To all,
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTY), a
leading provider of search and retrieval applications for the enterprise and
Internet, today announced that Amulet has selected Verity to develop an
innovative Internet-based service called InfoWizard. The service will
empower professionals with a fast and efficient way to gather and organize
comprehensive information from various online sources, saving them hours
searching publications, online databases, and the Web.
Using Verity's SEARCH'97 Developer's Kit to build InfoWizard's underlying
search engine will allow users to deploy agents to gather, filter and
organize information from hundreds of sources. InfoWizard will automatically
deliver the results right to the user's desktop in personalized, full-text
reports. InfoWizard, expected to debut in early 1997, is currently in
limited public trial and available to preview at www.infowizard.com.
"By giving professionals their own personalized search agent, InfoWizard
automates the costly and complex research process," said Dan Cerutti, CEO
and co-founder of Amulet. "We selected Verity because their unparalleled
search technology and open architecture complements our patented agent-based
technology."
"Amulet is bringing a revolutionary research service and we are very
excited that our SEARCH'97 platform was selected as a key component of their
forthcoming service," said Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Verity.
"InfoWizard takes information collection and research to the next level by
allowing information-saturated professionals to spend more time analyzing
information instead of searching for it."
About Amulet
Based in Acton, Massachusetts, Amulet, Inc. was founded in 1994 with a
mission of making it easy for professionals to get the information they need
when they need it. Amulet's goal is to revolutionize the way people gather
information by taking advantage of the Internet as an access and
distribution channel, developing technology which automates gathering and
filtering information, connecting users to the right information sources,
and offering a service affordable to individual business professionals.
Amulet is backed by private investors and Venrock Associates, Patricof
Ventures and Adams Capital Management.
About Verity
Verity Inc. was founded in April 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif. Verity develops and markets software tools and applications for
searching, retrieving and filtering information across the Internet,
enterprise and CD-ROMs. Verity's products have been licensed to
corporations, government agencies, on-line service providers, Internet
publishers and developers worldwide. Verity partners include Adobe Systems,
AT&T WorldNet, Dow Jones, Hitachi, Individual Inc., Informix Software, Lotus
Development Corp., Netscape Communications, PC DOCS, SAP, SCO, Sybase Inc.,
WavePhore and many others.
For more information contact Verity at info@verity.com or at the World
Wide Web site verity.com or by calling 408-541-1500.
NOTE: Verity and SEARCH'97 are Trademarks of Verity Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
SOURCE Verity Inc.
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/CONTACT: Marguerite Padovani of Verity Inc., 408-542-2224, or
mpadovan@verity.com/ |
