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Verity, Inc. Retains Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

Sunnyvale, CA. - 2001-03-06 - Verity, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTY), a leading provider of infrastructure software that powers enterprise and e-commerce portals as well as e-business applications, today announced it has chosen Edelman Public Relations Worldwide as its agency of record.

As Verity's new strategic partner, Edelman will orchestrate a comprehensive campaign to bring attention to Verity's expertise in building business portal infrastructure software. Using Verity's powerful search, data categorization and intelligent classification tools, clients can create better Web-based gateways to company information - speeding retrieval and improving data sharing across an enterprise. Verity's portal infrastructure software also enhances online shopping, helping e-business clients boost sales, customer loyalty and site traffic.

Edelman's New York Technology Practice will develop and manage an integrated program that includes strategic counsel, event management, new product launch support, trade show support, award identification as well as outreach to industry media and analysts.

"The business portal space is expected to expand rapidly over the next three years, and we wanted a partner that could help us grow quickly enough to stay ahead of the competition," said Mike Zuckerman, Vice President of Marketing of Verity. "Edelman is clearly one of the best agencies for us. We were not only impressed by Edelman's understanding of our technology and of the players in the business portal infrastructure market, but also by the vast resources and capabilities the firm could bring to Verity in the U.S. and globally."

"No one has more experience in portal infrastructure software than Verity. The company demonstrates outstanding technical capabilities, and Verity executives boast a strong track record of visionary leadership in this space," said Miller Bonner, Executive Vice President, General Manager of New York Technology and Co-chair of Global Technology Practice, Edelman PR Worldwide. "When industry experts and customers said that Verity has the best portal infrastructure software in the business, our decision to pursue this company was an easy one."

The Edelman team will report directly to Derek van Bronkhorst, Director of Corporate Marketing. Led by Miller Bonner and Steve Hoechster, the account team includes Ethan Rasiel, Chris Gatto, Channing Barringer, Tanja Nielsen, Henry Yu and Ryan Furby, all New York Technology.

About Verity

Verity is a leader in infrastructure software that powers

corporate portals used for sharing information within an enterprise, e-commerce portals for online selling and market exchange portals for B2B activities. Business portals provide personalized information to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.

Verity products are used by 53 of the Fortune 100 and by more than 1,000 corporations worldwide. The markets Verity serves are comprised of e-commerce merchants, e-businesses, market exchanges, government agencies, online service providers, Internet publishers and software developers. Verity customers include Adobe Systems, American Greetings, AT&T, BroadVision, CDNOW, Chapters, Cisco, CNET, Compaq, Dow Jones, Edgar Online, Ernst & Young, Fairmarket, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, Home Depot, Lotus, NewsEdge Corporation, SAP, Siemens, Snap.com, Sybase, Time New Media and Timex.

About Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

As the world's sixth largest public relations firm, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide (www.edelman.com) offers global capabilities in all facets of public relations including healthcare, technology, financial and consumer public relations as well as public affairs, crisis communications, business to business communications, diversity and event marketing. With a range of proprietary tools, Edelman provides creative solutions to the world's leading companies including: EDS, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AT&T, Apple Computer, UPS, and Ericsson. Edelman is the world's largest independent public relations firm with 2,000 professionals operating out of 42 offices around the world.

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.

Channing Barringer

Edelman PR Worldwide

(212) 642-7716

channing.barringer@edelman.com

Winifred Shum

Verity, Inc.

(408) 542-2363

wshum@verity,com

http://www.verity.com

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