CISCO AND VERITY COLLABORATE TO INTEGRATE SEARCH CAPABILITIES WITH WEB
SITES, CD-ROMS

SAN JOSE, CA, FEBRUARY 20, 1996 -- Cisco Systems, Inc., the leading global
supplier of internetworking solutions, and Verity, Inc., a leading
provider of search-and-retrieval applications for the enterprise and the
Internet, today announced a collaborative effort resulting in the
integration of Verity's topic Internet and CD-ROM publishing software with
Cisco's family of interactive electronic services for its customers,
partners, and employees.

Using Verity's topic technology, Cisco has implemented a consistent, World
Wide Web-style interface for most of its interactive electronic services,
including Web sites and CD-ROMs used for documentation, training and
marketing.

Cisco uses its Web site extensively for customer support, resolving as many
as 130,000 inquiries per month without human intervention. The same Web
site is used to distribute company news and product information to
customers, partners, employees and prospects. Cisco's Web sites and most
of its Cd-ROMs share a common look and feel, including the
search-and-retrieval capabilities provided by Verity.

"Cisco is a front-runner in harnessing the power of electronic media and
search-and- retrieval technology for mass distribution of vital
information," said Verity chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot. "Cisco's
customer-centric priorities are reflected in how it applies these tools."

"We chose Verity for the quality and functionality of its
Internet/publishing solutions, its high-quality search engine technology,
and its responsiveness to us as a customer and joint developer," said
Chris Sinton, senior manager of interactive marketing at Cisco Systems.

Verity and Cisco have co-developed the Verity topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER product
to bring topicINTERNET SERVER capabilities to the desktop. Cisco's CD-ROM
products use an embedded topic CD-WEB PUBLISHER to provide advanced
search-and-retrieval capabilities across Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and
UNIX systems. Because topicCD-WEB PUBLISHER is integrated with
topicINTERNET SERVER, customers can easily browse Cisco's UniversCD or the
Web Server for either historical or real- time information, and download
specific information relevant to their needs.

With Verity's topicSEARCH engine as a key element of Cisco's electronic
information dissemination, customers gain the ease of Web-style searches
and search results as well as freedom of choice among platforms.
Information searches can span multiple formats, including Hyper Text
Markup Language (HTML), Portable Document Format (PDF) files for Adobe
Acrobat, and 50 word-processing and other formats.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), is the leading global supplier of
internetworking solutions, including routers, LAN and ATM switches,
dial-up access servers and network management software. These products,
integrated by the Cisco IOS(tm) software, link geographically dispersed
LANs, WANs, and IBM networks. Cisco is a major supplier of Internet access
and management solutions, and more than 80 percent of the routers that
make up the backbone of the global Internet are from Cisco. News and
product/service information are available at the World Wide Web site
http://www.cisco.com. Cisco Systems is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.

Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY) was founded in April 1988 and is headquartered
in Mountain View, Calif. 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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