18 November 2009

Vivisimo Announces Procter & Gamble as KMWorld Reality Award Winner for Business Value Derived from its Use of the Vivisimo Velocity Enterprise Search Platform

Velocity Produces Measurable Business Benefits; Reduces Time Spent Searching to Increase Overall Efficiency

Pittsburgh, PA — Vivisimo, a leader in enterprise search, today announced that Procter & Gamble has won the KMWorld Reality award for demonstrating knowledge management leadership with its successful deployment and use of the award-winning Velocity Enterprise Search platform.

Through its deployment of the Vivisimo Enterprise Search Platform, P&G users have reduced the time spent searching for documents and increased overall productivity. Additionally, P&G users have increased knowledge sharing by using search as a new means of collaborating. Through a single search interface, users now have the ability to locate experts within their organization to connect with and share knowledge.

“Today’s award is another validation of our decision to choose Velocity to power our search needs,” said Bud Miyahara, Section Manager, P&G. “With the aid of Velocity, we have improved the user satisfaction of our search offering and have been able to deliver key business search needs. Velocity has also given us the ability to deliver future search capability with little worry of technological limitations.”

The award, which recognizes an organization in which knowledge management is a positive reality, was given to P&G during the KMWorld Reality ceremony at the Enterprise Search Summit in San Jose earlier today.

“We couldn’t be more delighted that P&G is the recipient of this award.  We strongly believe it’s well deserved given their commitment and focus on delivering the highest quality knowledge management capabilities to their customers,” said John Kealey, CEO of Vivisimo. “Like all our customers, P&G is realizing significant business benefits of our Velocity platform in term of improving information access and findability.”

The Vivisimo Velocity Enterprise Search Platform is a flexible and scalable solution for enhancing information access and knowledge sharing across an organization. Velocity customers and partners utilize the rich set of discovery, personalization and collaboration functionality to provide end-users with greater control over their search experience. Its back-end architecture introduces unprecedented security, connectivity and relevancy into the overall search experience. The result is improved workforce productivity, enhanced decision making, streamlined business processes and the creation of real value for key external audiences.

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About Vivisimo, Inc.
Vivisimo provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that help end-users find and take advantage of all appropriate and available information, regardless of source, location or type. Vivisimo’s innovative technology, including social search tools that enable collaboration throughout the enterprise, is delivered with a focus on end-user satisfaction and application control through easy-to-use interfaces, flexible security management and a modern architecture that enables quick deployment. Vivisimo products are available for standalone search applications or as OEM versions embedded within partner applications and solutions. Vivisimo serves its clients from headquarters in Pittsburgh, USA, and through partners around the world. Visit Vivisimo.com and our Search Done Right blog.

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