Sea Change Corporation releases WebClarity, the Web Gateway for Z39.50 databases. Toronto, December 15, 1999 WebClarity is Sea Change Corporation's new Web Gateway to information databases. It allows any Web browser to access any Internet based information database that supports the popular Z39.50 access standard. WebClarity's powerful features allow any organization to provide seamless searching of multiple large databases or "virtual" union catalogs. WebClarity is ideal for libraries, resource centers and information publishers of all kinds as a tool to facilitate access to their data. WebClarity will be sold through our international network of library automation and research tool resellers. An OEM version is also available for library automation developers who wish to incorporate it with their existing product lines. The Z39.50 standard is being embraced by a rapidly increasing number of information publishers and libraries; Z39.50's usage is exploding because it is one of the only standards for direct access to complex structured databases. Although many libraries publish their holdings using Z39.50, few library web sites provide access to other Web based database resources. WebClarity eliminates this limitation by providing seamless and integrated access to both local and remote Z39.50 accessible resources. WebClarity runs in the user friendly Windows NT environment, and features the same innovative user interface and powerful search capabilities that have made BookWhere the market leader in Z39.50 search technology. WebClarity servers can be easily configured to reflect the user's specific environment and access requirements. "WebClarity responds to the needs of Internet users by providing one of the first "out of the box" examples of server software that supports true distributed, standards based, distributed indexing capabilities. By combining our leading BookWhere search technology with an easy to use server architecture, we have made finding materials on the Internet even easier. With WebClarity, Sea Change hopes to further accelerate the deployment of standard's based Z39.50) indexing technology for the Internet", says Richard Earle, President Sea Change Corporation. Sea Change Corporation is headquartered in Mississauga Ontario Canada. The company provides a wide range of Internet related products and services. Sea Change launched BookWhere, its Windows based Z39.50 client in June of 1995. BookWhere is currently used by thousands of libraries and researchers and is distributed worldwide by over 35 resellers. In early 1999 Sea Change released the BookWhere Application Programming Interface (API) which allows third party software developers to incorporate the power of BookWhere into their own applications. ISI ResearchSoft (formerly Research Information Systems) has used this technology in their ProCite and Reference Manager products. Sea Change has used this same API to develop WebClarity. A demonstration system is available at http://www.web-clarity.com More information on BookWhere is available at http://www.bookwhere.com Information on Sea Change Corporation is available at http://www.seachange.com For more information on WebClarity please contact: Paul Nixon Manager, Web Technology Group Sea Change Corporation 6695 Millcreek Drive, #1 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 5R5 Phone: (905 )542-9484 x 240 FAX (905)542-9479 Email: pnixon@seachange.com ProCite and Reference Manager are registered trademarks of Institute for Scientific Information. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.