NEW YORK & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000--
Forbes.com, a leading Internet media company, today announced that
they have selected Verity (NASDAQ:VRTY), the company powering
business portals, to provide the K2 high performance portal
infrastructure to support the millions of ForbesFinder users. Verity
K2 Toolkit has been chosen to deliver precise and accurate search
functionality to help readers find the news and investment information
they want, quickly and easily.
As part of Forbes.com's ongoing development of the ForbesFinder
search engine, the Company will use the Verity K2 Toolkit software to
rapidly and efficiently create unique and enhanced research services
on ForbesFinder.
"The Verity K2 Toolkit, featuring flexibility, scalability and
customization, and control features, joins a growing arsenal of
software products that will enable Forbes.com and its ForbesFinder
search service to expand our already significant suite of applications
and services," said Jeff Killeen, chief executive officer of
Forbes.com. "With the addition of Verity, we're confident that our
users will get the precise information they are looking for."
ForbesFinder offers a suite of search tools for finding
information on the Forbes.com site and the World Wide Web. For
Forbes.com site content, users can search by Forbes publication,
author and date. Additionally, ForbesFinder features a news search
category that allows users to quickly find the latest Forbes.com and
Reuters news wire stories on any company executive or topic.
"Forbes.com is a stellar online destination, with a broad range of
titles, unique editorial content, interactive tools and databases,"
said Anthony Bettencourt, president of Verity. "We're extremely
pleased that the Verity K2 Toolkit has been selected to help power the
ForbesFinder search engine, enabling users to quickly and easily find
the information they want." |
