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