Simon Hearne

Solutions Architect

Simon Hearne is a Solutions Architect at Zilliz. He works closely with EMEA-based enterprise customers across verticals including IdV / facial recognition, legal case review, and social matching, enabling the design and implementation of GenAI, semantic search, and retrieval use cases using the Zilliz Cloud Vector Database. He brings experience from Elasticsearch and Akamai, and holds an MEng in Artificial Intelligence and an MSc in Data Science. Simon combines deep technical expertise in vector search with a strong focus on developer enablement, helping teams move from proof of concept to production with Milvus on Zilliz Cloud.

Engineering

Milvus 3.0 vs Elasticsearch on Vector and Full-Text Search

A reproducible, side-by-side walkthrough of Milvus 3.0 and Elasticsearch 9 on keyword, vector, and hybrid search — same box, same data, same analyzers, with the gaps spelled out.

Oct 20, 202610 min read

Engineering

Migrating Self-Managed Milvus to Zilliz Cloud for >99% Latency Reduction

Step-by-step guide to migrating 50M vectors from self-managed Milvus to Zilliz Cloud using milvus-backup. Achieve >99% query latency reduction with zero data loss.

Jul 16, 20264 min read