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TopClass Selected as Best e-Learning/LMS Solution

Dublin, Ireland - August 17th, 2004 - WBT Systems, a global leader in enterprise e-Learning solutions, has been awarded first place at the prestigious HR Technology Excellence Awards in the e-learning/Learning Management Systems (LMS) category. The awards, which honour best of breed technology for the HR industry, were handed out at a ceremony held at HRTech in San Francisco. Over seventy organisations from all over the world applied across five categories. This year’s winners include PeopleSoft, LexisNexis and Unicru. Previous winners include Eli Lilly, Qualcomm and Agilent Technologies. This is the second major award for WBT Systems this year. In April, the company won the “ICT Company of the Year” Award.

The company offers a suite of integrated solutions to enable the “Intelligent Enterprise” based on its TopClass e-Learning Suite. This powerful web-based platform facilitates the realization of key goals in regulated industries such as corporate compliance, sales effectiveness and organisational transformation while dramatically reducing training costs. It facilitates easy conversion of existing knowledge, rapid deployment for web delivery, and manages your knowledge and learning assets in line with organizational goals. TopClass is used by over two million users in 600 organizations worldwide including Credit Suisse, Dow Chemical and Diageo.

A panel of HR expert advisors and judges gave TopClass the highest overall score for:

• Adherence to accepted technology standards
• Creativity and originality
• Measurable productivity gains from usage
• ROI achieved by end users
• Productivity Improvement

"This is a fantastic endorsement of WBT Systems and TopClass. It reflects our continued investment to ensure our solutions remain at the forefront of best practice in delivering Learning Management solutions” said Declan Kelly, CEO WBT Systems. “We are particularly pleased that this award recognises the real business benefits that TopClass brings to organizations in terms of productivity gains and cost reduction” he added.

About HR Technology Excellence Awards

The HR Technology Excellence Awards were established to honor, recognize and promote best practices in Human Resources Technology. Awards are given to organizations and individuals that exemplify these qualities. The competition is organised by the International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) and the winners are announced at a gala evening held during the annual HRTech conference. This year the even took place in San Francisco.

For more information, see:

http://www.iqpc.com/cgi-bin/templates/document.html?topic=232&document=40025#G

About WBT Systems

WBT Systems is one of the leading providers of intelligent learning solutions across the globe. Its solutions help organizations to address the business issues that are imperative to success in an increasingly competitive world. Best of breed solutions include mitigating risk and reducing costs by implementing advanced, robust compliance tracking solutions and driving top-line performance through enabling sales and customer services channels. WBT's implementation experience spans a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, government, and pharmaceuticals in blue-chip companies such as ABB, AHIMA, Alexander Forbes, Basler Insurance, Belgacom, Clinphone, Credit Suisse, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, Diageo, Dow Chemical, Eurocontrol, Husqvarna, Innovatia, Liberty Group, Ryanair, Smith & Nephew, Valero and Volvo CE. WBT Systems' is recognised as a leader in both the e-Learning Suite and LMS Magic Quadrant Reports by the Gartner Group.

Established in 1995, WBT Systems is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany and the Netherlands. For more information, see www.wbtsystems.com.

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