Lucid Imagination Showcases Solr 1.4 With Free Webinar

Webinar on Friday, October 9 at 1:00 p.m. ET


SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - October 8, 2009) - Lucid Imagination, the first commercial company dedicated to the popular and widely installed open source Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technologies, will be holding a webinar on Friday, October 9th, showcasing the power and versatility of version 1.4 of the Apache Solr search server. This free online event will present a technical and in-depth discussion on some of the changes and improvements coming to the next version of Solr, lead by Lucid Imagination co-founder and Lucene Project Management Committee member Erik Hatcher.

Date:  Friday, October 9, 2009.
Time:  1:00-2:00pm ET / 10:00-11:00am PT.
Link:  To register, please visit
http://www.eventsvc.com/lucidimagination/100909?trk=WR-OCT2009-PR

The critical enhancements and innovations to Solr 1.4 that will be
discussed include:
  -- Solr 1.4's convenient web-services interfaces and well-packaged
     server implementation;
  -- Faster, more streamlined document and query processing;
  -- New powerful search methods including multi-select faceting,
     deduplication and numeric range handling;
  -- Simplified, powerful, highly-scalable deployment improvements with
     new Java server infrastructure.

About the Presenter

Erik Hatcher is the co-author of "Lucene in Action" as well as co-author of "Java Development with Ant." Erik has been an active member of the Lucene community -- a leading Lucene and Solr committer, member of the Lucene Project Management Committee, member of the Apache Software Foundation as well as a frequent invited speaker at various industry events. Erik earned his B.S. in Computer Science from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

About Lucid Imagination

Lucid Imagination is a commercial company exclusively dedicated to Apache Lucene technology. The company provides free certified distributions, commercial-grade support, training, high-level consulting and value-added software for Lucene and Solr. Lucid Imagination's goal is to serve as a central resource for the entire Lucene community and make them more productive. Lucid Imagination is a privately held venture-funded company. The investors include Granite Ventures and Walden International and its customers include AOL, Apple, Comcast, and Zappos.

Contact Information: Contact: Terry Frechette Lois Paul & Partners E: terry_frechette@lpp.com P: (781) 782-5791