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Verity Expands Asia Pacific Presence with New Office in Sydney; Partners with SPD Consulting to Bring Implementation Expertise to Australian Customers
Free Seminar on E-Commerce and Corporate Portals To Be Held on January 20th
SUNNYVALE, Calif - 2000-01-18 - Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTY), a leading provider of enterprise and Internet knowledge retrieval solutions, today announced the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia. Led by Deborah Campbell Lyon, director of Asia Pacific and Latin America sales, this move enables Verity to provide better sales and marketing support for existing Verity customers in Australia, as well as deliver its award-winning knowledge retrieval solutions for corporate portals, e-commerce sites, online publishing and media sites, and customer care applications in the accelerating Asia Pacific technology sector.
"In Australia, the market for sophisticated knowledge retrieval solutions is bourgeoning," said Lyon. "We're pleased to expand our presence in this territory and offer added support for our current and future customers located here." The Verity office in Sydney is located at Level 20, 99 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2090; Phone: 61 2 9657-1055. In addition, Verity also announced a new partnership with SPD Consulting Pty. Ltd., a consulting company specializing in information retrieval and knowledge management in the Australian government sector.
"As the market leader in knowledge retrieval, e-commerce and portal solutions, we're excited to be partnering with Verity. Our expertise in providing quality products and services will enable us to assist Verity in its goals and offer best-of-breed solutions to customers," said Peter Davie, managing director of SPD. "SPD prides itself in providing excellence in customer service and responsiveness to customer needs—a focus that blends very well with Verity's overall business philosophy and objectives."
In conjunction with the new office grand opening, Verity will hold a free seminar on Thursday, January 20th, at the Ritz Carlton, Doublebay. Dr. Ronald Weissman, Verity's vice president of strategy and corporate marketing will be the featured speaker. At the morning event, attendees will learn about the importance of knowledge retrieval technology in 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. Those interested in attending the seminar can register at http://www.verity.com/events/seminars/regform.html.
"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 Weissman. "By offering this educational and interactive session, we are able to demonstrate how Verity's product suite helps organize information intuitively for easy navigation of corporate knowledge. In addition, attendees will learn about how Verity is currently assisting 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%."
About SPD Consulting:
SPD Consulting Pty. Ltd. was founded in 1994 to provide IT consulting to numerous governmental agencies and other organizations in the areas of relational database, text retrieval and UNIX systems administration. SPD Consulting has been involved in the development of several leading text retrieval applications built around Verity's knowledge retrieval software. SPD Consulting is presently involved in developing knowledge management applications and will be expanding its focus to include new opportunities in e-commerce.
SPD Consulting can be contacted at spd@orac.net.au or by calling (02) 62555950.
About Verity:
Verity is a leading provider of knowledge retrieval solutions. Verity's product suite powers corporate portals, e-commerce sites, online publishing and media sites, customer care applications, and products from market-leading OEMs and ISVs. Verity solutions simplify the management and use of information by indexing, classifying, organizing, searching and retrieving data, as well as providing personalized information delivery and hybrid online and CD publishing.
Verity's products are used by more than 1,000 corporations, e-commerce sites, government agencies, on-line service providers, Internet publishers and software developers worldwide. Verity alliances include Adobe Systems, AT&T, CDNOW, CNET, Cisco, Compaq, Dow Jones, Easy Software, EarthWeb, Ernst & Young, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, IBM, MD Consult, NewsEdge Corporation, Informix, Lotus, NEC, SAP, Siemens, Snap.com, Sybase, Tandem and Time New Media.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Verity and the expected performance of benefits of opening an office in Australia and partnering with SPD Consulting Pty. Ltd. Actual results are subject to risks and uncertainties. Risks relating to Verity and its products are set forth in its Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information, contact Verity at info@verity.com or at World Wide Web site http://www.verity.com or call 408-541-1500.
Verity and the Verity logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Verity, Inc.
Kathy Kale
Verity, Inc.
408-542-2379
kkale@verity.com
http://www.verity.com
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