2008

• NewsShark: "Vivisimo Introduces OEM Version of Velocity"
  14 October 2008
  The Gilbane Group’s blog covered the Velocity for OEM announcement, noting its key features: Modular design - partners need add only the specific function they need, be it clustering, auto-classification, search, federation, and more; Architecture - Velocity OEM occupies a small footprint in partner applications; efficiently connects various data silos; delivers search security; Flexibility - APIs, XML framework, multiple distribution models, and; Dedicated partner account management and technical support.

• KM Space: "Enterprise Search at Procter & Gamble"
  9 September 2008
  The company chose Vivisimo. They liked the end-user experience. What came out of the box was close to what they wanted. They also like the clustering of Vivisimo. They also liked the flexibility of connectors and architecture. They ended up with rapid deployment, going from start to live in 8 weeks.

• Beyond Search: "Vivisimo Sells 38 Licenses in Six Months"
  28 August 2008
  Autonomy may have to check its rear view mirror to see if Vivisimo’s Velocity is catching up with the Cambridge, UK, search firm.

• Beyond Search: "Vivisimo: Organizations Need a Search Strategy"
  3 August 2008
  For me the key point in the Vivisimo guidance is, and I am paraphrasing so your take may be different from mine, is that an organization needs to consider user needs when embarking on an enterprise search procurement.

• Serve’s Sharepoint Blog: "The nice thing about Vivisimo search when compared with Fast, Autonomy and MOSS Search and Google Search Appliance ..."
  27 June 2008
  Recently, Forrester research announced Vivisimo as Enterprise search leader Q2 2008. Is it that good you can ask yourself? Well, to be honest I have evaluated and compared Vivisimo against Fast, Autonomy and MOSS search during a 6 months pilot about a year ago. Even a lot more vendors which did not make it past the RFI.

• Marketing Pilgrim: "Vivisimo Helps Citizens Search"
  26 June 2008
  ... It is interesting to note that government webmasters are seeking high quality vertical search solutions. Companies such as Vivisimo will likely begin to offer similar vertical search technology to industries. ...

• Beyond Search: "Wikia Search: Social Search Is Blooming"
  4 June 2008
  ... In this context, social search means that I can add key words or tags to an item processed by Vivisimo. The term is added to the index. If I provide that term to a colleague, the index term can be used to retrieve the document. An interactive tagging feature is useful, but it was not the type of functionality that I use. Others may find the feature exactly what is needed to make behind-the-firewall search less frustrating. ...

• Caselines: "Vivisimo hits the bullseye—Rebecca Thompson on Velocity 6.0"
  17 October 2007
  Vivisimo has really hit the Enterprise 2.0 target here. The four different ways that 6.0 brings in social collaboration into search have the potential to provide a rich, intuitive search experience inside the firewall, without much training required.