28 January 2008Modine Selects Vivisimo to Unify 7,800 Professionals in 33 Sites around the GlobeVelocity Enterprise Search Chosen for its Security, Ease of Use and FlexibilityPittsburgh, PA—Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and
expertise, today announced the selection of its award-winning Vivisimo Velocity Search Platform by Modine Manufacturing Company.
A leader in thermal management technology and solutions, Modine is leveraging Velocity to
power high-performance search across its global portal to help unify 7,800 employees in 33 sites around the world.
The Velocity-enabled search on the Modine portal indexes information from multiple content repositories — which can be searched individually or all
together. The repositories include a Documentum library of documents and images, file shares located in North America and Europe, as well as a
federated search of Modine's intranet. Velocity also supports multiple languages, which is critical to a growing international company like Modine
with operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Velocity was deployed in weeks, giving Modine's users around the world access to detailed
information that was previously unavailable.
"Prior to the Velocity deployment, data was pouring in from all over the place, and there was no single access point," said David Webster, a senior
web developer at Modine. "Velocity helped unite us as a global organization by enabling all employees to seamlessly find information and collaborate
through the use of high-performance search."
Modine chose Velocity because it outperformed competitive search platforms on overall usability, accuracy of results, scalability, fault tolerance,
deployment speed, and most important, security. Vivisimo supports multiple security configurations through an intuitive Web-based administrative
tool. By using this tool, Modine was able to take advantage of Velocity's security framework to ensure that user permissions are respected — with
no additional code required.
Velocity's ease of use and flexibility on the back end were also critical in the decision.
"One of the things that as a developer I liked about Velocity is its ability to go in and do what you need to do," added Webster. "Whether the user
interface, data sources, or security needs to be customized, Velocity lets you do it. I think we can do pretty much what we need to do with
Velocity."
"After an exhaustive evaluation process, we are happy that Modine recognized the value of Velocity as a secure and flexible enterprise search
platform with the power to unify its user base all over the world," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO of Vivisimo. "Today's announcement further
demonstrates our commitment to helping global brands make the world a smaller place by empowering their users to easily find and discover information
within their organization."
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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