Oracle Text Release Notes Jackpot
September 2, 2011
Short honk: OraChat has posted a healthy list of useful release notes worth referencing under “Getting Hold with Oracle Database 11gR2 RAC“.
A few highlights:
- Complete Checklist for Manual Upgrades to 11gR2 (Doc ID: 837570.1)
- How to Download and Run Oracle’s Database Pre-Upgrade Utility (Doc ID: 884522.1)
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID: 742060.1)
These are just the tip of the tip of the Oracle informative iceberg; there are dozens of documents listed. When you find you need help installing, running, building, adding-on or any number of Oracle activities you may have never considered, I would recommend perusing this list. It is a great and comprehensible collection.
Go ahead and bookmark it. Oracle and its search solutions may not light up the webinar, blog, and social conference circuit. But the various Oracle search solutions have purchase in most major organizations.
Sarah Rogers, September 2, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: Another SharePoint Start Guide
September 2, 2011
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September 1, 2011
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August 31, 2011
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August 30, 2011
Exclusive Interview: John Steinhauer, Search Technologies
August 29, 2011
A few days ago we were able to interview John Steinhauer, Search Technologies’ vice president of technology. In the discussion, Mr. Steinhauer talked about the rapid growth and Search Technologies’ approach to search-related engagements.
He told me:
We bring hard-won experience to customer projects and a deep knowledge of what works and where the difficult issues lie. Our partners, the major search vendors, sometimes find it difficult to be pragmatic, even where they have their own implementation departments, because their primary focus is their software licensing business. That’s not a criticism. As with most enterprise software sectors, license fees pay for all of the valuable research & development that the vendors put in to keep the industry moving forward. But it does mean that in a typical services engagement, less emphasis is put on the need for implementation planning, and ongoing processes to maintain and fine-tune the search application. We focus only on those elements, and this benefits both customers, who get more from their investment, and search engine partners who end up with happier customers.
I asked him about where the search industry was heading. He told me:
There are now two 800 pound Gorillas in the market, called Microsoft and Google. That’s a big difference from the somewhat fractious market that existed for 10 years ago. That will certainly make it harder for smaller vendors to find oxygen. But at the same time, these very large companies have their own agendas for what features and platforms matter for them and their customers. They will not attempt to be all things to all prospective customers in the same way that smaller hungrier vendors have. In theory this should leave gaps for either products or services companies to fill where specific and relatively sophisticated capabilities are required. We see those requirements all over the place.
For more information about Search Technologies, visit the firm’s Web site at www.searchtechnologies.com. The full text of the interview is located in the Beyond Search interview collection.
Stephen E Arnold, August 29, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: SharePoint Content and Tweaking Styles for Web Sites
August 29, 2011
Protected: SharePoint and the Search for Social Data
August 26, 2011
SearchBlox: Targeting the Enterprise for Search
August 25, 2011
The U.S. based solutions corporation is making waves worldwide. Withmore than 300 clients (big name clients like IBM and Capitol One), thecompany has grown exponentially since its inception in 2003. We will be adding SearchBlox to our Overflight service in September 2011.
SearchBlox is an open source search application built upon the ApacheLucene software. SearchBlox offers an innovative solution toconducting enterprise searches utilizing integrated crawlers. These can process multiple file formats in the HTTP/HTTPS file system as well as news feeds. The system also supports a cloud deployment.
Built on Lucene, you can download the system without charge. “Free” is a magnetic idea in today’s business climate. SearchBlox believes that those seeking Web site, Intranet and search solutions will find the SearchBlox approach of interest.
After releasing their new 6.4 version, some of their newest endeavorsinclude utilizing it’s SearchBlox solution to search through fileslocated in the cloud. Their latest assignment is tackling the Amazoncloud. We learned:
SearchBlox also provides an end user interface which allows you tosetup your search and allow users to directly search them. UseAmazon’s Free Tier and setup your entire your store and searchcapability on the cloud. SearchBlox provides complete control overyour index.
Redtopia.com software and design is saying good things about theresults it is deriving from the software; for example:
My search [directed] me to SearchBlox, which is built on Lucene, the samesearch engine that Solr uses. It’s free, open source, and with nocommercial license limitations and works on Windows, Unix, and Mac OSX. Within minutes, I had the package installed on my local machine andI immediately started crawling my local development sites. Promising.
The privately held company is growing at a rapid pace. SearchBlox hasalready proven that its free software can rival that of the best paidsoftware in the U.S. and around the world. They’ve even trended a time or two on Twitter.
Leslie Radcliff, August 25, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: SharePoint Governance: Another Fresh Look
August 25, 2011
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