Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

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                                               Andrew Nibley
                                               Burson-Marsteller
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                                               andrew_nibley@marsteller.com



      Convera Names Sprint Veteran Kurt Gastrock as Chief Operating Officer

Vienna, VA, November 10, 2005 - Convera Corporation (NASDAQ:CNVR), a leading
provider of search technologies to commercial enterprises and government
agencies, today named Kurt C. Gastrock, a long-time Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S)
executive, to serve as its Chief Operating Officer.

"We are delighted that an executive with Kurt's management and operational
experience has agreed to join Convera's senior management team at this important
juncture in the company's development," said Patrick C. Condo, Convera President
and Chief Executive Officer.

Gastrock has more than 15 years combined experience with Sprint, ranging from
sales, to operations, to general management of a significant business segment.
Most recently, Gastrock served as Vice President and General Manager of Sprint
Wireless Sites. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of Sprint's
$200 million per year cell tower lease-up business, managing a large,
geographically-dispersed team, and leading the divestiture to Global Signal,
valued at more than one billion dollars.

Gastrock previously held the jobs of Vice President of Sprint Hosting Solutions
and Vice President of Sprint E|Solutions during his career at the
telecommunications giant. He also served as Vice President of Engineering at
application service provider USinternetworking, Inc. headquartered in Annapolis,
Maryland.

"I couldn't be happier about joining Convera," stated Mr. Gastrock. "Search
technology is one of the fastest growing markets and I firmly believe that
Convera, with its patented technologies and emerging Excalibur(TM) offering, is
uniquely positioned to take advantage of that growth in both the commercial and
government markets."

About Convera
Convera is a leading provider of search technologies to commercial
enterprises and government agencies. Through its two offerings, Excalibur(TM), a
newly developed Web search solution and RetrievalWare(R), its "flagship"
enterprise search product, Convera offers unique search technology capable of
providing an integrated results page derived from both intranet and Internet
content. Convera's technologies manage vast stores of structured and
unstructured information that exist within internal repositories and on the Web
by providing highly scalable, fast, accurate and secure search capabilities
across text, video, image and audio information, in multiple languages. More
than 900 customers in 40 countries rely on Convera search solutions to power a
broad range of mission-critical applications. For more information, contact
Convera at 800-788-7758, via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at
www.convera.com



This release, including any statements from Convera personnel, contains
statements about Convera's future expectations, performance, plans, and
prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned
not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these
statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without
limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; the ability to continue
funding operating losses; fluctuations in operating results including impacts
from reduced corporate IT spending and lengthier sales cycles; continued success
in technological advances and development including the Excalibur Web
initiative; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by terrorist
activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security
arrangements; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive
factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's
reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ
materially from our expectations as the result of these and other important
factors relating to Convera's business and product development efforts, which
are further described in Convera's filings with the SEC. These filings can be
obtained from the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking
statements are based on information available to Convera on the date of this
release, and Convera assumes no obligation to update such statements. The
Convera design logo and the following are worldwide trademarks of Convera:
Convera(R), RetrievalWare(R), Excalibur(TM) and Screening Room(R). The names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein, if any, may be the trademarks of
their respective owners.