September 9, 2014 | Las Vegas, NV And Quebec City, QC Coveo Announces Free Edition of its Award - Winning Search Solution for Sitecore

From the floor of the Sitecore Symposium 2014 in Las Vegas, Coveo today announced a free edition of Coveo for Sitecore, the company's advanced search solution for Sitecore websites. Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition enables companies to quickly configure and easily manage dynamic search experiences on Sitecore websites, and is the industry's only full-featured search engine fully integrated with the Sitecore Customer Experience Platform.

"Search is one of the most powerful drivers of visitor engagement and online conversions," said JP Provencal, SVP of Strategic Alliances at Coveo. "We wanted to offer the Sitecore community a search solution with the capabilities and ease of use needed to truly optimize site performance. With Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition, they can now deploy a search engine that not only delivers best-in-class relevance and usability, but also provides the advanced feature-set needed to help unlock the full potential of the Sitecore platform."

To ensure companies can take full advantage of the capabilities of Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition, Coveo has also announced expanded resources for its partner & developer communities. The company recently launched answers.coveo.com, a community portal where Coveo and Sitecore partners, developers and users can share best practices and have their questions addressed by experts from the Coveo team. The company also plans to announce additional developer & partner resources later this year.

Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition helps marketers harness the power of search to drive visitor engagement, by enabling them to build and manage compelling search experiences using their familiar Sitecore management console & tools. Dynamic search pages and search-driven content can be quickly configured, delivering an engaging, consistent visitor experience across all browsers and mobile devices. The Coveo solution ships with a rich JavaScript user interface, enabling Sitecore developers to build custom search experiences using Coveo's framework and components. Coveo technology can also be applied to existing CRM and knowledge management platforms for a more effective search experience.

To ensure each site visitor is always exposed to the site's most relevant content, messaging and product offers, Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition provides administrators with an actionable analytics dashboard and tools to easily tune the solution's relevance engine.

"Coveo has been recognized as the industry's most visionary search provider, and we are excited a free edition of Coveo for Sitecore is now available," stated Darren Guarnaccia, Chief Strategy Officer of Sitecore. "Search plays such an essential role in the customer experience, and now a best-in-class, fully integrated solution is available free for all Sitecore developers and customers."

Coveo for Sitecore - Enterprise Edition

Coveo, leveraged by Fortune 500 companies globally, offers an enterprise edition for organizations looking to leverage Sitecore's Experience Database (xDB) to personalize search experiences for website visitors. Companies can purchase or upgrade to Coveo for Sitecore - Enterprise Edition, which has been available since May 2014. It provides full integration with the Sitecore xDB, enabling marketers to personalize the search-driven content each visitor is exposed to based upon their unique profile, history and site activity, and enables the secure integration of any external content source with a Sitecore site. This empowers companies to surface on their Sitecore site content residing in CRM systems, external product catalogs, legacy knowledge bases and more.

To learn more about Coveo for Sitecore, please visit www.coveo.com/sitecore or call 1.800.635.5476 in North America or 00800 2673 7642 to speak with a Coveo specialist. Sitecore Symposium 2014 attendees are encouraged to visit the Coveo team at Booth #11 on the Sitecore Symposium exhibition hall floor. Partners, developers and customers can register for their free download of Coveo for Sitecore - Free Edition.