Incisive Media Announces Launch of Beta Version of Mortgage Industry Search Engine Powered by Convera(R)

New vertical search engine provides financial professionals with customized access to valuable mortgage market content and information

Incisive Media, a leading international business to business publisher, today announced the launch of the beta version of a new vertical search engine for mortgage industry professionals. The search engine is powered by Convera Corporation (NASDAQ:CNVR) - http://www.convera.com/ - a leading provider of vertical search services for publishers.

Residing at http://search.mortgagesolutions-online.com/ the customized search engine allows mortgage industry professionals to search deeply into highly relevant Web sites selected by industry experts and experienced editors. The search engine is designed to assist the workflow of financial professionals in the mortgage sector who need fast and efficient access to key information.

"Incisive Media is a successful and dynamic publishing company that has achieved its success by delivering services and products their communities need," said Patrick Condo, Convera`s president and chief executive officer. "A vertical search engine focused on the complex and dynamic mortgage industry will deliver important content for one of Incisive Media`s key professional communities."

Luke Broadhurst, managing director of the mortgage division at Incisive Media, said: "As a global publishing house Incisive Media is ideally placed to bring this unique search engine to market. Using its extensive contacts across both consumer and intermediated mortgage markets, this system is both comprehensive and highly flexible so will develop with the market. This is a truly independent and incredibly useful tool for anyone seeking information on mortgages."

About Convera(R)

Convera is a leading provider of vertical search services for publishers. Based on a semantic index of the Web, Convera enables publishers to generate additional revenue by creating customized search applications for specialist audiences under their own brand. Many of the world`s largest publishers rely on Convera vertical search services to accelerate their e-publishing strategies, meet growing monetization goals and build loyal online professional communities. Convera is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with major offices in Carlsbad, Ca. and Bracknell, UK. Convera is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CNVR.

About Incisive Media

Incisive Media is a fast growing specialist business information provider operating in nine core markets, financial risk management, retail investment, legal, insurance, mortgage, capital markets/financial IT, marketing, photographic and Private Equity. The Group delivers key information to defined target audiences across a variety of platforms including magazines, conferences and exhibitions, websites, newsletters, contract publishing and databases.

Source: Convera Corporation

CONTACT: John Severance, Sheffield Marketing Partners, +1-630-281-4097,
jseverance@sheffieldcompany.com

Web site: http://www.convera.com/
http://search.mortgagesolutions-online.com/