What's New in Viigo

Please note that the “Viigo for Windows Mobile” product is no longer available for download.  Support for this product will be available until July 21, 2010.  For inquiries, please visit the Viigo support center at http://support.viigo.com.

Viigo is excited to announce that our company is now part of Research In Motion (RIM).

Our team has joined RIM’s global organization and will continue to bring our expertise in BlackBerry® application development and real-time content delivery to the BlackBerry platform. The Viigo for BlackBerry app will also continue to be available for download through BlackBerry App World™.

To the Viigo Team – a very special thanks to all of you for helping to build such an exciting product, and a wonderful company. We’ve arrived at this point today because of you.

Mark Ruddock
CEO Viigo

We’re thrilled to announce today that Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is introducing a co-branded version of Viigo for BlackBerry as well as Viigo for Windows in order to deliver real-time news to smartphones worldwide.

“With the growth of mobile Internet usage and the need for real-time financial and business news content, we are pleased to provide our members with the additional value of adding this important channel to our distribution network,” said Laura Sturaitis, Business Wire Senior Vice President, Media Services and Product Strategy.

Business Wire’s co-branded versions of Viigo allow users to access Business Wire content categorized by industry, language, subject and multimedia news. Additionally, the application features direct links to Business Wire’s Twitter feeds (@BusinessWire, @EONpr, @TradeshowNews, @ExpertSource and @BWPolitics), YouTube channel and the RSS feed for the All Things Press Release podcast series.

Users will also have access to other Viigo modules for real-time weather, sports scores, financial information, social networks and more. To download the Business Wire/Viigo mobile app, visit http://www.viigo.com/partner/businesswire.

“The fundamental premise of Viigo is that it provides users with immediate access to the information they believe to be of interest anytime and anywhere,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “Our partnership with Business Wire now allows Viigo to deliver news literally as it breaks.”

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by tens of thousands of member companies and organizations worldwide to functionally enhance and communicate investor relations and public relations content to target audiences. As a recognized disclosure vehicle in the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany and other EU markets, Business Wire facilitates the simultaneous flow of market-moving press releases from corporations to financial markets and their audiences, including regulatory authorities, media, investors, financial information systems and consumer news services. Business Wire also handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into the EDGAR and SEDAR systems.

Communications professionals turn to Business Wire to optimize and issue press releases, photos and multimedia to news organizations, journalists, trade publications, search engines, and individuals, with full-text posting to web sites, online services and databases. A range of distribution options enables members to target by geography, industry, news theme and audience demographics.

Founded in 1961, Business Wire has dual headquarters in San Francisco and New York, with 30 bureaus in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney and reciprocal offices throughout the world. Business Wire’s patented NX data platform supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code that enhances news release interactivity, social media sharing and search engine optimization. More information about Business Wire and its services is located on its website at www.BusinessWire.com.

Team Viigo
News, literally as it breaks.

When The Scotts Company was looking to connect its mobile sales force with proprietary product information, it turned to Viigo’s revolutionary real-time application. This solution, driven by Scotts internal content management system, links its sales force with mobile access to product data, allowing instant access for customer needs.

“In season, we need to equip our sales force with tools that make it easy to support our retail customers,” said Sherrie Foster, manager, Marketing Programs, at The Scotts Company. “Viigo had the tools to easily and securely give our field sales force access to product information on their Blackberry Smartphones. They get the needed information wherever they are.”

To facilitate the distribution and management of the application across the enterprise, Viigo is integrated with Scotts in house BES infrastructure and IT structure. As a result of this integration, Viigo can automatically be provisioned to any required Blackberry Smartphone with a single click.

“We’re excited to have been selected by Scotts to help power their remote sales force,” said Mark Ruddock “Making critical corporate information assets available on smartphones is an important component in driving the enhanced productivity and effectiveness of front-line workers. Viigo’s at the forefront of this movement.”

Team Viigo
We even help make the grass a little greener

We’re thrilled to announce that Telkomsel, the leading operator of cellular telecommunications services in Indonesia will be featuring Viigo as a Virtual Preload on their BlackBerry smartphones. The VPL placement follows a successful deployment within the Telkomsel WAP portal which was launched in August of 2009.

“Viigo is continuing to gain significant traction with carriers around the world,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “our partnership with Telkomsel provides further evidence of the value we offer and the support we are gaining at the end user level.”

Telkomsel Vice President of Product Lifecycle Management Rachel Goh said, “We believe it is important to continue introducing new services to our customers in order to provide the best solution for their mobile lifestyle activities. Now we deliver Viigo to our BlackBerry customers so they can enjoy an easy to use yet customizable service to tailor their experience and access a wide range of information as required throughout the day.”

As a co-branded version, Telkomsel will offer customized content including local news feeds, blogs, weather and more.

Team Viigo
Everywhere!