In our previous blog post, Developing a Solr plugin we discussed the different types of plugins available for Solr. Additionally, we provided a slideshare and sample source code for a Search Component. This time around we provide the slide share and source code for making a Solr Request Handler. Request handlers are used to provide [...]
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For our flagship product, Searchbox.com, we strive to bring the most cutting-edge technologies to our users. As we’ve mentioned in earlier blog posts, we rely heavily on Solr and Lucene to provide the framework for these functionalities. The nice thing about the Solr framework is that it allows for easy development of plugins which can [...]
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Searchbox is a huge user of Solr based technologies, so we always get really excited when there is a new release. With Solr 4.2 being released we spotted a few features which we were especially keen to test out. For example, since we tend to push the computational power of Solr for some of our [...]
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The Opportunity-Finder prototype, developed by Euresearch and powered by Searchbox technology, was launched in October 2012 and has generated positive interest and feedback among National Contact Points (NCP) and the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) members. Searchbox and Euresearch are happy to announce a major technical upgrade to the Opportunity-Finder which will provide users with a [...]
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Our proposal “How to make a simple cheap high availability self-healing Solr cluster” has just been accepted to Lucene/Solr Revolution 2013! Stéphane Gamard, Searchbox CTO will showcase how to make a high availability Solr cloud with 4.1 using only Solr. We’re looking forward to attending and contributing to the biggest open source conference dedicated to [...]
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Searchbox is proud to present the release of Searchbox-Sense: a free semantic plugin for Solr! In under 5 minutes, our plugin adds conceptual search, i.e. the ability to find documents by description as opposed to solely keywords. This innovative approach, proved many times in academia to be more efficient at information retrieval as opposed to [...]
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“The entrepreneurial experience and success of our investors inspire and motivate us to go beyond our limits. This is reflected in our team, our ambition and in the development of the Searchbox product,” says Nicolas Gamard, CEO of Searchbox. “Having grown out of numerous exchanges with several companies, Searchbox helps businesses to connect with and [...]
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The Opportunity-Finder provides a unique platform in Europe enabling access to public funding information such as individual open research grants from the 7th Framework Program and research partnership opportunities. It suits the need of NCP and EEN members, who need a quick and efficient access to all of these information sources. Furthermore, the semantic technology [...]
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Some use-cases include access to funding opportunities (both public and private), partnership opportunities and IP-related information (patents, publications, etc). Leveraging the fusepool framework, it should be easy for small and medium-sized organizations to access this information. Interlinking contents from the various information sources is also an objective of the project. Other project partners include the [...]
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A few months ago we changed our name to Searchbox from Salsadev. This coincides with us completing a new version of our search technology, and is a far more descriptive name for our company and new product. In 2009 our technology was firstly available as a SDK (that could be embedded in an application), then [...]
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