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Webinar with U.S. Air Force Delivering Web 2.0 to Military Knowledge Site with Social Search

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 14:48 CST

Benefits of Vivisimo's Social Search Highlighted in Webinar

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- As companies struggle with learning how to bring the benefits of Web 2.0 into their organizations, the U.S. Air Force has found the answer using the social search tools introduced by Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leader in enterprise search. Learn more about the Air Force's experience in this webinar - details are below.

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What: Webinar on why U.S. Air Force chose social search as enabling technology for improving search relevancy, identifying experts and fostering greater collaboration. Webinar also presents information on how the project was funded and metrics for ROI.

Who: Randy Adkins, director of the Air Force Center of Excellence for Knowledge Management, will describe process for choosing social search among Web 2.0 tools, obtaining organizational and financial support and implementing the project. Jim Murphy, research director at AMR Research, and Vivisimo Vice President Rebecca Thompson, will provide additional insight on Web 2.0, social search and collaboration in the enterprise.

When / Where: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT). Register at:

http://www.kmworld.com/Webinars/132-The-Sky%27s-The-Limit-Using-Social-Search-to-Deliver-Web-2.0-to-the-Air-Force.htm

Why: Organizations studying how Web 2.0 social networking tools can provide meaningful benefits will learn from the Air Force's experience. The Air Force's Knowledge Now site implemented the social search tools in Vivisimo's Velocity Search Platform(TM) to serve 300,000 registered users and support more than 10 million page views a month, a scale comparable to large corporate intranets. Service members now tag, annotate, rate and share search results, leading to better relevancy, expert identification and greater collaboration.

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](TM) blog.

Geof Becker Vivisimo (412) 422-2499 X166 becker@Vivisimo.com

SOURCE Vivisimo, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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