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Announcing Data Prepper 2.8.0

May 16, 2024 • releases

Data Prepper 2.8.0 continues to improve upon Data Prepper’s usefulness for search use cases by adding a new Amazon DocumentDB source, in addition to many other improvements. We’d like to...

A comprehensive guide to setting up and connecting self-managed OpenSearch Dashboards with an Amazon OpenSearch Service domain

May 15, 2024 • technical-post

OpenSearch is a scalable, flexible, and extensible open-source software suite for search, analytics, security monitoring, and observability applications, licensed under Apache 2.0. OpenSearch Dashboards is a powerful and flexible data...

Explore OpenSearch 2.14

May 14, 2024 • releases

OpenSearch 2.14 is live and ready for download! The latest version of OpenSearch is filled with updates that increase performance, improve usability, expand access to data sources, and help users...

What if satellites spoke in vector?

Apr 30, 2024 • community

Every once in a while I come across a use case that gets me really excited, not just because it aligns with my personal interests but also because I never...

Multilingual search with OpenSearch

Apr 25, 2024 • technical-post

In traditional lexical search we often use text analysis to improve search results. OpenSearch uses analyzers to refine, tokenize, and convert text fields before storing them in an index. As...

Navigating the future of log management: Graylog with OpenSearch

Apr 22, 2024 • technical-posts

In the complex and ever-evolving world of software architecture, managing logs effectively is not just a necessity—it's an art. For open-source architects facing the challenges of sifting through vast amounts...

Discussing open-source innovation at Open Source Summit North America

Apr 18, 2024 • events

This week I had the honor of speaking about OpenSearch at Open Source Summit North America, organized by the Linux Foundation. This annual conference brings together open-source technologists, business leaders,...

OpenSearchCon Europe speakers and sessions are live!

Apr 17, 2024 • events

Following an overwhelming response to our call for presentations, the [speakers](https://opensearch.org/events/opensearchcon/2024/europe/speakers/index.html) and [sessions](https://opensearch.org/events/opensearchcon/2024/europe/sessions/index.html) for OpenSearchCon Europe have been selected. We’re delighted to present 22 sessions covering timely topics related to...

A time machine for your data: OpenSearch searchable snapshots

Apr 15, 2024 • technical-post, feature, partners

Many organizations scaling up open-source databases such as OpenSearch are currently grappling with how to most efficiently store and search massive amounts of data. As a leading managed service provider...

Multimodal search: Searching with semantic and visual understanding

Apr 11, 2024 • technical-posts

As we witness the evolution of ML models, like large language models (LLMs), imagine if they possessed a new dimension – the ability to comprehend images. Similar to the game-changing...

Configurable automation for OpenSearch ML use cases

Apr 08, 2024 • technical-posts

In OpenSearch, to use machine learning (ML) offerings, such as semantic, hybrid, and multimodal search, you often have to grapple with complex setup and preprocessing tasks. Additionally, you must write...

OpenSearch 2.13 is ready for download!

Apr 02, 2024 • releases

OpenSearch 2.13 is live and available for download! The latest version of OpenSearch arrives with a range of machine learning (ML) tools to help you build AI-powered applications, along with...

Using documentation for usability studies

Apr 01, 2024 • community-updates

Is your product usable? Are your users able to navigate it seamlessly? Do they find your UX options intuitive? This is what a usability study is designed to evaluate. In...

Enhanced multi-vector support for OpenSearch k-NN search with nested fields

Mar 28, 2024 • technical-posts

In OpenSearch 2.12, users can now obtain diverse search results from a k-NN index, even when multiple nearest vectors belong to just a few documents. This is expected to enhance...

Announcing Data Prepper 2.7.0

Mar 27, 2024 • releases

Data Prepper 2.7.0 is now available for download. This release supports extracting geographic locations from IP addresses, supports injectable secrets, and adds many new processors.