Old Brookville, NY, November 7, 2006— Reflecting WebFeat's rapid global expansion, WebFeat has today announced the release of its new International Edition of WebFeat Express. WebFeat Express International Edition provides the ability to dynamically change language displays on both its search interface and administrative console.

WebFeat is now used in more than 18 countries, including: (China, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, and Turkey.) Languages offered in the first release of WebFeat Express International Edition include Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English, French, Japanese, Korean, and 2 variants of Spanish (Latin American and Spain). WebFeat is fully Unicode compliant and supports both input and display of double-byte characters.

WebFeat Express International Edition enables administrators to easily change languages displayed on both the WebFeat search interface as well as the administrative interface simply by selecting the desired language from the new Express version of the WebFeat Administrative Console (WAC). WAC Express enables system administrators to easily configure all aspects of their WebFeat system, including database menus, subject guides, catalog configuration, authentication, and user interface configuration.

Todd Miller, President of WebFeat, commented, "WebFeat's growth into Europe, Asia, and the Middle East has been dramatic. WebFeat Express International Edition is designed to support the needs of our rapidly growing global audience."

About WebFeat

WebFeat (U.S. patent #6,807,539) is the developer of the WEBFEAT and WebFeat Express Search Prisms, used by over 5,000 leading public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers—including over half of the 20 largest U.S. public libraries, 12 statewide library systems, and one out of every 10 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions.

WebFeat offers a suite of next-generation federated search tools, PRISM, the SMART COUNTER-compliant usage tracker, and MyWebFeat personalized federated search system. Originally founded in 1992 as an information technology consultancy, WebFeat has earned industry recognition from leading organizations such as Library Journal and the Gartner Group. Learn more about WebFeat at http://www.webfeat.org.