I thought you might be interested in a technical webcast on Solr/Lucene and e-commerce/social media that we are sponsoring, featuring RC Johnson of Bazaarvoice. It's Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 11:00am PST/2:00pm EST/19:00 GMT.
RC has been leading efforts at Bazaarvoice to build out their Solr search applications moving beyond a more traditional RDBMS-centered data strategy. If you've not heard of Bazaarovoice, they provide user-generated content and ratings in a white-label service offering. They use Solr to index and search millions online customer conversations that deliver billions of monthly impressions for leading companies in retail, manufacturing, financial services, health care, travel and media. Key topics this webcast will cover include: Iterative expansion of search features and content collections Migrating from simplistic database search to Solr-based search Integrating statistical analytics into search at scale Considering NoSQL for scalability and deployability of big data, to make data easier to consume across applications You can sign up here: http://www.eventsvc.com/lucidimagination/030211?trk=ap and mark you calendars for Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 11:00am PST/2:00pm EST/19:00 GMT. -Grant
