BTG Selects Verity Search Products for GSA Offering; Verity's topic Search and Retrieval products complement BTG's existing Netscape offerings

Business Wire, April 23, 1996

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 1996--BTG, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTGI) has added sophisticated data search and retrieval technology from Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY) to the Internet and Intranet solutions it offers to the federal market, the two companies announced today.

Verity's topic products, combined with Internet software from Netscape Communications Corporation and customized integration services from BTG, are available on BTG's GSA Schedules and other U.S. Government contracts.

BTG, one of the largest resellers to the U.S. Government, provides Netscape Navigator and Netscape server products to the federal government. Verity is a leading provider of software tools and applications for searching, retrieving and filtering information. The Netscape/Verity package offered by BTG gives users fast, easy access to data as well as the ability to create highly specific searches to quickly retrieve relevant information.

"Verity complements our Internet and Intranet services offerings," said Tom Nixon, vice president and general manager of BTG Technology Systems. "This agreement and these product offerings will give government agencies one-stop shopping for complete Internet and Intranet solutions."

"This relationship with BTG makes Verity's products more widely available to government agencies, and gives government agencies a new and powerful decision-making capability while leveraging their initial investments with Verity technology as found in PC Docs, Lotus Notes, and Documentum," said Verity chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot.

Verity's Advanced Search Features Enhance BTG's Netscape Offering

By combining Verity's topicINTERNET, topicSEARCH, and topicAGENT product lines with Netscape Internet servers, BTG can offer complete turn-key solutions for information profiling, search and retrieval across the client's organization and the Internet. These solutions can also offer the unique capability to view search highlights in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) with the Netscape Navigator. "Verity is known for the sophistication and quality of its products, training and support," said Linda Hill, vice president of Advanced Solutions for BTG. "Government users receive those benefits, while the agency minimizes its development costs by purchasing commercial-off-the-shelf products."

These solutions will have an upgrade path to Netscape's next server, and are designed to be compatible with current and future Verity search tools which work together to create compatible information collections that help assure successful upgrades. As search needs evolve, an upgrade to Verity's Advance Search applications will be available from BTG. "Verity's products are modular and upgradeable, so buyers may select what they require now and add new capabilities as needed," Hill said.

About Verity

Verity, Inc., founded in April 1988 and headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., develops and markets the topic family of software tools for searching, retrieving, and filtering information. Verity's products have been licensed to corporations, government agencies, online service providers, and Internet publishers and developers worldwide. Verity partners include Dow Jones, Adobe Systems, AT&T, Hitachi, Quarterdeck, Netscape Communications, Lotus Development Corporation, Reuters, WavePhore and many others.

About BTG

BTG is an information technology company specializing in the value-added reselling of hardware, software and services, Internet/Intranet services, custom computer manufacturing, systems engineering and integration, and network systems. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, BTG has over 900 employees and offices in ten states and in Europe. Additional information about BTG is available on the Internet at http://www.btg.com/.>For more information contact Verity at info@verity.com or at the World Wide Web site http://www.verity.com/ or by calling 415/960-7600. -0-

Note to Editors: Verity and TOPIC are registered trademarks of Verity, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Verity, Inc. is not related to the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited, which provide computerized information under the name Topic. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

CONTACT: Verity, Inc.

Marguerite Padovani, 415/960-7724

mpadovan@verity.com

or

BTG, Inc.

Theda Parrish, 703/761-6581

tparrish@btg.com