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

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    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.

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  • An Introduction to Results Position Analysis

    In a previous post, we looked at the first two components of the success of search: the density of highlighted search terms and the placement within the search engine results page. However, there are times when the science of a search engine does not match the art of marketing. It is the role of a
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  • 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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  • 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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