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Don't Let Your AI Project Fail Before It Starts - Why "Retrieval" Is the Real MVP in RAG

Treating retrieval as an afterthought leads to slow queries, irrelevant results, and ballooning infrastructure costs, making careful planning essential for RAG success.

Failure to Launch – 11 Red Flags We See in Struggling Search & AI Projects
ElasticsearchAI ReadinessVector Search
Failure to Launch – 11 Red Flags We See in Struggling Search & AI Projects

Published Dec 1, 2025

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.

Tech Talk - Turning Red Flags Into Roadmaps for AI-Driven Search
ElasticsearchTech HangoutOpensearch
Tech Talk - Turning Red Flags Into Roadmaps for AI-Driven Search

Published Oct 29, 2025

Real Life use cases and how MC+A and Pulse course-corrected a search deployments before they derailed.

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MC+A and Pulse Announce Partnership to Deliver Superior, Proactive Elasticsearch Support
ElasticsearchOperationsOpensearch

MC+A and Pulse Announce Partnership to Deliver Superior, Proactive Elasticsearch Support

Oct 8, 2025

New partnership between Pulse and MC+A enables enterprises to achieve greater performance, reliability, and scalability in their search operations.

Spotlight -  Search Modernization Improves Agentic AI Platforms like CrewAI and Copilot
AICopilotLarge Language Model

Spotlight - Search Modernization Improves Agentic AI Platforms like CrewAI and Copilot

Sep 23, 2025

Explore how search modernization is transforming agentic AI platforms like CrewAI and Copilot — boosting performance, accuracy, and agent autonomy

Introducing Quintus - AI-Native Investigative Intelligence
AIDocument IntelligenceInvestigative Intelligence

Introducing Quintus - AI-Native Investigative Intelligence

Sep 16, 2025

From courtrooms to compliance offices to police precincts, investigative professionals are drowning in digital evidence. Documents, emails, chats, ima...

Why PostgreSQL Search Isn’t Enough -  A Case for Purpose-Built Retrieval Systems 
eCommerceElasticsearchOpenSearch

Why PostgreSQL Search Isn’t Enough - A Case for Purpose-Built Retrieval Systems 

Sep 11, 2025

PostgreSQL is a powerful database, but not a search engine. Learn why relevancy, ranking, and scale demand purpose-built retrieval systems.

After App Search: A Modernization Blueprint for AI-First Organizations
AIApp SearchElasticsearch

After App Search: A Modernization Blueprint for AI-First Organizations

Sep 8, 2025

Explore a strategic blueprint for migrating from Elastic App Search to AI-powered solutions.

Why Federated Search is Still Relevant Today
AIFederated SearchGlean

Why Federated Search is Still Relevant Today

Jul 1, 2025

Glean’s recent blog post, "Is MCP + federated search killing the index?", makes a bold claim that federated search is on its way out. From our vantage...

What’s New in Elasticsearch 9.0: Key Innovations in Search, Observability, and Security
ElasticsearchEnterprise AIInsight Engine

What’s New in Elasticsearch 9.0: Key Innovations in Search, Observability, and Security

May 20, 2025

Our top features of the new Elasticsearch 9.0 release. ESQL Joins and BBQ are top of the list by there are many more.

The Kennedy Assassination Files: Unveiling the Truth with Document Intelligence
AIDocument IntelligenceKennedy Files

The Kennedy Assassination Files: Unveiling the Truth with Document Intelligence

Mar 26, 2025

Last week, the national archives released a series of documents which are said to be the final release of the JFK assassination files. This release co...

MC+A Recognized as one of the KM100 in 2025 by KMWorld Magazine
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MC+A Recognized as one of the KM100 in 2025 by KMWorld Magazine

Mar 11, 2025

MC+A, has been selected for the 2025 KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management

An Executive Guide to AI Business Value: Lessons from the Field
AIEnterprise AIEnterprise Technology

An Executive Guide to AI Business Value: Lessons from the Field

Oct 31, 2024

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving from a mere hype cycle to a critical driver of enterprise value...

The Future of Search: Vision Models and the Rise of Multi-Model Retrieval
AIGenerative AILarge Language Model

The Future of Search: Vision Models and the Rise of Multi-Model Retrieval

Oct 22, 2024

Vector search technology is evolving with the emergence of ColBERT and ColPali, two systems that are revolutionizing how we process and retrieve infor...

Webinar: Practical AI: Notes from the Field
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Webinar: Practical AI: Notes from the Field

Oct 10, 2024

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.