The open source Apache Solr search engine provides powerful, versatile search application development technology for you to take full control of your search needs. Solr's rich interfaces offer convenient server packaging of the underlying Apache Lucene search libraries into web service interfaces, and near limitless customizability let you take control of your search. From e-commerce to content management and endless variations in between, Solr is the right tool at the right time to turn the ever growing volume and variety of data and documents to the advantage of your business.

In this introductory technical presentation, renowned search expert Mark Bennett, CTO of search consultancy New Idea Engineering, will present practical tips and examples that web application developers can use to quickly get productive with Solr, including:

• Working with the "web command line" to control your search
• Understanding Solr's DISMAX parser
• Using Solr's Explain output to tune your results relevance
• Using Solr's Schema browser

Don't miss this great opportunity to get introduced to Solr and see for yourself how you can unlock the power of open source search!