https://mcplusa.com Enterprise search and knowledge retrieval solutions. Insights on search technology, machine learning, and information retrieval. en-us Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:01:00 GMT Next.js 15 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/12/avoid-rag-retrieval-mistakes https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/12/avoid-rag-retrieval-mistakes Treating retrieval as an afterthought leads to slow queries, irrelevant results, and ballooning infrastructure costs, making careful planning essential for RAG success. Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:01:00 GMT michael.cizmar@mcplusa.com RAG AI Readiness Vector Search Search Assessment Modernization Enterprise Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/12/failure-to-launch-11-red-flags-of-struggling-search-ai-projects https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/12/failure-to-launch-11-red-flags-of-struggling-search-ai-projects Many enterprise search and AI/RAG initiatives stall before ever reaching production. In this insight, MC+A breaks down the most common red flags behind struggling projects—patterns we see repeatedly and how organizations can recognize the signs before costly failure. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:01:00 GMT michael.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch AI Readiness Vector Search Search Assessment Modernization Enterprise Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/10/when-ai-search-goes-sideways-and-how-to-fix-it https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/10/when-ai-search-goes-sideways-and-how-to-fix-it Real Life use cases and how MC+A and Pulse course-corrected a search deployments before they derailed. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:48:03 GMT michael.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch Tech Hangout Opensearch News Pulse Event https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/10/pluse-mcplusa-partnership-search-operations https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/10/pluse-mcplusa-partnership-search-operations New partnership between Pulse and MC+A enables enterprises to achieve greater performance, reliability, and scalability in their search operations. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:11:02 GMT michael.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch Operations Opensearch News Pulse Partnerships https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/spotlight-search-modernization-improves-agentic-ai-platforms-like-crewai-and-copilot https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/spotlight-search-modernization-improves-agentic-ai-platforms-like-crewai-and-copilot Explore how search modernization is transforming agentic AI platforms like CrewAI and Copilot — boosting performance, accuracy, and agent autonomy Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:11:02 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Copilot Large Language Model Retrieval Augmented Generations Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/why-postgresql-search-isnt-enough-a-case-for-purpose-built-retrieval-systems https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/why-postgresql-search-isnt-enough-a-case-for-purpose-built-retrieval-systems PostgreSQL is a powerful database, but not a search engine. Learn why relevancy, ranking, and scale demand purpose-built retrieval systems. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 01:10:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com eCommerce Elasticsearch OpenSearch Qdrant Semantic Search Vespa https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/after-app-search-a-modernization-blueprint-for-ai-first-organizations https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/09/after-app-search-a-modernization-blueprint-for-ai-first-organizations Explore a strategic blueprint for migrating from Elastic App Search to AI-powered solutions. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:20:38 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI App Search Elasticsearch Migration https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/07/why-federated-search-is-still-relevant-today https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/07/why-federated-search-is-still-relevant-today Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:55:14 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Federated Search Glean MCP https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/05/whats-new-in-elasticsearch-9-0 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/05/whats-new-in-elasticsearch-9-0 Our top features of the new Elasticsearch 9.0 release. ESQL Joins and BBQ are top of the list by there are many more. Tue, 20 May 2025 19:33:34 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch Enterprise AI Insight Engine News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/03/determining-differences-in-the-kennedy-assassination-files-with-artificial-intelligence https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/03/determining-differences-in-the-kennedy-assassination-files-with-artificial-intelligence Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:41:26 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Document Intelligence Kennedy Files Large Language Model Retrieval Augmented Generations https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/03/2025-km100 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2025/03/2025-km100 MC+A, has been selected for the 2025 KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:20:10 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Awards Insight Engine News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/an-executive-guide-to-ai-business-value-lessons-from-the-field https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/an-executive-guide-to-ai-business-value-lessons-from-the-field Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:40:43 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Enterprise AI Enterprise Technology https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/the-future-of-search-vision-models-and-the-rise-of-multi-model-retrieval https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/the-future-of-search-vision-models-and-the-rise-of-multi-model-retrieval Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:38:17 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Generative AI Large Language Model Retrieval Augmented Generations https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/webinar-practical-ai-notes-from-the-field https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/10/webinar-practical-ai-notes-from-the-field Discover real-world Enterprise AI insights from industry experts; explore GAI adoption motivations, key use cases, challenges, AI architecture, tool selection, success metrics, and the benefits of a GAI assessment. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:27:10 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Enterprise Technology Large Language Model Semantic Search Webinar https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/09/using-ai-to-improve-objective-coding https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/09/using-ai-to-improve-objective-coding Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:02:33 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI LLMs Objective Coding https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/07/swirl-and-mca-partner-to-unlock-business-value-with-ai-driven-user-experiences https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/07/swirl-and-mca-partner-to-unlock-business-value-with-ai-driven-user-experiences Swirl and MCA have partnered to harness AI-driven user experiences that aim to accelerate the delivery of measurable business value. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:32:02 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise AI Insight Engine News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/07/navigating-the-vector-embedding-maze-cost-effective-strategies-for-elasticsearch https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/07/navigating-the-vector-embedding-maze-cost-effective-strategies-for-elasticsearch Discover the costs and benefits of different vector embedding options for website use cases. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:22:49 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Elasticsearch Vector Embedding https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/05/announcing-our-http-s-elasticsearch-plugin-ingestion-plugin-for-integrating-with-llms https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/05/announcing-our-http-s-elasticsearch-plugin-ingestion-plugin-for-integrating-with-llms Discover MC+A's new HTTP Ingest Elasticsearch Plugin, enabling remote HTTP/S calls to external services for content enrichment and Named Entity Recognition within Elasticsearch ingest pipelines. Simplify Elasticsearch workflows with large language models and custom prompts. Wed, 15 May 2024 18:46:50 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Elasticsearch News Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/03/mca-recognized-as-one-of-the-km100-in-2024-by-kmworld-magazine https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/03/mca-recognized-as-one-of-the-km100-in-2024-by-kmworld-magazine MC+A selected for the 2024 KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management list. Discover how this AI consultancy drives efficiency and effectiveness through KM. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:21:06 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Insight Engine News Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/03/ai-is-search-and-everything https://mcplusa.com/insights/2024/03/ai-is-search-and-everything Digital experiences with AI can revolutionize your business and deliver value. AI search is key to successfully implementing any AI solution. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:10:10 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Enterprise AI Enterprise Technology https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/11/is-your-elasticsearch-cluster-right-sized https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/11/is-your-elasticsearch-cluster-right-sized This article we'll walk you through accurately sizing your Elasticsearch cluster to ensure optimal performance and cost-effectiveness while maintaining high availability and reliability. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:08:57 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch Enterprise Technology Insight Engine https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/09/large-language-models-for-investigations-with-rag https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/09/large-language-models-for-investigations-with-rag In this webinar see how a private Large Language Models (LLM) can understand, summarize and aid in investigations. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:08:25 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch Insight Engine Large Language Model Retrieval Augmented Generations Webinar https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/comparing-performance-of-openai-gpt-4-and-microsoft-azure-gpt-4 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/comparing-performance-of-openai-gpt-4-and-microsoft-azure-gpt-4 This article is an in-depth comparison between OpenAI's GPT-4 and Microsoft Azure's GPT-4. Discover our surprising test results that showcase Azure GPT-4's superior performance. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:44:06 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI ChatGPT4 Large Language Model Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/transforming-b2b-ecommerce-with-vector-search-and-ai https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/transforming-b2b-ecommerce-with-vector-search-and-ai MC+A helped a whole food distributor improve its $60B e-commerce search platform, boosting sales. By optimizing their Elasticsearch, enhancing search relevancy, and providing custom training, their platform saw increased conversions and significant cost savings. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:06:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Search Best Practice https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/e-commerce-relevancy-improving-b2b-with-vectors https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/e-commerce-relevancy-improving-b2b-with-vectors In this webinar where they discuss approaches for improving e-commerce search relevance. We cover ELAND and ELSER, promising to reshape the relevance landscape with vector-based search. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 19:40:58 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI E-Commerce Semantic Search Webinar https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/b2b-relevancy-improvements-with-vector-search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/08/b2b-relevancy-improvements-with-vector-search Make the most of B2B e-commerce vector search with the help of semantic search. Find out more about how it can improve accuracy. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:56:58 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI E-Commerce Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/06/vector-search-primer-unlocking-better-search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/06/vector-search-primer-unlocking-better-search Vector search unlocks powerful capabilities for your businesses. Unlock better customer satisfaction, increased revenue and reduced costs. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:21:34 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Insight Engine Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/06/attivio-migration-time-is-ticking-to-consider-and-execute-your-strategy https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/06/attivio-migration-time-is-ticking-to-consider-and-execute-your-strategy Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:06:09 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise Technology Insight Engine Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/where-is-it-in-generative-ai-debate https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/where-is-it-in-generative-ai-debate Fri, 05 May 2023 15:39:03 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise Technology Generative AI IT Governance Observability https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/generative-ai-security-considerations-for-todays-enterprise https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/generative-ai-security-considerations-for-todays-enterprise Generative AI isn’t free of risk. There is plenty to be cautious about for the enterprise. In a mad scramble it’s still prudent to pay heed to risks from unintended misuse of personally identifiable information, and a multitude of cybersecurity threats. Wed, 03 May 2023 17:01:22 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Information Security Information Technology https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/lack-of-enterprise-grade-tools-prevent-llm-adoption-in-the-enterprise https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/05/lack-of-enterprise-grade-tools-prevent-llm-adoption-in-the-enterprise Mon, 01 May 2023 16:23:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI Automation Data Governance Large Language Model https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/04/boring-ai-exciting-it https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/04/boring-ai-exciting-it IT isn’t as sexy as generative avatars for social media. Right now most of that Boring AI is used for automating low value work like image recognition, customer support chatbots, automatically writing sales prospecting emails. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:05:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com ChatGPT4 Enterprise AI Large Language Model https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/04/large-language-models-disrupt-the-enterprise https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/04/large-language-models-disrupt-the-enterprise Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:49:07 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Large Language Model Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/02/semantic-search-ecommerce https://mcplusa.com/insights/2023/02/semantic-search-ecommerce Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:16:04 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com eCommerce Large Language Model Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2022/08/elasticsearch-nlp https://mcplusa.com/insights/2022/08/elasticsearch-nlp Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:14:18 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Elasticsearch NLP https://mcplusa.com/insights/2022/05/streamlining-real-time-data-with-debezium-and-elasticsearch https://mcplusa.com/insights/2022/05/streamlining-real-time-data-with-debezium-and-elasticsearch Tue, 03 May 2022 16:46:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com AI eCommerce Elasticsearch https://mcplusa.com/insights/2021/04/mca-selected-as-lucidworks-commercial-partner-of-the-year https://mcplusa.com/insights/2021/04/mca-selected-as-lucidworks-commercial-partner-of-the-year MC+A is Lucidworks Commercial partner of the year by developing cutting-edge search solutions for policing and parts catalog search. Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:16:07 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Lucidworks News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2021/04/signals-in-the-noise-insight-engines-magic-quadrant-2021 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2021/04/signals-in-the-noise-insight-engines-magic-quadrant-2021 Breaking down the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines based on MC+A's understanding of the products and Gartner's scoring weights. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:31:59 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Insight Engine https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/10/webinar-intelligent-policing-leveraging-data-to-better-serve-communities https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/10/webinar-intelligent-policing-leveraging-data-to-better-serve-communities Register today for our webinar covering intelligent policing. Leveraging data to better serve the community. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 22:13:32 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Insight Engine Semantic Search Use Case https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/10/microsoft-search-is-not-worth-the-wait https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/10/microsoft-search-is-not-worth-the-wait Microsoft search and their cognitive offerings are interesting, but they are not worth waiting for if you need an enterprise insight engine. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:12:50 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Insight Engine Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/announcing-coveo-mvp-program https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/announcing-coveo-mvp-program Coveo announces the MVP Program. The goal is to help customers attain the capabilities they need to capitalize on intelligence experiences. Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:43:47 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/web-crawling-elastic-app-search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/web-crawling-elastic-app-search Increase the time to value for your search implementations by using our connector to enable web crawling for Elastic App Search. Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:24:58 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/parts-catalog-e-commerce-search-sucks-and-nobody-cares-why https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/parts-catalog-e-commerce-search-sucks-and-nobody-cares-why Don't miss the AI revolutions. Parts catalog e-commerce is booming, and you need to deliver better experiences while driving more revenue. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:00:41 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/webinar-customers-dont-buy-what-they-cant-find https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/09/webinar-customers-dont-buy-what-they-cant-find Improving your conversion rate is key for driving revenue. Insight engines help with maintaining business rules to help you to stay ahead of trends. Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:09:00 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise Technology Insight Engine Webinar https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/06/introducing-mca-aem-connector-for-coveo https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/06/introducing-mca-aem-connector-for-coveo MC+A's open-source AEM Connector for Coveo eases data hurdles preventing organizations to take advantage of the features of Coveo and AEM. Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:06:02 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Connectivity Enterprise AI Insight Engine Semantic Search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/06/planning-for-your-upcoming-attivio-migration https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/06/planning-for-your-upcoming-attivio-migration MC+A is the choice for your Attivio migration. We have the implementation experience to simplify the complexity of migration to your next platform. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:58:58 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise Technology Insight Engine https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/05/introducing-mca-connector-for-elastic-app-search https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/05/introducing-mca-connector-for-elastic-app-search Tue, 19 May 2020 20:13:45 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com News https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/05/the-roadmap-to-maturity-delivering-intelligence-experiences https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/05/the-roadmap-to-maturity-delivering-intelligence-experiences Intelligent experiences start with understanding organizational maturity. MC+A has a roadmap to delivering insight driven experiences. Sun, 17 May 2020 19:25:47 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com Enterprise Technology Insight Engine UX https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/04/tips-for-working-remotely https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/04/tips-for-working-remotely Working remotely sounds great but has challenges. These 4 tips to how you communicate and work can ensure you are as successful as possible Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:31:54 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/03/mca-response-to-covid-19 https://mcplusa.com/insights/2020/03/mca-response-to-covid-19 MC+A last week after reviewing the recommendations on responding to Covid-19 from the CDC and health experts chose to close its offices and instruct its staff to work from home. Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:06:29 GMT john.cizmar@mcplusa.com