Social Search Improves Collaboration and Productivity, Says Vivisimo Chief Scientist

Business Wire,  May 14, 2008  

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Chief Scientist Jerome Pesenti Joins Speaking Panel at Enterprise Search Summit Show for Focus on Social Search in the Enterprise

PITTSBURGH -- Enterprise search enhanced with social software tools can help organizations surface underused or even unknown data, and dramatically improve employee collaboration and productivity, according to Jerome Pesenti, chief scientist for Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise. Pesenti will join a speaking panel at the Enterprise Search Summit in NY on Tuesday, May 20th at 9:45 a.m. that is set to explore the powerful implications of social search.

The panel, "Social Work: Is Social Search for the Enterprise?," focuses on the need for new strategies in building more effective teams and making better use of information throughout an organization, and how social software applied to enterprise search lowers the barriers to such collaboration. As part of this effort, Vivisimo introduced social search for the enterprise last October with the Vivisimo Velocity 6.0 enterprise search platform.

Velocity[TM] provides the social software that makes it much easier for people to collaborate in improving and documenting search results. These social software tools include document and keyword tagging, rating and annotation of documents and search terms, and use of shared virtual folders. With social software, Velocity enables quicker, more relevant search results that reveal valuable insights into an organization's collective intelligence by improving access and use of the vast amounts of data an enterprise generates and stores. Converting that data to actionable information is the fuel that accelerates productivity and innovation, Pesenti says.

In addition to speaking on the panel, Pesenti also will deliver the Enterprise Search Clinic during a breakout session scheduled for 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20th. Pesenti recently authored the white paper, "Jump Starting Collaboration with Social Search," which can be accessed at http://vivisimo.com/landing/download-collaboration.

Pesenti's white paper provides insight into how the marriage between enterprise search and social software tools is applied to a variety of business processes and functional areas, such as competitive intelligence, in R & D centers, by human resource departments and in call centers.

Enterprise Search Summit 2008 is a highly intense, in-depth, 2-day conference that covers how to develop, implement and enhance cutting-edge internal search capabilities. The emphasis for the show is on "extending search," as search becomes not just an application but a major computing platform. The agenda focuses on how enterprise search software and related applications really work inside organizations and covers the complex issues and problems that challenge experienced search managers.

About the Vivisimo Velocity Platform

The 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 Vivisimo, Inc.

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 and visit our Search Done Right Blog to learn more about enterprise search.

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