Vivísimo

Infobox_Company
company_name = Vivísimo Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2000)
location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
key_people = Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO
Jerome Pesenti, Chief Scientist
Chris Palmer, CTO
industry = Internet
products = Vivísimo Velocity enterprise search suite
company_slogan = Search Done Right
homepage = [http://vivisimo.com vivisimo.com]

Vivísimo is a privately held enterprise search software company in Pittsburgh that develops and sells software products to improve search on the web and in enterprises. The focus of Vivísimo's research thus far has been the concept of clustering search results based on topic; for example, dividing the results of a search for "cell" into groups like "biology," "battery," and "prison." This process allows users to intuitively narrow their search results to a particular category or browse through related fields of information, and seeks to avoid the "overload" problem of sorting through too many results.

Vivísimo technology is available to enterprise in the form of a cohesive search suite, Vivísimo Velocity, which includes the Velocity Search Engine, Velocity Clustering Engine and Velocity Content Integrator. The technology is also freely available to the public in the form of Clusty.

History

Vivísimo was founded in 2000 by a trio of computer science researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The name was taken from the Latin root "viva" for "life," with the Romance suffix -"issimo" indicating a superlative. Earlier marketing tied this to the company's older tagline, "bright, lively, and intelligent."

In October 2005, Vivísimo was awarded the contract to power the search portion of FirstGov.gov (now called USA.gov), the official web portal of the US Government [cite web |url=http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3551226 |title=Vivisimo and MSN to Power FirstGov |accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=Search Engine Watch|date=2005-09-26|author=Gary Price] .

The company is funded from a variety of sources, including Innovation Works, the National Science Foundation, and private investors. Its products are used by a wide variety of websites, companies, and government agencies.

As of 2008, Vivísimo does not seem to produce any search results and instead provides a redirection to Clusty.

Product Awards

* InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year - Best Enterprise Search [cite web |url=http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2008/01/145-2008_technology-4.html |title=2008 Technology of the Year Awards: Data Management |accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=InfoWorld]
* InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year - Best Enterprise Search [cite web |url=http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2007/01/27-2007_technology-2.html |title=2007 Technology of the Year Awards: Data Management |accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=InfoWorld]
* InfoWorld 2006 Technology of the Year - Best Enterprise Search [cite web |url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/02/01FEtoycm_1.html?s=feature |title=Wanted: Methods for moving mountains of content |accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=InfoWorld | author=Mike Heck |date=2006-01-02]
* Network Computing Editor's Choice - Enterprise Search Review [cite web |url=http://www.networkcomputing.com/channels/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199905064&pgno=13 |title=Analysis: Enterprise Search |accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=Network Computing | author=Ben DuPont |date=2007-06-25]

ee also

* Clusty

External links

* [http://vivisimo.com/ Vivísimo]
* [http://clusty.com/ Clusty]
* [http://biometacluster.com/ Bio MetaCluster] (an application of Vivísimo Velocity for Life Sciences)
* [http://usasearch.gov USASearch.gov]
* [http://www.innovationworks.org/ Innovation Works]
* [http://www.nsf.gov/ The National Science Foundation]

Reviews

* [http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/23/21TCvelocity_1.html Vivísimo Brings Structure to the Enterprise]
* [http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/09/08/37TCvelocity_1.html Vivísimo Velocity Races Ahead of the Search Pack]
* [http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3415071 Connection with Vivísimo]

References