AT&T Hosts Convera Search Platform

VIENNA, Va., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T today announced a $2.9 million agreement to provide a hosting solution for Convera Corp., a leading provider of search and categorization software for enterprises and government agencies.

Under the terms of two separate two-year agreements, AT&T will host and provide around-the-clock monitoring of Convera's Web indexing search platform. This next-generation search technology has been developed to add structure to the Web through the use of proprietary taxonomies and ontologies, semantic analysis and deep knowledge resources capable of providing end-users with more relevant search results.

The technology also supports complex queries, offers built in video and image search, and provides geo-locational data. The hosting solution also supports Convera's business continuity plan through redundancies and automatic data backup.

"By hosting with AT&T, Convera will be able to deliver a robust search solution that meets the security and reliability demands of our customers," said Patrick C. Condo, Convera's Chief Executive Officer. "AT&T's worldwide presence also provides Convera with future international growth possibilities."

The hosting solution is provided from AT&T Internet Data Centers (IDCs) in Texas and Southern California. AT&T operates 26 IDCs around the world.

About Convera

Convera is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise search and categorization solutions. Convera's RetrievalWare solutions maximize return on investment in vast stores of unstructured information by providing highly scalable, fast, accurate and secure search across more than 200 forms of text, video, image and audio information, in more than 50 languages.

About AT&T

For more than 125 years, AT&T has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.

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