Framingham, MA - Microsystems Software Inc. today announced that its Internet filter, Cyber Patrol, has been selected by IBM for the new IBM World Book and as part of the IBM NetVista software server for schools. Readers of the encyclopedia can move between information on the CD-ROM and information on the World Wide Web with ease and confidence that material inappropriate for children is being screened by Cyber Patrol. In the classroom, it links directly to IBM's SchoolVista instructional management tool for easy integration with classroom curriculum and activities. Cyber Patrol allows parents and teachers to predetermine how long and which hours their children spend on-line, what information they receive and what information they send out. Microsystems Software's CyberNOT list determines which sites are blocked.
Parents also can add or delete sites to suit individual family values.
Young children can be restricted to the CyberYES list, a group of 3,000 Internet links leading to more than a million pages of fun and educational material suitable for children. Microsystems Software last month announced an agreement with Ameritech to provide its midwestern Internet customers with Cyber Patrol. Cyber Patrol, which also is used by British Telecom and New Zealand Telecom for their Internet services, is available in French and Japanese versions. All rights reserved.