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Dublin, Ireland - February 28th, 2003 - WBT Systems, the Leader in Enterprise e-Learning Solutions, today announces a strategic alliance with Bluewave Ltd, Maersk Data’s UK subsidiary, to deliver a comprehensive e-Learning solution to the Financial Services, Life Sciences and Transport & Logistics sectors. Maersk Data is a 3,000 person global systems integrator and is part of the Maersk Group.

Bluewave is a global solutions and managed services company, and can provide an end-to-end solution for customers’ e-Learning requirements. It offers the added value of state of the art hosting and out-sourcing facilities. Bluewave is also unique in having an extensive in-house content creation team, renowned for building top quality, highly engaging and interactive training content, designed for the web.

“We are very pleased to announce this alliance with Bluewave. The combination of their extensive e-Learning services with the market leading TopClass e-Learning Suite is very compelling.” said Des Noctor, VP Sales and Services, WBT Systems. ”e-Learning's contribution to the achievement of company goals, in terms of employee development, cost reduction and top line improvement is now well proven, especially in areas such as regulatory compliance and salesforce training. We believe that the addition of Bluewave’s expertise in its vertical markets will lead to significant additional adoption of e-Learning in these sectors.”

“We are delighted to have TopClass as the core component of our e-Learning offering. It is the market leading platform and has been proven in blue chip organisations around the world.” said Tony Kypreos, Chief Commercial Officer, Bluewave “Many of our customers in the Financial Services, Life Sciences and Transport & Logistics sectors are heavily regulated and need a comprehensive Blended Learning Solution as part of their overall compliance systems and processes, and we see TopClass as a key component in the provision of this solution.”

About WBT Systems
WBT Systems is the Leader in Enterprise e-Learning Solutions and enables the rapid creation, deployment, and managment of knowledge delivery across the enterprise. WBT Systems' TopClass e-Learning Suite™ is a robust, easily deployed, web-based Learning platform with over two million users worldwide. Our implementation experience spans a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, government, and pharmaceuticals, across organisations such as Dow Chemical, U.S. Department of Defense, University of Chicago Hospitals, Diageo, Volce CE, Danish LO, Eurocontrol, Allergan, Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Credit Suisse. WBT Systems is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. WBT Systems North America is based in Waltham, MA. For more information about WBT Systems visit www.wbtsystems.com

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