8 October 2007Vivisimo Debuts Social Search for the Enterprise with Velocity 6.0Company is First-to-Market with Web 2.0 Functionality for Enterprise Search PlatformPittsburgh, PA—Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, today debuts
social search for the enterprise with the introduction of the Vivisimo Velocity 6.0 enterprise search platform. Available within 45
days,
Velocity will enable enterprises to increase collaboration among workers, accelerate innovation, and gain valuable insight into the
collective intelligence of their organizations. Traditionally, the lifecycle of an enterprise search query would consist of reading, digesting and re-purposing
content. Velocity 6.0 extends the power of enterprise search by enabling users to save, share and take action on search results to foster
collaboration and new levels of communication within the organization. By marrying popular Web 2.0 concepts, such as social search and
networking, virtual folders, tagging and content mash-ups, with the power of enterprise search, Velocity 6.0 is empowering users to easily
leverage the vast amount of human knowledge within their own organizations. Velocity 6.0 harnesses the human knowledge about content resident in an organization with social tagging by
giving end-users the ability to vote on or rate search results using a numerical scale. This combined insight into the usefulness of
information can be used to adjust relevancy of results in real-time, benefiting everyone else in the organization, or can be used to convey
feedback to others. Furthermore, Velocity 6.0 empowers users to tag search results with keywords, providing a more efficient and faster
search experience. Enabling users to vote on, rate, tag, save and share content within the search interface is just the first step
in creating a collaborative information-enriching environment. Velocity 6.0 allows users to add their own knowledge about information found
via search directly into the search result itself in the form of free-text annotation. Rather than sending an email with a file attachment
to colleagues with commentary about a document, users can have a dialogue about content right within the search interface. And social
bookmarking within Velocity 6.0 allows users to save search results into virtual folders for future reference and use or to share with
others, such as a project team. "The evolution of enterprise search is inevitably from a productivity-enhancing
tool to a collaborative application that enables users to make the best use of the collective intelligence of
the enterprise," said Lynda Moulton, lead analyst, Gilbane Group. "The advancements in Vivisimo Velocity 6.0
address this important shift in enterprise search. The combination of Vivisimo's proven search technology and
the benefits of Web 2.0 will offer knowledge workers new opportunities to collaborate and create new value for
their enterprises." Velocity 6.0 supports social networking with search for experts within an organization. Profiles of colleagues are developed
based on data from different repositories and are displayed as a mash-up application of pictures, contact information, biographical data
and recent tagging activity in a single view. Velocity 6.0 also provides a visual map or executive dashboard of hot topics within groups,
departments or across the entire enterprise, based upon information that has been tagged, saved or shared, providing a window into the
collective intelligence of the organization. "With today's launch of Velocity 6.0, we have proven once again that enterprise search should be more than a
productivity-enhancing application but an engine of innovation," said Jerome Pesenti, chief scientist of Vivisimo. "Velocity 6.0 changes the
playing field for enterprise search by truly capturing the essence of Web 2.0 and all its benefits. We take great pride in being the first
enterprise search company to literally connect the dots and offer social search for organizations." About the Vivisimo Velocity PlatformThe Vivisimo Velocity platform provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow users to access, extract and manipulate all
available content, regardless of location. The latest version of Velocity is the first major enterprise search platform to bring
business-ready Web 2.0 functionalities, such as social tagging, social bookmarking, social networking and mash-ups to the market. By
combining the simplicity of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software, organizations can reap the benefits of
increased user adoption and satisfaction without compromising on performance, scalability, security or the ability to configure a solution
specific to its business environment. Based on a service-oriented architecture that enables rapid deployment, Vivisimo Velocity can be up and
running in just weeks.
About VivisimoVivisimo 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. ### |
