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New Partnership accelerates growing WBT presence in Northern Europe

Dublin, Ireland - September 16th, 2003 - WBT Systems, the leading provider of enterprise e-Learning solutions, today announces the appointment of Infoland as a reseller of the TopClass e-Learning Suite in the Netherlands. Infoland will provide full customisation, implementation and support services in conjunction with WBT Systems' Professional Services team. Established in 1996, Infoland is one of the leading solution providers in the Netherlands and has a track record of successfully delivering solutions across a number of industries, with specific focus on healthcare.

The Netherlands is a key market for e-Learning growth with high Internet penetration rates and a large proportion of English speakers. According to a report by Bizmedia on the European e-Learning market, already 40% of time spent on training in the Netherlands uses some form of blended learning, with an estimated 24% of this on e-Learning.

"We are delighted to appoint Infoland as our reseller in the Netherlands. WBT is aggressively growing it's global reseller presence by forming strong relationships with leading service providers in geographies where e-Learning adoption is increasing," said Declan Kelly, CEO, WBT Systems. "Our partnership with Infoland has tremendous synergy potential in regulated markets such as the healthcare market in the Northern Europe."

The Healthcare industry faces many challenges in this increasing regulatory environment, especially in relation to complying with patient data privacy and security issues. TopClass can be used to enable the delivery, tracking and management of role specific training, compliance related training and certification. Infoland will market the TopClass e-Learning solution for the Healthcare industry including capabilities such as rapid deployment, easy content conversion, standards adherence and a comprehensive system for developing a robust, audit ready compliance training system.

"WBT Systems is a global leader in the e-Learning platform marketplace and has a track record in terms of market recognition and delivering solutions to blue chip clients which is second to none" said Jan Stege, CEO, Infoland. "In addition, as Europe's leading LMS platform provider, they are well positioned to address the needs of our regional customers. WBT have also invested in building a strong partner infrastructure across many regions, making it easy for Infoland to do business with them."

About Infoland

Established in 1996 and based in the Netherlands, Infoland has grown into a leading organisation providing innovative internet and intranet solutions. Infoland’s key target market is healthcare and over 60% of all Dutch hospitals use one or more of Infolands products. Infoland's solutions are divided into three separate divisions, including Web, Quality and Security. Infoland Web solutions offer organisations effective communication and efficient knowledge sharing. Infoland Quality solutions improve and optimise organisational processes, qualitatively as well as quantitatively. Infoland Security solutions offer the right people access to the right information, in a safe and secure way.

For more information see www.infoland.nl

About WBT Systems

WBT Systems is one of the leading providers of Enterprise e-Learning Solutions in the world. WBT Systems' TopClass e-Learning Suite™ enables the rapid creation, deployment, and management of knowledge delivery across the enterprise. It 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 blue chip companies such as Alexander Forbes, Allergan, Basler Insurance, Belgacom, Credit Suisse, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, Diageo, Dow Chemical, Eurocontrol, Liberty Group, University of Chicago Hospitals, U.S. Department of Defense and Volvo CE.

Established in 1995, WBT Systems is the leading European owned e-Learning platform vendor in the world. With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, WBT Systems has offices in North America based in Waltham, MA and in the UK (London) and Germany (Düsseldorf). For more information see www.wbtsystems.com

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