Plateau Systems and Adobe Expand Relationship for Virtual Learning

Out-of-Box Integration of Plateau Learning Management with Adobe's Macromedia Breeze 5 Provides Powerful End-to-End Learning Solution at Low Total Cost of Ownership

Arlington, Va. • February 22, 2006 - Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent, today announced an expanded relationship with Adobe Systems Incorporated. Under terms of the agreement, Plateau will resell Adobe's Macromedia® Breeze™ 5 collaborative learning software. Plateau's unique architecture provides seamless, out-of-the-box integration with Breeze 5 – delivering a comprehensive, end-to-end enterprise learning solution.

Combining Plateau and Breeze 5 enables both online and classroom learning to be created, assigned, delivered and tracked from a single access point. Learners are able to browse course catalogs, register for, launch and participate in training from one user-interface, regardless of the delivery method. Likewise, Administrators only need to go to one place to facilitate training, schedule resources and track learner progress for both online and classroom training.

"Breeze 5 is a powerful collaborative learning system," said Joe Herman, senior vice president, product management of Plateau Systems Ltd. "By combining the scalability and deep functionality of Plateau's Learning Management System with the virtual learning capabilities of Breeze 5, enterprise organizations will benefit from a comprehensive learning solution."

"Adobe Macromedia Breeze 5 leads the industry in providing instant access to multi-media virtual learning," said Kevin M. Lynch, vice president, product marketing, Adobe Knowledge Worker Business Unit. "Through this partnership with Plateau, customers now have a comprehensive solution for learning management and virtual learning collaboration that is pre-integrated for rapid implementation and low cost of ownership."

Adobe's Macromedia Breeze delivers the first rich web communication system, allowing organizations to communicate, collaborate and train via an easy-to-use solution that includes everything from on-demand delivery of training and presentations to instantly available live meetings. Breeze enables users to hold collaborative real-time meetings, instructor-led classes, and seminars that deliver rich media experiences, including video, interactive learning applications and simulations. Breeze leverages Microsoft PowerPoint and Macromedia Flash® Player to enable approximately 500 million web users to immediately experience engaging online meetings and rich content. In addition, training managers can create interactive content with many of Adobe's market-leading authoring tools, including Flash, Captivate or the Breeze Presenter PowerPoint plug-in.

Plateau Systems provides adaptable, Web-based software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational talent to increase workforce productivity and business operations performance. The Plateau OpenSuite™ family includes Plateau Learning™, Plateau Performance™, Plateau Analytics™ and Plateau Business Intelligence™. Plateau's Learning Management System has been widely recognized by industry analysts for its depth of functionality and superior technology.

Plateau's Unique Virtual Learning Framework

Plateau Learning contains a unique virtual learning system (VLS) framework. Unlike other solutions that need to create a custom, "hardwired" connection to their Learning Management System, Plateau's learning management suite is elegantly designed. Plateau's Virtual Learning Framework provides a deep, out-of-the-box integration with all major VLS systems including Webex, Centra, Breeze 5 and Microsoft LiveMeeting, among others.

Accordingly, Plateau OpenSuite is the only system able to manage multiple VLS products and sessions at the same time. This provides significant total cost of ownership savings for organizations because they can leverage existing VLS investments, benefit from faster overall integrations and quickly capitalize on future innovations through easily integrated upgrades.

About Plateau: Plateau is a leading provider of adaptable Web-based software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent to increase workforce productivity and business operations performance. Plateau's software is being used by some of the world's largest, most successful enterprises, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, Internal Revenue Service, and Wendy's International. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Va. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

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