VIENNA, Va., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Convera Corporation (Nasdaq: CNVR), www.convera.com, a leading provider of vertical search services for publishers, today announced that it has signed a contract with the specialist publisher United Publications to build three vertical search engines for their portfolio. The first two are for their Security print brands serving professional communities involved in security systems, security installations and security consultancy in the United States and Europe. The second is for Home Medical Equipment, serving home medical equipment services providers, including traditional dealers and suppliers, distributors and manufacturers.

Brook Taliaferro, the president of United Publications, said, " United Publications see vertical search as a strategy to extend our brands online and also serve the information needs of our audience. By partnering with and using Convera's "search as a service", we will be able to achieve these goals quickly and efficiently and with a low-cost of ownership".

Vertical search sites, toolbars and widgets, aggregating and presenting the most authoritative Web content, are increasingly being seen by business publishers as a way of extending their brands into the essential workflow of their online communities. United Publications community of users will benefit from being able to use such tools alongside their market-leading events, publications and websites.

About Convera(R)

Convera is a leading provider of vertical search services for publishers. Based on a semantic index of the Web, Convera enables publishers to generate additional revenue by creating customized search applications for specialist audiences under their own brand. Many of the world's largest publishers rely on Convera vertical search services to accelerate their e-publishing strategies, meet growing monetization goals and build loyal online professional communities.

About United Publications

United Publications, based in Yarmouth, Maine, delivers market-leading events, publications and websites bringing together buyers and sellers in the security and home medical equipment markets.

SOURCE Convera Corporation