Verity Inc. announced the immediate availability of Verity Federator version 2.0. Highlights of the new release include a Web Services interface for heterogeneous and multiple search applications, as well as enhanced security capabilities. Verity Federator is a universal search platform that provides secure and unified access to relevant information from virtually any content source across an organization and beyond. A Java infrastructure with a public API, the latest Verity Federator release includes new features that allow users to get unified access to content quickly and accurately. The product’s key features and benefits include: Web Services interface that brings together multiple search systems, including Verity’s K2 and Ultraseek enterprise search products, as well as any third party search mechanism; The ability to apply, in real time, Verity K2’s capabilities, such as summarization, classification and recommendation to any vendor’s search products; Enterprise-strength security to ensure that the existence of documents and their contents are made known only to designated individuals; and, Dynamic filtering, merging, and re-ranking of search results with multiple viewing options. Verity is offering a first-time free 60-day evaluation of Verity Federator at its download center. Customers can create a universal search platform by downloading and installing Verity Federator. www.verity.com