2 January 2007U.S. News & World Report Selects Vivisimo for Editorial SearchVivisimo Velocity 5 Aids Writers on Story Deadline by Maximizing Content ResourcesPittsburgh, PA—Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of search software and expertise, today announced that U.S. News & World Report has selected the award-winning Vivisimo Velocity enterprise search platform to improve and optimize search engine resources for its editorial staff.
Vivisimo Velocity will index and federate original content, third-party resources and news feeds used by editors and reporters at the U.S. News & World Report to research stories for the magazine and its Web site. These resources include popular media research tools such as EBSCO, ProQuest, Lexis Nexis and select RSS feeds. The search platform's clustering feature enhances manageability by categorizing all search results dynamically into topical folders that help end-users quickly review and recall relevant themes. "As a major news organization with over two million readers each week, we need to maximize the information and tools available to us to provide the best analysis of today's stories," said Jill Konieczko, Director of Information and Research Services of U.S. News & World Report. "When seeking an enterprise search provider to help us find and research stories, we wanted to work with a company that could provide quality search results from a variety of different sources and enable us to get our editorial staff up and running with the platform immediately." The Vivisimo 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.
"The editors, reporter and writers of U.S. News & World Report need easy-to-use and effective tools to help manage the information gathering process," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO and co-founder of Vivisimo. "Our enterprise search platform alleviates their researching burdens, increases their ability to meet ever demanding deadlines, and lets them focus on writing world-class editorial analysis." About U.S. News & World ReportFounded in 1933, Washington, DC-based U.S. News delivers a unique brand of weekly magazine journalism to its more than 11 million readers. They rely on our writers and editors to be fair—to get it right. So they trust U.S. News to provide them with actionable, useful information, and to provide original, agenda-setting reporting—journalism that makes a difference in people's lives. Our bigger, better investigative news team is one of the largest and most experienced in the business. Readers have come to expect U.S. News to make news, not just report on it.
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. ### |
