Internet Securities Unveils New Services.

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Internet Securities, Inc., a provider of Internet-delivered emerging markets news and information, has announced the launch of its IntelliFind search engine. In a separate news release, the company announced the launch of its Slovak service.

IntelliFind is Internet Securities' new and powerful search engine for the ISI Emerging Markets service.

"With IntelliFind, our customers have the ability to query the ISI Emerging Markets service better than ever before," said Brian de Lacy, recently appointed chief operating officer at Internet Securities. "Subscribers receive quicker access to relevant emerging market news and information."

"IntelliFind is a notable accomplishment for Internet Securities. The system allows users to rank results by relevancy. Moreover, IntelliFind supports the display and retrieval of information across 18 different languages," says Chito Jovellanos, chief information officer at Internet Securities. "We have invested heavily in reviewing content quality and indexing the data to sharpen the quality of information returned to our users." Jovellanos also noted that "maintaining data quality is an ongoing initiative for our worldwide product team."

The company reports that IntelliFind is supported by an Oracle 8 database and the interMedia search engine, allowing users to quickly and easily search the ISI Emerging Markets service. Subscribers now have the flexibility to search 18 different languages and across multiple information categories like news, company and industry, financial markets, macroeconomic analysis, and legal and current affairs. IntelliFind also has the ability to retrieve information across multiple countries, regions, publication dates, and publication sources. Additional timesaving features allow users to save default settings, return results by relevancy, and view abstract text prior to downloading information.

IntelliFind is currently available to all clients that access the U.S. and U.K. servers. Worldwide rollout for 16 other locations is scheduled to occur later this year.

The new Slovak product provides access to financial news and in-depth company and industry information directly from Slovak sources, in English and in the local language. With the addition of this product, the ISI Emerging Markets service now covers 28 emerging market economies.

"As our clients continue to invest in the Slovak economy, the need for a separate stand-alone Slovak product became increasingly evident," said Marco A. Bosman, managing director for Central and Eastern Europe. "It was high on our priority list for some time and meets the demands of many of Internet Securities' existing and prospective clients, both domestically and internationally."

The Slovak service was officially launched on September 1, following lengthy internal development and testing. In addition, the company says its institutional clients and multinational corporate customers played a key role in defining the product.

ISI Emerging Markets provides hard-to-get information about emerging market economies including financial, economic, and political news and information, and transmits that data through an Internet distribution model. Full-text news articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from local information providers, appear both in English and in the local language.

The subscription-based service enables users to access a comprehensive range of information obtained from more than 900 leading sources located throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The fast-growing service combines an intuitive interface and powerful search capabilities with in-depth, timely, and comprehensive coverage, according to Internet Securities.

The growing list of markets covered currently includes Argentina, the Baltic States, Brazil, Bulgaria, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Hungary, India, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela.

Source: Internet Securities, Inc., Boston, 617/204-3100; Fax: 617/204-3101; http://www.securities.com.