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Flax is supplied by Lemur Consulting, based in Cambridge U.K.
Founded in 2001, Lemur has built a reputation for quality and expertise in all areas of information retrieval. Our customers come from sectors including academia, public relations, e-commerce, local government and private businesses. We recently won an award from the British Computing Society for an innovative search tool. Lemur also supplies Bamboo, a collaborative, web-enabled, multimedia database system used by researchers.
Lemur specialises in all aspects of text search and are involved in the development of many of today's leading information retrieval products. Our team are regularly asked to talk on the benefits of open source search engine technology for both commercial and academic audiences. Lemur have been involved with the Xapian project since its inception; our Development Director, Richard Boulton, led the team that created Xapian, now the foundation for Flax.
The Flax project builds on Lemur's experience of Xapian and other information retrieval technologies to deliver a cutting-edge search engine solution, using the power of the open source development model to drive down costs and provide world beating search performance.
Please contact us to discuss your requirements and for a no-obligation quote.
Registered Office: 20 William James House, Cowley Rd., Cambridge CB4 0WX