Lucid Imagination Launches Industry's First Live Online Training for Lucene/Solr

Convenient, Cost-Effective Program Designed for the Global Lucene/Solr Application Developer Community


SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) - Lucid Imagination, a commercial company dedicated to supporting open source Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technologies, today announced that it will offer several online training courses aimed at application developers already using or planning to use Lucene/Solr for their enterprise search solutions. The first session will take place on August 5, 2009, with additional sessions scheduled throughout the rest of the year.

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Online Training

Lucid Imagination offers the industry's first live, instructor-led, online courses that are conveniently scheduled in rolling sessions across major time zones. The company's Solr Essentials Online Series is targeted at those seeking to enhance their knowledge about Solr. The training sessions cover a variety of topics ranging from the basics of getting Solr up and running to more advanced principles of search such as faceting, tuning, query analysis, and relevance.

--  Solr Essentials 1
    Overview: This session is designed for application developers relatively
    unfamiliar with the basic constructs and functions of Solr and the
    underlying Lucene libraries. Session 1 focuses on the basics of getting
    Solr up and running, importing appropriate data to index, and understanding
    end-to-end search processes. By the end of the course, students will have
    Solr installed, their data successfully imported and indexed, and an
    understanding on how query handlers retrieve the desired results.
    
--  Solr Essentials 2
    Overview: This session expands on the topics covered in Solr Essentials 1.
    It focuses on key features of Solr and ways to make searches more relevant
    and effective. Students will be introduced to operating principles of
    faceting, tuning, query analysis, and relevance. By the end of the course,
    attendees will gain basic hands-on experience with Solr's most powerful
    options.
    

For more information about online course schedules, registration and pricing, please visit http://www.lucidimagination.com/How-We-Can-Help/Training/Online-Training-Schedule.

"Over the last several months, we have seen a growing number of requests from application developers from across the world for Lucene/Solr training," said Eric Gries, CEO of Lucid Imagination. "Many of these requests are from developers that are currently using other commercial search platforms and are tasked with migrating their applications to open source Solr. As a company exclusively focused on Lucene/Solr, we are stepping up to the plate to fill this void in the market."

As a commercial entity dedicated to open source Lucene/Solr, Lucid Imagination offers certified distributions of Lucene and Solr, commercial-grade support subscriptions, training, high-level consulting and value-added software. The company's Web site serves as a knowledge portal for the Lucene community, with a wide range of information and resources to help developers and search professionals get quick access to the information they need to design, build and deploy Lucene/Solr based solutions in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.

Classroom Training Courses

Lucid Imagination also offers three-day, instructor-led training courses, conducted by experienced Lucene/Solr application developers, at the company's headquarters in California. In addition to online and classroom sessions, Lucid Imagination also offers instructor-led courses on-site at customer premises, with either a standard or customized curriculum.

For more information on all training options please visit: http://www.lucidimagination.com/How-We-Can-Help/Training/Solr-Training or contact training@lucidimagination.com.

About Lucid Imagination

Lucid Imagination is a commercial company 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 In-Q-Tel.

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