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• Wall Street Journal: IBM to Buy Navigation Software Maker Vivisimo
  25 April 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
  by Melodie Warner - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) agreed to acquire Vivisimo Inc., a privately held provider of enterprise search and navigation software, as it continues to expand its big data platform. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Pittsburgh-based Vivisimo has more than 140 customers--including Airbus, the U.S. Air Force and Social Security Administration--and its software helps organizations access and analyze massive amounts of information, also known as Big Data. ...
• IBM Acquires Enterprise Search Software Company Vivisimo To Boost Big Data Analytics
  25 April 2012 - TechCrunch
  by Leena Rao - On the heels of acquiring sales data analytics company Varicent last week, Big Blue is making another buy in the data space today— Vivisimo. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vivisimo, which has raised $6 million in funding, launched as a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon and applies clustering technology to enterprise search. Vivisimo provides enterprises with search software that helps organizations access and analyze big data across the enterprise. ...
• IBM to Buy Vivisimo; Expands Bet on Big Data Analytics
  25 April 2012 - Forbes
  by Eric Savitz - IBM this morning said it has agreed to acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based provider of big data access and analysis tools. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. IBM said that Vivisimo’s software “excels in capturing and delivering quality information across the broadest range of data sources, no matter what format it is, or where it resides.” The company said the software “automates the discovery of data and helps employees navigate it with a single view across the enterprise, providing valuable insights that drive better decision-making for solving all operational challenges.” ...

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