Apache Solr vs. Island

Very effective for end-user searching applications and for generating search results. Also very well suited to those looking for high reliability and performance. If [you're doing] fuzzy searching or if you are working on a smaller end-user application or an internal application that does not require high performance and flexible/adapting searching then it may not be necessary to use Solr.

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The only reason I didn't gave the maximum rating is because it's not cheap, if you have a smaller company you can use some plugins instead depending on what you need. But I completely understand it's not safer than the Island browser. However, it would be great to have a simpler version for small companies too, that wouldn't require much testing to setup. Besides that, Island is my first choice when thinking about safety for remote workers.

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• Faceted navigation and field collapsing/grouping : filtering and quick results were what we needed for our websites. Our customers needed to have this functionalities for good and efficient results.
• We tested them with our customers' registered searches (they received all new goods matching with their registered searches by emails and/or mobile push). Results were incredible by comparison with our old system (old MySQL requests).
• Note : we didn't put all our data in Solr. Just what we need for searching uses. Other data stayed in our MySQL database.
• Auto-suggest : our old auto-suggest wasn't performing well. With Apache Solr, our new one was worked really well ! The suggestions came quickly and suggestions were good.
• We also extended auto-suggestion with geo-spatial data and it worked well.
• Hit highlighting : we used this functionality and we didn't have problem and nasty surprise.
• Keep all data status during data upgrading (see next details for improvements)

• The agent can still see the customer's data that they need to help the customers, but without the ability to screenshot, copy and download outside the Island browser, that also prevent data leaks
• The organization also saves money without the need of hiring only local employees, people can download it on their personal desktops
• Can replace setups with VPN that are expensive or virtual desktops
• Blocks unsafe websites that can also copy the client and customer data

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• Ease of use -- this is not always the easier platform to configure.
• Developer Community -- There are not a whole lot of folks out there that understand this stuff so finding talent is difficult.
• Drupal 8 -- We've been frustrated with slow development on APIs for Drupal 8 integration.

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• Sometimes the advisors may experience some glitches to copy and paste the information they need even if they're still inside the Island browser
• Sometimes some apps don't behave exactly the same and they would in other browsers
• It takes some time to setup it accordingly with what the company needs and it requires some tests

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It takes some time to deploy and currectly maintein it. And also, to learn how to use and integrate in the enviroment as well. Once you get theses steps done, it usability is very simple, and almost of the time it don't require no further attention on it. Even for maintence, if you deploy it on a cluster mode, it is very reliable and easy to take one host down.

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It requires some training but it's very easy to use, as it's much like other famous browsers and it behave just as them. Even if it needs to be set up, you can set different policies for different users, that can be quite useful for bigger companies. However, some employees can feel a bit restricted as it has it's limitations to download or copy and paste

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We switched from search indexes stored in MySQL to soar and it's made a world of difference for our growing businesses. The relational databases are very poor for handling the complex data searches require and Solr delivered all the tools we need to get the performance our end users are demanding.

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Chrome Remote Desktop is a good option to access the company desktop remotely, but it doesn't reduce the costs of the company since you'll still need to have two machines for it to work, you'll also need the same amount of IT staff and mantain a physical address. It can be a good option to companies that have only few agents remote but it's not good for hybrid or remote only employees

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• It's enabled us to deliver fast, relevant search results on our new website. The site is still in beta and being actively developed so our complete ROI is still unknown.
• It integrates very well with Drupal so it has saved us from having to develop a custom solution.

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• There is some costs to training people to use Island, and also to test and setup the browser, if you're initiating a business, this should be considered
• Some advisors may not have a compatible hardware, this can add to the migration costs
• No need to have a physical address or servers, since everything is managed from the clould it can significantly lower the costs
• You can reduce the IT staff and maintenance costs too

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