Vivisimo Powers Search on New Zealand Government Web Site.New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. State Services Commission The State Services Commission (Te Komihana O Nga Tari Kawanatanga in Māori) is a central government agency within the New Zealand government. Its responsibility is essentially to guarantee a high level of civil servants for New Zealand through performance management. Introduces Vivisimo Velocity as Innovative New Approach to Search on All-of-Government Web Portal See portal. PITTSBURGH -- Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, today announced its selection by the New Zealand State Services Commission (SSC SSC Secondary School Certificate SSC Standard Systems Center (USAF) SSC State Services Commission (New Zealand) SSC Swedish Space Corporation SSC Salem State College (Massachusetts) ) to enhance search of its public Web site www.newzealand.govt.nz. Vivisimo Velocity search platform was chosen for its versatility and ability to provide relevant results that add value to search activities. The New Zealand SSC Web site now provides a superior, streamlined experience where millions of citizens can search the portal for government documents, Web pages and government resources all within Velocity's clustering capabilities that intuitively and visually arrange search results into thematic the·mat·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being a theme: a scene of thematic importance. 2. categories. Vivisimo's software spotlights popular results, filters content and searches information that is not available through other Web search engines A Web site that maintains an index and short summaries of billions of pages on the Web, Google being the world's largest. Most search engine sites are free and paid for by advertising banners, while others charge for the service. and then clusters the search results by topic and agency. As a result, users spend less time navigating through government information, and spend more time finding information relevant to their search, and exploring relevant topics in depth. To expand beyond government-associated data, the New Zealand SSC portal also leverages Velocity's ability to combine government resources with Web results provided by Windows Live A family of free desktop and Web-based applications from Microsoft, most of which can be accessed from a personal home page as well as a Windows Live browser toolbar. Launched in late 2005, Microsoft integrated and rebranded its Hotmail and MSN and Windows instant messaging as "Windows Search. "Search is one of the key components of Accessible State Services. Ensuring citizens can easily and conveniently access government information online is critical to improving New Zealanders' experience of the State Services," said Laurence Millar, Deputy Commissioner Information and Communication Technologies at the New Zealand State Services Commission. "Vivisimo's search functionality will provide the more than two million annual Web site visitors with a wide array of relevant results such as standard government Web pages, news, images and more." The SSC is the first New Zealand government organization to use the Vivisimo Velocity search platform. Vivisimo's agreement with the SSC contains syndication options to enable other national agencies to take advantage of the Velocity search platform to enhance their respective sites. "The simplicity of regular Web searching has become the universal expectation for people looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. information, and the New Zealand government is on the forefront of bringing this experience to its citizens. Because of the complexity of varying types of data and resources available through government, national organizations are relying on specialized search engines See vertical search engine. to simplify the means in which the public receives the most relevant information," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Vivisimo. "Today's announcement further demonstrates our commitment to empowering the citizens of the world to discover information impacting to their daily lives while expanding our global footprint." The Vivisimo Velocity platform provides large organizations with innovative search solutions that allow users to find, access, explore and manipulate all available content, regardless of location. It combines the simplicity of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software to help organizations reap the benefits of increased user adoption and satisfaction without compromising on performance, scalability, security or the ability to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. a solution to specific environments. Vivisimo's agreement with the New Zealand SSC is its latest partnership to provide better search and discovery for worldwide consumers of government information. Beginning in 2005 with Vivisimo's introduction of a U.S. government search tab at gov.clusty.com to search political and government-related information, the company has also entered into agreements with the U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. Web portal (www.USA.gov). Vivisimo plans to continue worldwide expansion of its search platform among government organizations. About Vivisimo, Inc. Vivisimo 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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