Lab 2K, L.L.C., a newly-formed company specializing in search engine design, is pleased to announce the launch of its newest website, www.willitwork.com, a full-featured search engine providing the contact information of thousands of vendors whose products have Year 2000 compliance issues. Use of the search engine is absolutely free, and will save businesses hours of time that would otherwise have been spent searching disorganized company websites for the desired information.

     The Year 2000 problem extends into such critical fields as medical devices, laboratory equipment, and industrial equipment, as well as computer hardware and software. For ease of use, www.willitwork.com has been divided into industry-specific categories, making the search process as efficient as possible. Where available, direct links to the requested vendor’s web address and/or Year 2000 compliance page are provided; if they do not exist, www.willitwork.com serves as prompt confirmation of that fact, saving the user valuable time which would otherwise have been spent scouring the Internet. The user can then find the desired vendor’s contact information and retrieve any Y2K compliance documentation straight from the only reliable source, the vendor itself.

     It is inevitable that with less than 460 days left until the Year 2000, businesses will make a last-minute scramble to affirm that their equipment is Y2K compliant. Lab 2K hopes that its free website will alleviate the problem as well as provide an extensive database of vendor information that will be a valuable one-stop resource even after the year 2000. Upon its launch on October 5, www.willitwork.com contained well over 5,000 vendors, with a total of 10,000 anticipated by mid-November, making it the largest Y2K vendor listing in the world. The search engine will be consistently updated so as to provide the most current information. Within the past two months, the database has grown dramatically, and will continue to grow with new features as well as entries. In addition, www.willitwork.com employs a “smart” data-entry system, automatically tracking all unsuccessful searches so that the missing vendors can be added.

     Lab 2K urges all businesses who could potentially have Year 2000 problems to go to its website, www.willitwork.com, and take a few minutes to complete the simple online form. Even if the vendors do not have a Y2K compliance website, they are urged to fill out the form. However, Lab 2K highly recommends that Year 2000 webpages be created, as they will save businesses valuable time and resources. With Y2K information online, vendors will be able to avoid the inevitable rush of technical phone calls that would otherwise ensue.