Case Study: the European Council achieves scalable, secure search with Formica Digital’s Elasticsearch solution

European Council expands searchable repositories across 2 platforms with Formica Digital

The European Council, a key institution of the European Union, faced the challenge of standardizing its search experiences to deliver transparent and relevant information from its heavily content-driven environment. They needed a performant, reliable, and scalable search technology for their public website and internal portal. The council enlisted Formica as a search technology partner to implement a solution based on Elasticsearch.

Formica implemented a future-proof Elasticsearch architecture, creating a site search for the public website and a dedicated, secure cluster for the internal Agora portal. The solution included advanced functionalities like autocomplete, faceted search, and result highlighting. This provided a fast and effective search experience for both citizens and internal employees without compromising security, ensuring the council could meet its transparency goals.

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