PROCESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION TO EMBED VERITY'S TOPIC SEARCH ENGINE IN
PURVEYOR-BRAND WEB SERVERS

Partnership Delivers Powerful Web Publishing and Backoffice Platform for
Web Site Developers and VARs

FRAMINGHAM, MA -- Process Software Corporation, a developer of World Wide
Web server software, and Verity, Inc., a provider of search and retrieval
applications for the enterprise and Internet, announced the forging of a
marketing and technology alliance for the development of integrated
platforms for the Internet and internal, Web-based backoffice
applications. As part of the agreement, Process Software will embed
Verity's Topic search engine in the company's Purveyor-branded Web server
software line. The agreement also extends to joint business and marketing
activities between the two companies, designed to offer a wide range of
complementary solutions to end-user customers and resellers.

"As our Web products business expands, we continue to focus the majority of
our development efforts on the `Intranet:' each enhancement to Process
Software's server software must simplify the creation of backoffice Web
applications," said Process Software president and chief executive officer
Philip Denzer. "Verity's open partnering philosophy, combined with their
search technology, make them a perfect fit with our on-going development
efforts."

Verity provides a suite of products and technologies for information
search, retrieval and filtering. Complementary products to the Topic
embedded search within Purveyor-branded WebServers will include Topic CD
Publisher -- integrating CD-ROM and Internet-based publishing, and the
Topic Agent Server, under development -- which monitors static and dynamic
information sources for personal areas of interest and automatically
delivers relevant information to users.

"Verity provides searching, filtering and publishing tools to enable
partner products, such as Purveyor WebServers, to better address the new
market for Web information publishing applications," said Philippe
Courtot, chairman and CEO of Verity, Inc. "Process Software's vision of an
`Intranet' server platform for corporate applications captures the essence
of this new opportunity -- and their distribution channel strategy shows a
clear understanding of how these internal Web applications will reach the
market."

The momentum generated by Process Software's Purveyor -- particularly the
new, version 1.1 release of the Purveyor WebServer for Windows NT, which
includes backoffice database integration features -- combined with the
ubiquity of Verity's Topic search technology is a compelling combination
for resellers interested in entering the expanding Internet market.
Purveyor WebServers with Topic-enabled search are an ideal platform for
resellers, SIs and consultants building corporate Internet applications.

Established in 1984, Process Software Corporation (Framingham, MA) designs,
develops and markets World Wide Web and TCP/IP-based networking software
solutions worldwide, and backs all of them with one of the most
comprehensive service and support programs in the industry. Process
Software's complete line of TCP/IP product and service offerings include
solutions for the Windows NT, Windows, and OpenVMS platforms. Contact
Process Software Corporation at http://www.process.com, info@process.com
or 800/722-7770.

Verity, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, CA, develops and markets the
Topic family of information retrieval tools and applications for
publishing and disseminating information across the Internet, enterprise
and CD-ROM. The company's products and services have been licensed to
corporations, government agencies, on-line service providers, Internet
publishers and software developers including Adobe Systems and Lotus
Development Corporation. Verity is a publicly-held corporation, trading on
the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol VRTY. Contact Verity at
http://www.verity.com, Email: info@verity.com, Voice: 415-960-7600.

Contact: Todd S. Defren, Sterling Hager
Voice: 617-259-1400 x. 228
Email: todd@sterhag.shore.net

Contact: Sue Barsamian, Verity
Voice: 415-960-7661
Email: sbarsami@verity.com
 
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