WebGenie is casting a spell over the Internet users worldwide with its software tools to enhance information collected from web sites. The tools include on-line surveys and guest books, improved email systems, and a program useful for marketing purposes that provides information about web sites visitors, such as where they come from and which pages they access.

WebGenie Software was founded in January 1996 by Dr Siva Prasad in the University's Biochemistry Department. Since then, under the guidance of the University's commercial arm Luminis, WebGenie's Internet software tools have been "exported" on-line to computer users in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Every week more than 1,000 PC users download software from WebGenie's web site. Customers range from individuals to major organisations, including General Electric, Lockheed, Compaq, SkyNet Asia, the US Department of Human Services and Health, US Army and US Air Force.