FAST Delivers Next Generation Search-Powered Information Discovery Solutions for Enterprise 2.0

FAST ESP Enables Corporate Intelligence, Information Sharing and Collaboration through Unified Information Access at Leading IT services Provider TietoEnator

Gartner ITXpo

CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fast Search & Transfer™ (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST™), the leading provider of search technologies, today announced that one of the largest European IT services providers, TietoEnator, has gone live with their intranet solution powered by the award-winning FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP ™). The solution is a prime example of how leading organizations are moving from traditional knowledge management systems based on legacy data, to search-driven collaborative information discovery portals.

TietoEnator is among the leading architects in building a more efficient information society through consulting, developing and hosting its customers' digital businesses, and has about 17,000 employees in 30 countries. One of the challenges facing the organisation, was to offer its employees intelligent and efficient self-service based information-retrieval, discovery, sharing and collaboration, in an environment with disparate silos of information and exploding data volumes, which were both structured and unstructured.

"We wanted an open and flexible search application platform, which would enable us to create the best possible user experience for our high-demanding staff", said Pekka Viljakainen, Executive Vice President, TietoEnator Corporation and President, TietoEnator Digital Innovations. "Remembering that we ourselves offer consultancy in digital services, and that knowledge is our power, we had high demands and expectations."

TietoEnator is also a FAST partner, and with extensive knowledge of FAST ESP, they handled the implementation themselves. The new portal has substantially improved knowledge sharing and collaborative work across the organization, and is proving to be a substantial competitive advantage for TietoEnator.

"TietoEnator builds innovative search and self-service applications for our clients, and it was important for us that we offered the latest and most advanced information access and sharing solution available for our own staff " continued Mr. Viljakainen. "We have received extremely positive feedback from our employees, and have seen a substantial boost of traffic on the portal since the launch. "

"TietoEnator is an exciting organization to work with, as they are implementing visionary solutions for their clients, and they wanted to offer a best-in-class information discovery solution for their own staff ", said Bjørn Olstad, FAST's CTO. "During the next five years, we will see more and more organizations shift their investments away from legacy knowledge management and towards Enterprise 2.0, enterprise search, information discovery, and other tools, technologies, practices, and processes that allow for emergent work patterns to form in a vibrant "learning organization "."

Human knowledge is oftentimes identified as an organization's most valuable asset. However, much of this knowledge is never shared or truly re-used. Capturing and re-distributing this knowledge not only improves knowledge workers ' productivity, but it can also have a measurable impact on the top-line. Information discovery solutions powered by an enterprise search platform can greatly simplify information access and reduce the amount of time knowledge workers must spend searching for information.

FAST at Gartner Symposium/ITXpo in Cannes, France: booth PS3

Please contact our staff if you would like to hear more on how search enables the next wave of information access, discovery and sharing. Bjørn Olstad, CTO of FAST will be available for interviews and will also give a presentation:

  • What: "The Next Chapter of Search"
  • Who: Bjørn Olstad, CTO, FAST
  • When: Tuesday, November 6, 2007; 13.30-14.15
  • Where: Gartner Symposium/ITXpo, Palais des Festivals Auditorium A, Cannes, France

About FAST

FAST creates the real-time search and business intelligence solutions that are behind the scenes at the world's best- known companies with the most demanding information challenges. FAST 's flexible and scalable integrated technology platform and personalized portal connects users, regardless of medium, to the relevant information they need.

FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, the Americas, and the Middle East. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com.

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