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Verity K2 Enterprise Software To Help Power Bell Globemedia Interactive Web Sites

Popular Online Destinations in Canada to Upgrade to Verity's K2E Software, Enabling Advanced Search and Intelligent Classification of Information

SUNNYVALE, CA - 2002-04-09 - 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 that Bell Globemedia Interactive, which owns Canada's leading suite of Internet properties including globeandmail.com and ctv.ca, will upgrade to Verity K2 Enterprise software. The upgrade will enhance Bell Globemedia Interactive's ability to organize and retrieve breaking news content with greater speed and accuracy.

"With Verity's experience in powering media portals, and its ability to manage critical information, it was an important decision to upgrade," said Huw Morgan, chief technology officer of Bell Globemedia Interactive. "Verity K2E software will help us to present our breaking news stories and our archive of Globe and Mail and CTV news stories to our customers in new and interesting ways."

"Verity has the tools and the expertise to help manage the complex, and expanding portfolio of web sites that Bell Globemedia Interactive offers," said Anthony Bettencourt, president of Verity. "Verity's advanced search technology will allow Bell Globemedia Interactive to generate customized and dynamic content for its online users."

Verity K2 Enterprise is a fault-tolerant, highly scalable solution that delivers a host of advanced search capabilities, such as adaptive ranking and support for 26 languages. The product also offers full gateway support to leading information repositories, including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, ODBC and Documentum, and runs on Windows NT/2000 and Solaris.

The Bell Globemedia Interactive portfolio of web sites reach more than 60% of the Canadian Internet audience and include globeandmail.com, the online version of Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail as well as ctv.ca, the web site for Canada's pre-eminent television network, CTV.

About Verity

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Verity is a leading provider of business portal infrastructure software. Verity software gives businesses a multitude of ways to improve access to vital information and perform a range of e-business operations, while enhancing the end-user experience. Verity-powered business portals, which include corporate portals used for sharing information within an enterprise; e-commerce portals for online selling; and market exchange portals for B2B activities, all provide personalized information to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.

Verity products are used by approximately 80 percent of the Fortune 50 and by more than 1,500 corporations in various markets. Customers include Adobe Systems, AT&T, Cisco, CNET, Compaq, Dow Jones, EDGAR Online, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, FairMarket, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, Home Depot, Lotus, NewsEdge Corporation, SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Time New Media and Timex. In 2001, Delphi Group named Verity as the market leader in the portal infrastructure software market.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Verity and the expected performance of its K2 Enterprise software. Actual results are subject to risks and uncertainties including the risk that integration of the Verity product into the Bell Globemedia Interactive's Web sites will be delayed or not occur, or not perform as anticipated as a result of unforeseen technical difficulties. Risks relating to Verity and its products are set forth in its Form 10-K and other reports filed with the United States 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.

Verity Editorial Contacts

Winifred Shum

Verity, Inc.

(408) 542-2363

wshum@verity.com

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