SILVERPLATTER INFORMATION AND TRW SMART SEARCH ANNOUNCE A TECHNOLOGY
COLLABORATION

NORWOOD, Mass. and SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- June 10, 1994 -- SilverPlatter
Information, Inc. and TRW Business Intelligence Systems today announced a
collaboration to provide interoperability between TRW Smart Search and
SilverPlatter information sources. This access will be achieved through
TRW's support of SilverPlatter's Data Exchange Query Protocol, allowing
end-users of TRW Smart Search to search databases offered by SilverPlatter
Information.

SilverPlatter will make its technology available to TRW Smart Search,
therefore enabling TRW Smart Search to access any of the databases offered
by SilverPlatter's Electronic Reference Library (ERL). ERL is a
Client/Server approach to networking electronic databases, allowing the
searcher to access data on Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks as
far reaching as the Internet.

TRW Smart Search is information retrieval access software that provides a
single user interface to multiple data sources. TRW Smart Search
simplifies information retrieval by providing an easy-to-use graphical
interface for searching multiple internal and external data sources.

SilverPlatter publishes and distributes information in electronic form with
over 25,000 subscriptions worldwide. Because of the diversity among
Information Partners, SilverPlatter is also designing new programs which
will provide greater flexibility in electronic publishing. These new
programs will make available tools, technology, and training for
publishing electronic information in SilverPlatter format. By making our
technology available, we will facilitate the growth of the electronic
publishing industry, opening it up to non-traditional publishers as well
as to those who previously were unable to take advantage of it.

"SilverPlatter has been a pioneer in broadening access to electronic
databases," said William A. Hogan, Vice President and General Manager of
TRW Business Intelligence Systems. "Their development of CD-ROM as a
medium of information distribution has brought information sources to
libraries around the world, resources which otherwise never would have
been available to library patrons. Their development of the Electronic
Reference Library client-server technology enables the next step in
information distribution. Our collaboration with SilverPlatter is based on
our mutual commitment to extending users' access to information, whether
on campus, in labs, or in corporate offices."

Commenting on the collaboration between SilverPlatter and TRW Business
Intelligence Systems, Bela Hatvany, President of SilverPlatter, said, We
share TRW's vision of interoperability and welcome their endorsement of
the Data Exchange Protocol. This relationship is an example of another
collaboration which will create a forum in which a wholly more effective,
worldwide electronic industry will occur."

TRW Smart Search provides a single, easy-to-use search interface to
customized collections of databases and can integrate access to
non-SilverPlatter sources with the SilverPlatter collection. TRW Smart
Search is capable of delivering both structured text and image data from
compatible data servers, including those available through Mosaic and
WAIS.

TRW Smart Search expects early adoption of its new offering by university
libraries which are re-engineering to offer campus-wide access to library
resources; this expectation is based on TRW Business Intelligence Systems'
leadership role in the development of the Z39.50 data protocol standard
for academic library databases.

TRW Smart Search is based on an open systems architecture, maximizing its
compatibility with various platforms and information retrieval hosts. The
product is designed to run on personal computers in a networked
environment. TRW Smart Search is compatible with Windows, Macintosh, UNIX
and Windows NT operating systems and can support a mix of platforms within
workgroups. TRW Smart Search is designed to access text retrieval systems
on servers which are either internal or external to the company or
institution. The product conforms to the Z39.50 standard for information
search and retrieval, as well as the SilverPlatter protocol. TRW Smart
Search will be available to customers in fall 1994.

TRW Business Intelligence Systems is a commercial venture of ESL, Inc., a
subsidiary of TRW. Founded in 1964, ESL is a world-class supplier of
government reconnaissance and intelligence systems, services and products.
ESL is applying these advanced technologies to civilian and industrial
needs in the areas of digital and wireless telecommunications, multimedia
and text information processing, advanced traveler information systems and
emergency notification transportation systems. A subsidiary of TRW since
1978, ESL today is an operating unit of TRW Avionics & Surveillance
Group.

SilverPlatter Information, Inc. 
100 River Ridge Dr, Norwood, MA 02062-5026
1-800-343-0064 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-617-769-2599 
Fax: 1-617-769-8763

SilverPlatter Information
2802-2804 Admiralty Centre
Tower 1, 18 Harcourt Road
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 529-0356
Fax: (852) 804-2746

SilverPlatter Information Ltd.
10 Barley Mow Passage
Chiswick London W4 4PH U.K.
Tel: +44(0) 81-995-8242 or 0800-262-096
Fax: +44(0) 81-995-5159

Internet: info@silverplatter.com

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