VERITY DELIVERS topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER 1.2

CD-ROM/WEB PUBLISHER ADDS SECURITY, EASE-OF-USE

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA., FEBRUARY 20, 1996 -- Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY), a
leading provider of information search and retrieval applications and
tools for the Internet and the enterprise, today announced the general
availability of topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER version 1.2. The new version builds
upon topicCD PUBLISHER's pioneering integration of CD-ROM and World Wide
Web (WWW) publishing with enhancements to simplify the electronic
publishing process, improve security of on-line commerce and extend
Internet Web access.

"topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER combines the immediacy of the Internet with the
convenient access and capacity of CD-ROM to enable companies to publish
without the traditional constraints of either media," said Verity chairman
and CEO Philippe Courtot.

FUSING THE WEB WITH LOCAL CONTENT ENABLES NEW APPLICATIONS

topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER supports integrated searching over local CD-ROM and
remote Internet-based data and communicates using standard Web protocols
through HTML search forms. This joining of CD-ROM content with the Web
enables a new breed of application capable of adding significant value to
businesses in many areas including customer support.

"We're breaking new ground with our new Verity topic-based customer service
system," said Rich Rinaldi, Dell's Vice President of Customer Service. "By
empowering our customers and our service representatives we are expanding
our services, improving customer satisfaction and achieving greater
support cost efficiencies."

FLEXIBILITY AND CUSTOMIZABILITY ARE KEY

One of the key advantages of topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER is ease of customization
and flexibility. Corporate users that are publishing content have complete
control over the look and feel of their application including the text,
graphics and design of the search interface. And it is simple to update
the content published and improve the look and feel of their application
over time.

Publishers can choose to publish in a variety of standard file formats
including Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), or
standard word processing formats. The file format flexibility offered
enables publishers to use multiple file formats and can reduce the time
and effort required to prepare documents for publication.

topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER can also be integrated with other Verity products
such as topicAGENT SERVER( to create an application that combines highly
personal real-time information with the Web and CD-ROM components.

SIMPLIFIED PUBLISHING FOR WINDOWS, MAC AND MOTIF

topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER provides all of the tools required to publish content
cross- platform on 16 and 32-bit Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms.
Included with topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER are indexing, optimization tools and
installers for each platform. Customers upgrading to topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER
version 1.2 gain a new, easy to use HTML indexing tool that creates
searchable databases with push button ease.

SECURITY FOR ON-LINE COMMERCE

Version 1.2 of topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER is coupled with version 2.11 of
Spyglass Enhanced Mosaic which offers support for Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) technology from RSA. With SSL support, topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER becomes
an effective vehicle for on-line commerce and brings exciting new
capabilities to Verity customers. In addition to delivering information
via CD-ROM, companies using topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER can take advantage of
the security of SSL for product ordering and payment transactions.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER version 1.2 is priced at $9,995 and will be available
in Q1 '96.

Verity, Inc. was founded in April 1988 and is headquartered in Mountain
View, CA. Verity Develops and markets the topic family of software tools
and applications for searching, retrieving and filtering information
across the Internet, enterprise, and CD-ROMs. Verity's products have been
licensed to corporations, government agencies, on-line service providers,
Internet publishers and developers worldwide. The topicSEARCH engine is
the engine of choice for Adobe Systems, AT&T, Hitachi, Individual, Inc.,
Lotus Development Corp., McKinley, Netscape Communications, Quarterdeck,
Reuters and many other companies.

For more information contact Verity at info@verity.com, at Verity's World
Wide Web site or by calling 415/960-7600.
 
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