Convera's Web Index Exceeds 2 Billion Pages; Company Also Executes Agreement with AT&T for Second Data Center

Business Wire, August 1, 2005

VIENNA, Va. -- Convera Corporation (NASDAQ: CNVR), a leading provider of search and categorization software for enterprises and government agencies, today announced that it's Web Indexing Initiative has now advanced to where the technology presently contains more than 2 billion documents in the index.

As the Company has previously disclosed, 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 offering may be used in concert with RetrievalWare, Convera's "flagship" internal search solution, or with an organization's existing internal application to create an integrated portal offering "blended" results from both Intranet and open-source (e.g., the Internet) searches. The Company expects to launch a service offering later this year.

The Company also announced that it has executed an agreement with AT&T to create a second data facility. This effort is expected to be completed by the service launch date and will afford Convera prospects a fully redundant hosting environment.

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. More than 900 customers in 33 countries rely on Convera's search solutions to power a broad range of applications including enterprise portals, knowledge management, intelligence gathering, profiling, corporate policy compliance, regulatory compliance, customer service and more. For more information, contact Convera at 800-788-7758, via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at www.convera.com

This release, including any statements from Convera personnel, contains statements about Convera's future expectations, performance, plans, and prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; the ability to continue funding operating losses; fluctuations in operating results including impacts from reduced corporate IT spending and lengthier sales cycles; continued success in technological advances and development including the Web indexing initiative; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security arrangements; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the result of these and other important factors relating to Convera's business and product development efforts, which are further described in Convera's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained from the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to Convera on the date of this release, and Convera assumes no obligation to update such statements. The Convera design logo and the following are worldwide trademarks of Convera: Convera(TM), RetrievalWare(R), and Screening Room(R). The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.