Connexion by Boeing Improves Product Lifecycle Management Capabilities Through Work with Verity and MatrixOne

Connexion by Boeing Improves Product Lifecycle Management Capabilities Through
Work with Verity and MatrixOne
Technology Alliance Among MatrixOne, Verity and the vdR Group Delivers PLM
Functionality with Advanced Search and Classification Capabilities


SUNNYVALE, Calif., ORANGE, Calif., and WESTFORD, Mass., March 22
 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verity Inc.  and MatrixOne Inc. , today announced a
strategic technology alliance to provide integration of Verity(R) K2 Enterprise
(K2E) advanced search and classification technologies with MatrixOne's Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions.

Verity and MatrixOne have joined forces with the vdR Group, a long time
MatrixOne partner in software development and systems integration, to deploy the
new PLM offering into a successful production environment at Connexion by
Boeing, a mobile Internet service provider and business unit of Boeing
(NYSE:BA).

Connexion by Boeing provides in-flight broadband connectivity services for
private and executive aircraft and to several of the world's major airlines. The
MatrixOne solution is being used to manage the product development through
support life cycle for the systems associated with its global service that
allows travelers to connect to the Internet while airborne.

By adding Verity's search and classification capabilities to MatrixOne's PLM
solutions, MatrixOne customers will be able to quickly and easily search, browse
and retrieve any content within their MatrixOne application, resulting in
improved product lifecycle collaboration, faster product change management and
shorter time to market.

"The ability to use the Verity K2E intellectual capital management capabilities
to quickly search and retrieve accurate information about the systems and
components that comprise our high-speed communications service infrastructure
enhances our ability to deliver a quality end-user experience, while helping to
ensure we meet key customer delivery deadlines," said Connexion by Boeing
configuration data managementmanager Ron Gentry. "We are pleased to have that
capability and to have Verity and MatrixOne as valued members of our Connexion
by Boeing team."

The K2E/MatrixOne Integration was developed by the vdR Group and utilizes the
best practices from MatrixOne's PLM solutions and Verity K2E. The integration
adheres to both MatrixOne and Verity development standards and operates on
standard enterprise operating systems.

"The vdR Group chose to partner with Verity on this integration because both
MatrixOne and Verity address the enterprise market with robust, scalable
offerings," said Martin van der Roest, vdR's president. "We expect this solution
to not only enhance the usability and adoption of MatrixOne, but to also help
manufacturing organizations improve parts reuse and reduce related downstream
costs associated with supplier and inventory management."

According to Anthony J. Bettencourt, Verity's president and chief executive
officer, "With the Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration, Verity, MatrixOne and vdR
have delivered a solution that can significantly enhance the PLM efforts of all
types of product developers, manufacturers and service providers."

"Our alliance with Verity and the vdR Group is powerful, as it will help
customers accelerate and achieve faster ROI and will improve the adoption rates
of PLM across enterprises and their value chains," said Sam Zawaideh,
MatrixOne's vice president, products and solutions. "By adding the enhanced
search and classification capabilities to our solutions, customers now have a
best of breed solution for managing their product-related intellectual capital
which can translate into improved business results across their organizations
and value chains."

Integration Highlights and Availability

The Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration offers the finest technology for securely
searching both business objects and file attachments within a MatrixOne
environment. Verity K2E's real-time indexing capability enables users to search
and retrieve this information as soon as it is created or modified. Verity's
Parametric Selection feature also permits users to quickly sort and filter
information by selecting pre-set parameters, which enables users to accurately
locate relevant content.

Verity's flexible content classification capabilities permit organization of
large amount of diverse information into relevant taxonomies or 'views.' Verity
K2E also supports multiple languages to allow global organizations using the
MatrixOne solutions to index, classify, searchand retrieve information in more
than 70 business languages.

The Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration is immediately available for all MatrixOne
users.

About Connexion by Boeing

Connexion by Boeing, recipient of the 2003 World Travel Award for World's
Leading High-Speed Internet Services Provider, brings broadband Internet, data
and entertainment connectivity to travelers. The Boeing business unit recently
announced a high-speed connectivity solution for the business aviation market,
and definitive service agreements with Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System,
ANA and Japan Airlines to equip their long-haul aircraft with the mobile
connectivity service. In addition, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines and
Kingdom Holding Co. have announced their intent to install the Connexion by
Boeing system on their long-range aircraft. For information about the Connexion
by Boeing service, visit http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/. For general
information, visit http://www.boeing.com/connexion.

About MatrixOne

MatrixOne, Inc. is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. The company provides flexible solutions
that unleash the creative power of global value chains to inspire innovations
and speed them to market. MatrixOne's customers include global leaders in the
aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high technology, life
sciences, machinery, and the process industries, including Agilent Technologies,
General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Siemens
and Toshiba. MatrixOne ( http://www.matrixone.com/ ) is headquartered in
Westford, Massachusetts with locations throughout North America, Europe, and
Asia/Pacific.

About the vdR Group

The Group is a 17-year-old software development and systems integration firm
focused exclusively on providing solutions for the Product Data
Management/Product Lifecycle Management (PDM/PLM) market space. Since 1997, the
Group has partnered with MatrixOne to deliver enterprise application
integrations (EAI) for the MatrixOne solutions. To date, there are several in-
production product integrations that connect MatrixOne solutions with several
CAD systems, Documentum, eRoom, OpenText, and Telelogic's DOORS.

As one of MatrixOne's original partners, the Group has developed exceptional
expertise with the MatrixOne product line and a unique perspective of user needs
and issues. As a developer of various commercially released products, the Group
has established software development practices, testing and QA methodologies and
documentation standards required of MatrixOne and other partners. In addition to
software development, the Group is involved in the deployment and support of its
products. This combination has allowed the Group to bring a combination of high
quality product, support and services to over 10,000 users worldwide. For
general information, visit http://www.vdr.com/.

About Verity

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Verity provides software solutions that
enable organizations to maximize the return on their intellectual capital
investment by utilizing Verity's industry-leading enterprise search,
classification and personalization technologies. Verity software is used for
sharing information within and betweenenterprises; for facilitating e-commerce
sales; and for B2B activities on Web-based market exchanges. In addition, Verity
technology serves as a core component of many leading e-business applications.

Verity products are used by more than 3,500 organizations in the private and
public sectors. Customers include Adobe Systems, AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Cisco, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Documentum (EMC), Dow Jones, EDGAR Online,
Financial Times, H-P, Home Depot, Lotus, META Group, SAP, Siemens, Stellent,
Sybase, Time New Media and Timex.

For more information, contact Verity at  or at World Wide Web site
http://www.verity.com/ or call 408-541-1500.

The statements in this press release regarding the benefits that Verity expects
its customers will receive from the Verity K2 Enterprise/MatrixOne integration
are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including the risk that:  the benefits may not be obtained due to
technical or other reasons; and the structure of certain customers'
organizations may not be conducive to realizing these benefits. These and other
risks relating to Verity and its business and products are set forth under the
caption "Risk Factors" in Item 2 of Verity's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2004.

MatrixOne Safe Harbor Statement:

Forward-looking statements in this release are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
those anticipated. Such statements may relate, among other things, to our plans,
objectives and expected financial and operating results. The risks and
uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others:
poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products,
difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in
international operations, difficulty assimilating future acquisitions,
difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. For more about the
risks and uncertainties of our business, see our periodic and other S.E.C.
filings.

NOTE:  Verity and the Verity logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Verity, Inc.

MatrixOne and the MatrixOne logo are registered trademarks and Collaborative
Product Lifecycle Management Solutions for the Value Chain and Matrix 10 are
trademarks of MatrixOne, Inc.

All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective
owners. 

DATASOURCE: Verity Inc.; MatrixOne Inc.



CONTACT: Winifred Shum of Verity, Inc., [phone], or

; or Charlie Guyer of MatrixOne, Inc., [phone], or

; or Dave Wolfe of vdR Group, [phone],

; or Steve Hoechster of ElsterGroup, [phone], or

[phone], or 



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Web site:  http://www.boeing.com/connexion 

Web site:  http://www.vdr.com/ 

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