Press Release

ISYS® Search Software Names Mike O'Donoghue Director, Channels and Alliances, EMEA

Global Supplier of Enterprise Search, Information Access and Discovery Taps Search Industry Veteran to Lead Aggressive Growth, Rapid Expansion in EMEA

LONDON, April 15, 2009 – ISYS® Search Software (http://www.isys-search.com), a global supplier of information access and discovery solutions for mining intelligence and corporate knowledge, today announced it has named Mike O’Donoghue as the director of channels and alliances for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

O’Donoghue brings more than 30 years of IT industry experience with significant achievement in generating new revenue streams, expanding territories and developing partner channels and alliances internationally.  He leverages this experience to lead ISYS’s EMEA channel group and its rapid expansion.

O’Donoghue comes to ISYS from K2, where he established the company’s alliance programme, growing the pipeline from zero to USD 1.3 million per quarter and increasing the company’s partners from 1 to 15.  Prior to this, he established and grew European alliance programmes for Autonomy, Verity and Inktomi, building a solid track record for revenue growth and partner retention in the midst of several acquisitions.

O’Donoghue’s hiring continues ISYS’s aggressive growth in staff, revenue and product development.  Under his direction, the EMEA channel group has signed several new partners across Europe, helping ISYS establish new channels in Austria, Germany and the Benelux region.

“Several market drivers in Europe have accelerated information access and discovery’s evolution from nice-to-have productivity tools to must-have infrastructure for risk mitigation,” said Scott Coles, CEO, ISYS Search Software.  “Mike brings nearly a decade of building European channels for enterprise search technologies, and his contributions are already evident in the amount of channel business we’re doing today.”

About ISYS® Search Software
Established in 1988, ISYS Search Software is a global supplier of information access and discovery solutions for mining intelligence and corporate knowledge.  The company’s award-winning software suite offers a broad range of search, navigation and discovery solutions for desktop search, intranet search, SharePoint search and embedded search applications.  ISYS has been deployed by thousands of organizations operating in a variety of industries, including government, legal, law enforcement, financial services, healthcare and recruitment. 

ISYS maintains offices in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company’s customers include Boeing, the United Nations, the National Library of Wales, Carey Olsen, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Interfleet Technology, the World Trade Organization, and nearly half of the UK’s police forces.  Additional information can be obtained by phone at +44 (0) 1244 313216 and via the Web at http://www.isys-search.com/.

ISYS and the ISYS logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of ISYS Search Software Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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