<s>
Convera	B-Application
was	O
formed	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
by	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
Intel	O
's	O
Interactive	O
Services	O
division	O
and	O
Excalibur	O
Technologies	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2007	O
,	O
Convera	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
focus	O
was	O
the	O
enterprise	O
search	O
market	O
through	O
its	O
flagship	O
product	O
,	O
RetrievalWare	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
within	O
the	O
secure	O
government	O
sector	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
Canada	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convera	B-Application
sold	O
its	O
enterprise	O
search	O
business	O
to	O
FAST	O
Search	O
&	O
Transfer	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
for	O
$23	O
million	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
RetrievalWare	O
was	O
officially	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Convera	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
merged	O
with	O
Firstlight	O
ERA	O
to	O
become	O
NTENT	B-Application
,	O
bringing	O
with	O
it	O
its	O
web-scale	B-Architecture
semantic	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
Excalibur	O
acquired	O
Conquest	O
for	O
its	O
scalable	B-Architecture
,	O
distributed	O
software	O
architecture	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
RetrievalWare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Condo	O
continued	O
to	O
architect	O
and	O
build	O
out	O
a	O
complete	O
multimedia/semantic	O
,	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
search	O
platform	O
,	O
partnering	O
with	O
Ronald	O
J	O
.	O
Whittier	O
,	O
head	O
of	O
Intel	O
's	O
interactive	O
media	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
those	O
efforts	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
Excalibur	O
and	O
Intel	O
's	O
Interactive	O
Media	O
Services	O
division	O
to	O
form	O
Convera	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
and	O
Whittier	O
left	O
Intel	O
to	O
join	O
Convera	B-Application
as	O
Chairman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
that	O
transaction	O
,	O
Convera	B-Application
was	O
assigned	O
Intel	O
's	O
contract	O
with	O
the	O
National	O
Basketball	O
Association	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
distribute	O
interactive	O
NBA	O
content	O
,	O
including	O
enhanced	O
broadband	O
programming	O
and	O
interactive	O
game	O
broadcasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Convera	B-Application
acquired	O
Semantix	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
private	O
software	B-Application
technology	I-Application
development	O
company	O
specializing	O
in	O
cross-lingual	O
processing	O
and	O
computational	O
linguistics	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vogel	O
,	O
as	O
Convera	B-Application
CTO	O
,	O
drove	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
categorization	O
and	O
dynamic	O
classification	O
capabilities	O
while	O
bolstering	O
the	O
extensive	O
search	O
and	O
discovery	O
strengths	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
facets	O
and	O
a	O
multi-million	O
term	O
ontology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convera	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
provided	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
vertical	O
search	O
services	O
to	O
publishers	O
and	O
other	O
media	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convera	B-Application
's	O
vertical	O
search	O
service	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
publishing	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
John	O
Wiley	O
&	O
Sons.	O
,	O
Centaur	O
Media	O
,	O
Incisive	O
Media	O
,	O
Lebhar-Friedman	O
and	O
Advanstar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
controlling	O
interest	O
in	O
Convera	B-Application
was	O
held	O
by	O
Allen	O
&	O
Company	O
,	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
based	O
investment	O
bank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allen	O
&	O
Company	O
has	O
been	O
associated	O
with	O
Convera	B-Application
since	O
its	O
foundation	O
in	O
2000	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
major	O
shareholder	O
in	O
Excalibur	O
Technologies	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
merger	O
with	O
Firstlight	O
ERA	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Convera	B-Application
's	O
remaining	O
assets	O
and	O
technology	O
became	O
the	O
property	O
of	O
NTENT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTENT	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
provide	O
web-scale	B-Architecture
semantic	O
search	O
for	O
vertical	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
provides	O
context-sensitive	O
advertising	O
services	O
for	O
both	O
web	O
pages	O
and	O
search	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
