Vivísimo Unveils Velocity 5 and 'Search Done Right' Strategy

May 25, 2006; 04:54 AM
Vivísimo (vivisimo.com), a provider of search software and expertise, introduced Velocity 5, an enterprise search platform that provides organizations with the flexibility and control of enterprise software with the simplicity and innovation of consumer search. Velocity 5 is the cornerstone for Vivisimo's new "search done right" strategy, designed to ensure Vivísimo meets the needs of both enterprise end-users and administrators.

In today's enterprise, search solutions must address the demands of a myriad of end-users, including employees, partners and customers, each with different needs. These enterprises require an intuitive, accessible search solution that improves workforce productivity and streamlines businesses processes, all while creating true value for external audiences. For administrators, this means deploying a solution with a high level of performance, scalability, security and ability to configure a solution specific to their business.

With Velocity 5 and its new "search done right" strategy, Vivísimo meets these needs head on and commits itself to working with customers upfront to understand their business requirements and deliver an accelerated software deployment schedule of 90 days or less. The strategy also maps out intended adoption of Web 2.0 technologies, as well as the availability of new connectors that enable enterprises to index, search, federate or key-match content from document management solutions and from any type of application supporting open Web frameworks and feeds.

Velocity 5

With Velocity 5, end-users can discover and explore more through simple searches. The enhanced solution lets users access and manipulate both structured and unstructured content at the same time by using new graphical interface controls. These controls put users in command of their own search experience and new meta-data visualization techniques combined with clustering give users the big picture for a faster, but more thorough, exploration of search results.

Velocity 5 delivers key features that provide a simplified, superior user experience, such as:

• Meta-data visualization
• Role-based search
• Rich media search
• Save, share & export
• Results preview

Building on Velocity's heritage as a flexible platform, Velocity 5 also provides cutting-edge architectural enhancements with unprecedented administrative control. Administrators gain unmatched flexibility in configuring the system to use meta-data to answer queries and group search results in ways that are meaningful and exciting to end-users. Structured and unstructured content elements can be extracted, normalized, and combined, regardless of location, to create virtual documents. In addition, Velocity 5 lets administrators control access not only at the document level, but inside the documents at the content level. This ensures that individual users can see and search only the information they have permission for within documents.

Other key Velocity 5 architectural and administrative functionality includes formula-based sorting, filtering and grouping capabilities, and smart summarization functionality that gives web administrators the ability to extract only the relevant portions of documents, producing better summaries and more relevant search results. Architectural and administrative functionality new to the Velocity platform includes:

• Content extraction & normalization
• Virtual document creation
• Formula-based sorting, filtering & grouping
• Smart summarization
• Content-level security

"Buyers of enterprise search software desire a search experience like that found on the Web, but with the performance, scalability, security and the ability to configure a solution specific to their business—a gap that many organizations have found impossible to bridge with existing search solutions," said Jerome Pesenti, chief scientist of Vivísimo. "By crawling, federating and intelligently presenting information, including structured and unstructured content, while giving users a superior search experience, Velocity 5 bridges this gap."

Pricing & Availability

Based on a customer's requirements, Velocity 5 pricing can start as low as $25K annually. The product will be generally available in 30 days.

About Vivísimo Velocity

The Vivísimo Velocity platform provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow users to find, access, explore and manipulate all available content, regardless of location. By combining the simplicity of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software, enterprises 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 Vivísimo

Vivísimo 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.