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Open Source for America Welcomes Lucid Imagination as Its Latest Member in Advocating Open Source in the U.S. Federal Government
| Source: Lucid Imagination
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - July 22, 2009) - Lucid Imagination, a commercial
company dedicated to supporting open source Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technologies,
today announced that it has joined Open Source for America, a
broad cross-section of more than 50 companies, academic institutions,
communities, related groups and individuals that serve as a unified voice
for the promotion of open source in the U.S. Federal government sector.
Open Source for America strives to effect change in government to encourage
broader support of open source technologies and the open source development
community.
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"We've received great response from companies, organizations and
individuals interested in joining together to advocate for greater use of
open source software in the U.S. federal government," said David Thomas,
principal at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti and spokesman for the Open Source
for America campaign. "We are very pleased to welcome Lucid Imagination in
joining our cause and look forward to their active involvement in
articulating the true value open source delivers to the U.S. government."
Lucene/Solr-based search has become one of the fastest-growing segments in
the enterprise search market over the past three years, with over 4,000
organizations -- commercial as well as government and educational
institutions are already using the open source software for some of the
industry's most intensive search needs. Recently, the company received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel
(IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies
innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the CIA and the
broader U.S. Intelligence Community. Through the IQT strategic investment,
Lucid Imagination will support the United States Intelligence Community,
made up of 18 organizations including the Central Intelligence Agency, by
providing advanced access to Lucene and Solr search solutions.
"We are excited to join this effort to promote the use of open source
technologies within the U.S. Federal government," said Eric Gries, CEO of
Lucid Imagination. "Several government agencies such as FDA, DOJ, The
Library of Congress and the Smithsonian already are using Apache
Lucene/Solr. We see significant potential for much broader adoption of
open source technologies across the sector."
As a member of Open Source for America, Lucid Imagination has pledged to
support the organization's mission and its founding principles. This
includes the belief that the U.S. Federal government can and should become
more transparent, participatory, secure and efficient by leveraging the
advantages of open source software; the open source community can drive
collaborative innovation for government; and the decision to use software
should be driven solely by the requirements of the user.
To learn more about Open Source for America, please visit
http://opensourceforamerica.org
About Open Source for America:
Open Source for America is a coalition of industry leaders, associations,
non-government groups and academic/research institutions organized to serve
as a centralized advocate, to encourage broader U.S. Federal Government
support of and participation in Free and Open Source projects and
technologies. Membership in Open Source for America is open to any
individual or entity signing the campaign's mission pledge. You can also
follow Open Source for America on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/OpenSourceGov.
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, Walden International and In-Q-Tel.
To learn more visit www.lucidimagination.com