MaxxCAT Stresses Speed and Openness

November 17, 2010

MaxxCAT has released a new version of their enterprise search solution that allows developers and programmers to customize the platform for their own needs. The press release “MaxxCAT, the World’s Fastest Search Appliance, Now the Most Open Too” details the reasons why MaxxCAT took this step. According to the write up, “The MaxxCAT Lynx Connector framework is an open specification with dedicated kernel support on the appliance that will allow developers, integrators and connector foundries to tap into MaxxCAT’s extreme performance search hardware.”

Users have apparently been requesting this feature and MaxxCAT has launched this product to meet their needs. However, we are concerned at the proliferation of search appliances on the market. Developers have to babysit these appliances and constantly monitor them, taking precious time away from other vital activities. In addition, these appliances are expensive and it’s tough to keep up with the technology that each appliance uses.

We are cautious about hardware or software that is billed as the “fastest.” We are also careful about “open”. Oracle and Apple seem to be nibbling away at certain open software and some of developers’ assumptions. You can get more information about MaxxCAT at http://www.maxxcat.com/.

Laura Amos, November 17, 2010

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Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, News, Search, Technology

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.