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ACTIVATE 2019: 5 Reasons You’ll Want to Attend

Search and AI are two of the stalwart technologies in digital transformation. They also happen to be very different technologies that draw different spheres of very smart people. ACTIVATE 2019 brings...

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The Awesome Power of the Inverted Index

The inverted index is a wonder that helps find and make sense of information buried in mounds of data . But many people don’t realize how widely inverted indexes are used. Companies that aggressively...

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AI Is Transforming Medicine for the Better

Doctors could be forgiven for wondering if robots are taking over their jobs with all we hear of the reports and studies about machine learning and computers doing the jobs of nurses and physicians....

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Full Text Search Engines vs. DBMS

A comparison of full-text search engines and relational databases, and how to choose the right one for your next project. The post Full Text Search Engines vs. DBMS appeared first on Lucidworks.

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Leverage These Data Sources to Make Omnichannel Retailing Uniquely Personal

Every omnichannel retailer is seeking to provide a better shopping experience to influence customers and increase conversions. Personalization and recommendations are just part of this equation. But...

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How Does Your Search Stack Up? Survey Benchmarks Ecommerce Site Performance

Whether a large organization, or a start-up trying to break through the noise, you shouldn’t be flying blind on goal setting. We’re releasing our inaugural ecommerce benchmark survey with...

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Tackling “Black Box” Risk and Ensuring Trust in Explainable AI

Walking through tradeshows it seems everything is now fortified with AI. But what does that mean? And is that vendor’s offering really for you? It depends. Advantages of Machine Learning There are no...

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Key to Improving Loyalty and Conversions in B2B

Suppose a B2B buyer is looking for a vendor to reliably restock chicken for their chain of grocery stores: They start their search by typing “chicken breast” into a potential supplier’s website and...

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Explainable AI Is the Elixir to Risks of the ‘Black Box’

When British firm Darktrace needed to ward off potential ransomware attacks, machine learning came to the rescue, aiding clients in filtering and prioritizing threats. When health care organizations...

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Lucidworks Raises $100 Million and Celebrates Major Growth

Today we’re welcoming two new investors into the fold as we continue building the next generation of search. Lucidworks received a significant investment from Francisco Partners, a global...

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Where Are You on the Personalization Maturity Pyramid?

“Most companies aren’t good at personalization,” admits Richard Isaac, digital commerce guru and CEO of RealDecoy, a valued Lucidworks partner. He should know. In his two decades at the helm of...

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5 Things Every Personalization Engine Must Have

Personalization isn’t what it used to be. When the term “personalization” was originally coined, it referred to the ability to tailor digital content and experiences, based on expected behavior of...

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Machine Learning Powers Digital Transformation

Understanding your customers is key for any organization. This was true at the beginning of time and is twice as true now. Good service isn't just a shopkeeper with a great smile, remarkable memory and...

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A Farewell

A little over 12 years ago to the day, I took the single greatest leap of faith in my working life: I quit my comfortable job at Syracuse University doing search and NLP research engineering to join up...

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Smart Apps, Scalable Data Science, and Simplified DevOps With Fusion 5

We launched Fusion 1.0 in September 2014 with the belief that search represents a new paradigm in data processing, and that ranking, relevance, and contextuality are the cornerstones of all modern,...

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From Zero to 60 (Million): The Journey of a Global Oil & Gas Company

You can bet that one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies has a lot of data. Going back almost 150 years. On paper. In databases. Hidden in apps. Squirreled away in email and personal drives....

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LexisNexis Presenter Says Solr Is Essential to Handling Data at Scale

LexisNexis spent much of the last year rebuilding its search abilities and migrating to Solr. The ongoing project manages more than 3 petabytes of data and has helped LexisNexis develop a data-driven...

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Using Deep Learning and Customized Solr Components to Improve Search...

As one of the world's largest retailers, Target can't afford slow or off-base search results. When adding products (and their data) how does Target maintain and improve speed and accuracy at the same...

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The Future of AI Is Inclusivity

Challenges in the past and future of AI according to ACTIVATE Women in AI panelists The post The Future of AI Is Inclusivity appeared first on Lucidworks.

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Use Emotion to Boost Search Results

How do we build a search experience that includes emotion? The post Use Emotion to Boost Search Results appeared first on Lucidworks.

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