1 December 2008

Vivisimo Enterprise Search Recognized Among Digital Content Industry Leaders by EContent Magazine

EContent 100 Latest in Vivisimo Search Leadership Recognition

Pittsburgh, PA — Vivisimo (www.vivisimo.com), a leader in enterprise search, was named to the EContent 100, EContent magazine’s eighth annual list of “companies that matter most in the digital content industry.” The list is published in the December issue. 

“Vivisimo’s selection to the EContent 100 is continued recognition that we are helping to lead our industry in delivering compelling value for users of digital content, which, to be sure, is all of us,” said Raul Valdes-Perez, Vivisimo CEO. “In a challenging economic environment, Vivisimo continues its commitment to helping organizations realize the highest business value for their information, producing greater efficiencies and fostering collaboration and innovation in ways that help companies do more than they thought possible.”

This is the sixth consecutive year Vivisimo was recognized among industry leaders in the search engines & technologies category by EContent (www.econtentmag.com). The inclusion of Vivisimo in the EC100 list marks a year in which the company continued building momentum as a leader in the enterprise search industry.

In 2008, Vivisimo released Velocity Search Platform™ 7.0, advancing conceptual search with a new interface that provides users with explicit control to fine tune queries and personalize their search to meet specific information goals. By making the process of modifying searches more transparent and giving users more control over that process, Velocity 7.0 produces better, more satisfying search results.

Vivisimo also introduced an OEM version of the Velocity Search Platform—leveraging Velocity’s superior architecture and inherent flexibility in a modular design for easy deployment in a variety of markets and applications. And Vivisimo introduced the Discovery Module™, adding automated tagging and export of search results in native file formats for easy and fast sharing of search results and providing additional tools for collaboration and innovation in the enterprise.

Vivisimo’s other achievements in search industry leadership for 2008 include:

  • Vivisimo was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Gartner’s 2008 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant
  • Vivisimo was recognized as leader in enterprise search by Forrester Research, Inc., in the May 2008, Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Search, Q2, 2008 report
  • Vivisimo’s Velocity Search Platform was named a Trend-Setting project by KMWorld for fourth consecutive year
  • Vivisimo included on KMWorld’s list of 100 “Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management” for sixth consecutive year
  • Velocity Search Platform wins InfoWorld’s 2008 Technology of the Year for “Best Enterprise Search Solution” for third straight year

Among Vivisimo’s customers worldwide are Airbus, Procter & Gamble and Tyco Electronics. Public-facing portals, where Vivisimo’s search technology can be experienced directly, include the U.S. government (USASearch.gov); www.womenshealth.gov; the National Library of Medicine (www.nlm.nih.gov); and the Dr. Socrates search portal at OnMedica (http://www.onmedica.com/).

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About Vivisimo, Inc.
Vivisimo provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow end-users to find and take advantage of all appropriate and available information, regardless of source, location or type. Vivisimo’s innovative technology, including social search tools that enable collaboration throughout the enterprise, is delivered with a focus on end-user satisfaction and on application control through easy-to-use interfaces, flexible security management and a modern architecture that enables quick deployment. Vivisimo products are available for standalone search applications or as OEM versions embedded as critical search technology within partner applications and solutions. Vivisimo serves its global clients from headquarters in Pittsburgh, USA, and partners throughout the world. Visit Vivisimo.com and our [Search Done Right™] blog.

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