19 December 2005

Vivisimo Captures Industry and Media Honors for Enterprise Software, Consumer Search and Corporate Excellence

EContent, KM World, Inc. Magazine, Pittsburgh Technology Council and US News & World Report Recognize Vivisimo's Innovations in the Search Industry

Pittsburgh, PA—Vivisimo Inc. (vivisimo.com), the leading provider of intelligent clustering, search and meta-search software for organizing search results, today announced that it has been recognized by several media and professional organizations for excellence in consumer and enterprise search, as well as for overall business execution. These recognitions close out a record 2005 during which Vivisimo added a number of blue-chip customers and furthered its mission to solve the problem of "information overload" for consumer and enterprise search users.

Recent industry accolades include:

  • US News & World Report included Vivisimo's Clusty consumer search site as a "Best of the Web" search engine in a December 5, 2005 magazine feature.
  • EContent magazine named Vivisimo to the 2005 EContent 100 in the Classification and Taxonomy category. The EContent 100 "offers a look at 100 companies in the digital content industry that show how far econtent reaches into our work and our lives and how the tools to make the most of it matter more than ever."
  • The Pittsburgh Technology Council named Vivisimo a finalist for the "Top Information and Technology Company" in Western Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Technology 50 "honors those technology companies that demonstrated the strongest growth and advancement in product or sales success, financial strength, corporate citizenship, job growth and retention and innovative product or technology."
  • KM World selected Vivisimo as a KM Promise Award finalist in its Promise and Reality Awards program. The KM Promise Award "is given to the organization that is delivering its promise to customers by providing innovative technology solutions for implementing and integrating knowledge management practices into their business processes."
  • Vivisimo CEO Raul Valdes-Perez was named one of the "Top 10 Entrepreneurs in America" by readers of Inc. Magazine and was also a finalist for the "CEO of the Year" award from the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

Earlier this year, TIME magazine named Clusty one of the "Top 50 Web sites" and PC Magazine called it one of the "Top 100 Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without." In addition, KM World honored the company as a 2005 "Trendsetter," and the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked Vivisimo as the fifth fastest growing company in the Pittsburgh region.

About Vivisimo

Vivisimo does search right by combining the simplicity and innovation of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software. The company works with customers to understand their goals and quickly deploy solutions that maximize the business value of information—with an interface users love. Vivisimo serves its global client base through headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, and Paris, France, and partners throughout the world. Please visit vivisimo.com to learn more about us and visit our Search Done Right blog to learn more about enterprise search.

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