software developer, you know this and live it every day. But stop a moment to consider this: for the rest of the world, how deeply OSS has become a part of daily life, both in the enterprise and for consumers, is news.”
From mobile to financial services to automotive, open source impacts every area of our lives, and the article covers it all. And while open source touches consumers in ways they often don’t realize, enterprises know how dependent they are on open source technology each and every day. More and more enterprises of all shapes and sizes realize the need for open source, but turn to value-added solutions to save the hassle of having to build their infrastructure from scratch. LucidWorks for instance, offers LucidWorks Search and award-winning LucidWorks Big Data. These packages allow for multiple modes of deployment with full support and training offered by LucidWorks. It is the best of open source with the support and hassle-free implementation of a customized solution.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 9, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Red Hat Partners with MongoDB
August 8, 2013
Red Hat is a major leader in the world of open source. Founded in 1993, they are considered one of the major forerunners to the present day open source boom. So the latest Red Hat news is usually a harbinger, and is worth following. Read the latest news from Red Hat in the PC World article, “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Gets Cozy with MongoDB.”
The article describes the recent Red Hat partnership with MongoDB:
“Easing the path for organizations to launch big data-styled services, Red Hat has coupled the 10gen MongoDB data store to its new identity management package for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution . . . Although it already has been fairly easy to set up a copy of MongoDB on RHEL — by using Red Hat’s package installation tools — the new integration minimizes a lot of work of initializing new user and administrator accounts in the data store software.”
The partnership between Red Hat and MongoDB can only mean good things for the open source community. In fact, we have been seeing more and more of these likeminded partnerships over the last several months. LucidWorks announced a partnership with MapR to strengthen their LucidWorks Big Data offering. LucidWorks is worth keeping an eye on, as they are constantly seeking innovation and advancement for the open source community.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 8, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Open Source is on Top
August 7, 2013
After a record setting year and an exciting conference season, no one can argue that open source is on the rise with no immediate signs of stopping. JavaWorld is in agreement and covers the latest open source news in their article, “Open Source Races to the Top.”
Their story begins:
“Last week’s OSCON conference served to remind us that open source software is setting the pace. We’ve come a very long way from the old saw that ‘open source doesn’t innovate.’ Instead, you might ask: Is innovation in enterprise software happening anywhere else other than in open source land?”
Open source is leading in innovation, but OSCON helped to prove that open source leads in other areas as well. From security to implementation to cost-effectiveness, open source leaders like LucidWorks are proving that open source is the total package. LucidWorks products can be implemented on-site, in the Cloud, or in a hybrid format. LucidWorks marries the best of open source with what organizations see as the safety and security of proprietary, and customers are very satisfied.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 7, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Open Source Affordability Pressures Oracle and Others
August 6, 2013
The budget crunch is hitting everyone. IT departments are being asked to slim down and do more with less. Apparently the government is no exception. The affordability of open source has the government’s attention and is changing the content management and enterprise playing field. Read more about the changes in the Information Week article, “Feds Move To Open Source Databases Pressures Oracle.”
The piece begins:
“Under implacable pressure to slash spending, government agencies are increasingly embracing open source, object-relational database software at the expense of costly, proprietary database platforms. That’s putting new pressure on traditional enterprise software providers, including Oracle, to refine their product lineups as well as their licensing arrangements.”
So giants like Oracle are feeling the crunch, and it is trickling down throughout the proprietary world. But many organizations might not feel comfortable going completely open source, as in creating their own customized solution. So many are turning to a smart compromise, a value-added open source solution like LucidWorks. Customers get the affordability and agility of open source, but the support and expertise of an industry leader. Check out their support and services for assurance that going open source does not mean you will be left out on your own.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 6, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Replacing dtSearch is Easier than it Sounds
August 5, 2013
DtSearch is an interesting topic. Certainly once considered a high water mark for text retrieval systems, it has mostly fallen off the cultural radar. However, that hasn’t stopped one industrious company of…replacing it? We learned more from a recent Flax article, “An Open Source Replacement for the dtSearch Closed Source Search Engine.”
According to the story:
…we developed a new Lucene Analyzer that speaks the same syntax as dtSearch, allowing us to index text input. On the search side we have a Lucene QueryParser that shares this syntax. To make it easier to use we’ve wrapped the whole lot in a modified Solr server. As we needed some features of very recent Lucene code, our modifications are based on a patch to Lucene trunk.
Our best response here is, well, whoopee. Saying you’ve replaced dtSearch is like Chevy claiming it has replaced the horse and buggy with its 2014 model. Frankly, we weren’t aware of too many people still using that software. For goodness sake, a Google search only brought up a single news piece. Chances are most people moved on a long time ago, so we will be stunned to hear about anyone jumping for joy because of this open source option.
Patrick Roland, August 05, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Open Source to Help Secure Cloud Storage
August 5, 2013
As technology advances quickly, so do security concerns. It stands to reason that new technologies open up new vulnerabilities. But open source is working to combat those challenges in an agile and cost-effective way. Read the latest on the topic in IT World Canada in their story, “Open-Source Project Aims to Secure Cloud Storage.”
The article begins:
“The open source software project named Crypton is working on a solution that would enable developers to easily create encrypted cloud-based collaboration environments. There are very few cloud services that offer effective encryption protection for data storage, according to Crypton. Security has always been the top concern for many enterprise organizations when it comes to cloud services and applications.”
It is reasonable that enterprises are concerned about security when it comes to cloud services and storage. For that reason, many prefer on-site hosting and storage. However, some open source companies, like LucidWorks, build value-added solutions on top of open source software and guarantee security as well as support and training. And while LucidWorks offers on-site hosting as well, those who venture into the Cloud can have the best of both worlds with cost-effective open source software and the support of an industry leader.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 5, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
Redesigning Enterprise Architecture at Gartner Catalyst Conference
August 1, 2013
The announcement has been made that Chris Haddad will deliver a presentation at the Gartner Catalyst Conference which concludes today in San Diego, California. Read more in the press release on PR Web, “WSO2 Vice President of Technology Evangelism to Speak on Redesigning Enterprise Architecture at Gartner Catalyst Conference 2013.”
The release begins:
“WSO2 today announced that WSO2 Vice President of Technology Evangelism Chris Haddad will deliver a presentation at the Gartner Catalyst Conference 2013, ‘Driving Enterprise Architecture Redesign: Cloud-Native Platforms, APIs, and DevOps.’ WSO2 is a platinum sponsor of the Gartner Catalyst Conference, which will run July 29 – August 1, 2013 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA.”
The talk should give some insight into the three fundamental drivers that power current enterprise architecture: cloud platforms, APIs, and DevOps. Many open source enterprise solutions providers, like LucidWorks, seek to incorporate these technologies into their software, ensuring flexibility and intuitiveness. LucidWorks Big Data and LucidWorks Search are both built on a solid base of Apache Lucene Solr, and incorporate a variety of leading technologies like Hadoop.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 1, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
DataStax Enterprise 3.1 Released
July 31, 2013
Open source enterprise software continues to gain steam and make headlines. The latest involves Datastax, the commercial side of the Apache Cassandra content management project. Read more about the DataStax Enterprise 3.1 release in the ZDNet article, “DataStax Enterprise 3.1: NoSQL; Yes, CQL.”
The article begins:
“DataStax, the major commercial entity behind the Apache Cassandra wide column store NoSQL database, is today announcing version 3.1 of its DataStax Enterprise distribution. This release brings the Cassandra Query Language (“CQL”) — the SQL-like query language for Cassandra — to DataStax Enterprise. DataStax will also supply Java and .NET drivers for the CQL interface. Other features include support for a 10-fold increase in data per node, and integration with Apache Solr 4.3, bringing 60 new search-related features. Support for virtual nodes (“vnodes”) and new tracing features have been added as well.”
The article mentions the integration with Apache Solr 4.3, which is easily the most powerful and effective open source search appliance available. LucidWorks builds its open source enterprise solutions on the power of Apache Lucene Solr, and many organizations look to LucidWorks for flexible and affordable search capability.
Emily Rae Aldridge, July 31, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
The Market for Language Packs
July 23, 2013
SearchHub.org, an online community for open source enterprise developers hosted by LucidWorks, publishes a number of interviews with experts, among other things. Their latest interview is with Andrew Paulsen of Basis Technology and delves into his expertise regarding commercial language packs. Read more in, “Commercial vs. Open Source Language Packs: An Interview with Andrew Paulsen, Regional Director at Basis Technology.”
The introduction to the interview begins:
“Today we’re talking with Andrew Paulsen of Basis Technology about their commercial language packs. Since Basis first came to market, open source has made huge strides forward in supporting multiple languages. Not only does Solr support many European languages, but it also has multiple options for Japanese and Chinese, including morphological tokenization. But despite all this progress, Basis is still around selling their wares. Why would anybody pay for software when open source alternatives exist, especially when using an open source search engine?”
The interview continues with a series of questions and answers, building a strong case for Basis Technology. So it seems that good options exist for those who need commercial languages packs. However, open source solutions can now also boast the same reliability and longevity on the market. As Mark Bennett, the interviewer, noted, Solr supports most major languages. LucidWorks is one of the biggest open source competitors and builds its infrastructure upon Solr, meaning the language capabilities are built right in.
Emily Rae Aldridge, July 23, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
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