29 January 2008Vivisimo Soars on Enterprise Search GrowthCompany Achieves 60 Percent Year-Over-Year Bookings GrowthPittsburgh, PA—Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, grew bookings by 60
percent for the calendar year 2007. Vivisimo's growth has been fueled primarily by the increasing need for high-performance enterprise search and
the popularity of its award winning Velocity enterprise search platform. The company's banner year also marked deep inroads
across four major verticals — healthcare/pharmaceuticals, government, manufacturing and legal. Examples of new customers and partners for 2007 in these areas include
Organon International Inc., Purdue Pharma LP in pharmaceuticals; National Library of Medicine, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services,
New Zealand Government, Israel Government and Tokyo University in government; Tyco Electronics and Modine Manufacturing Company in manufacturing and
a strategic partnership with Interwoven, Inc. in the legal and professional services sector.
"It's an exciting time to be in enterprise search," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO of Vivisimo. "As 2007 has shown, enterprise search has gone
universal and has successfully made the transition from departmental uses to enterprise wide adoption across many industries. We take great pride in
our role in its evolution and more importantly, for the success of Velocity, which continues to win industry accolades for its user friendliness,
flexibility and ease of deployment." Vivisimo's highlights from 2007 include:
- Introduced Vivisimo Velocity for Mobile, an extension to the Velocity enterprise search
platform that allows mobile workers to access
and search corporate intranets, email and other applications from smartphones and other mobile devices.
- Launched Vivisimo Velocity 6.0, 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.
- Signed an OEM and resell agreement with Interwoven, Inc., a global leader in content management
solutions.
- Integrated its Velocity enterprise search capabilities with Datawatch|MailManager to power E-Discovery solutions.
- Made significant strides in the Japanese marketplace with the addition of new customers, including Basic Inc., the University of Tokyo, and
several FT Global 500 telecommunications, electronics and pharmaceutical companies, who join existing customers such as Bitratings, Carview
Corporation, Kadokawa Cross Media, and Suginami-ku Parenting Site.
- Received industry accolades including: eContent 100, KMWorld's Trend-Setting Product of the Year 2007,
KMWorld's 100 Companies that Matter in
Knowledge Management, InfoWorld 2007 Best Enterprise Search Award and NetworkComputing's Editor's Choice
for Vivisimo Velocity 5.5
- Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year for Vivisimo's CEO Raul Valdes-Perez.
About the Vivisimo Velocity Platform
The Vivisimo Velocity Search Platform provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow users to access, extract and
manipulate all available content, regardless of location. Velocity 6.0 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, 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. ###
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