Wednesday September 1, 9:03 am Eastern Time Company Press Release
Verity Announces E-Commerce and Corporate Portal Seminar Series
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999--Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY - news), a leading provider of knowledge retrieval solutions for the enterprise and Internet, today announced the launch of a nationwide seminar series for organizations interested in designing and developing strategic e-commerce and corporate portal solutions.
The half-day seminars will be held throughout North America from September 28 through November 4, with morning sessions dedicated to e-commerce and afternoon sessions focusing on corporate portals.
At each venue, attendees will learn about the importance of knowledge retrieval technology in enterprise e-commerce and corporate portal solutions. They will also hear customer case histories about the successful use of knowledge retrieval solutions, view e-commerce and portal demonstrations and participate in an interactive Q&A session.
Verity has significant experience in providing knowledge retrieval solutions to enterprise and dot com companies. Today, its scalable and precise technologies power some of the largest e-commerce retail and business-to-business sites, and help Global 2000 companies to better organize their corporate intranets.
``Our seminars are ideal for organizations that want to understand the significant advantages knowledge retrieval solutions can bring to e-commerce initiatives and corporate portals,' said Ronald Weissman, Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing at Verity, Inc. ``By offering these educational and interactive sessions, we are able to demonstrate how Verity's product suite helps organize information intuitively for easy navigation of corporate knowledge and how Verity assists some of the most successful e-commerce sites in selling their goods and services over the Internet, in some cases increasing sales by as much as 33%.'
Those interested in attending one of the free seminars can register at verity.com or by calling 403/213-8939. Space is limited.
About Verity
Verity is a leading provider of enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions for corporate intranets, online publishers, e-commerce vendors and market-leading OEMs and ISVs. Verity's product suite enables organizations to turn corporate intranets into a powerful knowledge base by creating corporate portals, making business information accessible and reusable across the enterprise. Verity's leadership has been recognized by numerous organizations, including Delphi Consulting, which gave Verity the Market Recognition Award based on a survey of 600 corporate users.
Verity's comprehensive and integrated product family enables enterprise-wide document indexing, classification, search and retrieval, personalized information dissemination, and hybrid online and CD publishing -- all from the same underlying Verity collection.
Verity's products are used by more than 1,000 corporations, government agencies, e-commerce sites, on-line service providers, Internet publishers and software developers worldwide. Verity alliances include Adobe Systems, AT&T, CNET, Cisco, Compaq, Dow Jones, Easy Software, Ernst & Young, Financial Times, IBM, MD Consult, NewsEdge Corporation, Informix, Lotus, NEC, SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Tandem and Time New Media.
For more information, contact Verity at info@verity.com or at World Wide Web site verity.com or by calling 408/541-1500.
Verity and the Verity logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Verity, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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