Aspermont and Convera(R) Team for Major Expansion of Vertical Search Capability

Contract Value in Excess of $1 Million US.

VIENNA, Va., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aspermont (ASX: ASP),
Australia's leading print and Internet publisher to the mining, oil & gas and
related sectors, and Convera Corporation (Nasdaq: CNVR),
http://www.convera.com, a leading provider of vertical search services for
publishers, announced today an aggressive program to build and deploy
additional vertical search capability across Aspermont's entire portfolio.
Following the success of the Supply Chain Logistics vertical application,
co-developed with Convera and launched in 2007, Aspermont has made a strategic
decision to use Convera for all of its vertical search requirements. The next
phase will incorporate Mining, Construction and Petroleum, to be followed by
additional "smaller" verticals. The contract will span a minimum of three
years and have a value in excess of $1 million US.
According to Alex Kent, Online Search Manager at Aspermont, "We see
vertical search as an ideal way to extend our brands online and provide a more
comprehensive service to our communities. Partnering with Convera has enabled
us to accelerate our online strategy."
About Aspermont
Aspermont (ASX: ASP) is a leading print and Internet publisher serving
Australia's mining, oil and gas, construction and related sectors. Aspermont's
primary business is the production of print and online business-to-business
news services and Aspermont is dedicated to providing objective analytical
news to its readers, and end-to-end advertising solutions for its clients.
Resourceful Events, a division of Aspermont, run the "Excellence" series of
conferences specializing in the resources sector. For more information on
Aspermont's range of products and services, please go to
http://www.aspermont.com.
About Convera(R)
Convera is the leading provider of search as a service for trade
publishers and is the vertical search provider of choice for a growing number
of specialist publishers around the world. Convera enables publishers to
generate additional revenue by creating customized search applications for
specialist audiences under their own brand and also manages the vertical
search sites of a growing number of specialist publishers. Convera site
search, vertical search and lead generation applications can combine publisher
proprietary content with an editorially vetted best of the Web for specific
professional audiences, providing an authoritative and comprehensive search
experience. Many of the world's largest publishers are working with Convera to
accelerate their e-publishing strategies, meet growing online revenue goals
and build loyal online professional communities.
SOURCE Convera Corporation

Todd Petruska of Burson-Marsteller for Convera Corporation, +1-212-614-4704,
Todd.petruska@bm.com