ADESOFTware: New e-learning software solution

CENTRA and ADESOFTannounce an alliance to offer e-learning and real-time collaboration software to enterprises

Levallois-Perret, January 5, 2001 - Centra (the world's leading provider of ASP software and services for tutored e-learning and collaboration over the Internet) and ADESOFT (the leader in human and physical resource management) today announced a technological and commercial alliance for deploying an e-learning solution. The joint offer allows users to create virtual classes with multiple students, while automatically scheduling the time, course, level, and instructor best suited to participants. InfoConvergence, Europe's leading provider of remote training services, chose this solution for its Internet training program.

Cegos ELearning, the first company to use this solution

ADESOFT, a leading provider of software solutions for enterprises and universities needing to optimize both time and resource management, and Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), the world's leading supplier of tutored e-learning software and ASP services, announced a technological and commercial alliance to deploy an e-learning solution. Cegos ELearning, one of the main European remote training organizations, is the first enterprise to benefit from the advantages of this alliance.

By using the tutored e-learning software from Centra, Cegos ELearning enhances it videoconference solutions by adding virtual, multi-student classes managed by an instructor. Cegos ELearing integrated Centra technology with the ADESOFT time management program in order to automatically schedule the time, course, level, and instructor best suited to each participant. Over the next 12 months, Cegos ELearning will use ADESOFT to manage more than 50,000 hours of training.

Germain Bourgeois, ADESOFT Vice-President for Marketing, said: "Managing complex resources in an international environment is a real challenge for companies like InfoConvergence. Their system requires continual, real-time management. To succeed, they need great flexibility and the ability to communicate changes in real time. The real-time solutions from Centra provide this flexibility and allow users to maintain efficient contacts at minimal cost."

Through its alliance with Centra, ADESOFT receives the support required to effectively integrate Centra products into its own services and technological solutions. This program offers numerous advantages, including access to Centra Support Services, program managers, local sales support, and formal certification programs. Jacques Fayet, Technical Director of Cegos ELearning, explained his choice: "ADESOFT arrived just when we were looking for a powerful tool to manage our resources. The solution offered an easy-to-use interface and could be adapted to our Intranet. It was a perfect match for our planning requirements and our major goal: to acquire and distribute information more easily. Since we also use Centra, we are thrilled by this recently-announced alliance."

A software infrastructure for online training and real-time workgroups

With over one million business users worldwide, the Web-based software products and ASP services from Centra provide training and collaboration solutions tailored to the needs of groups ranging from small workgroups to large audiences. All Centra products are based on Centra's patented "voice over IP" technology, a shared work environment, and an intuitive user interface that simplifies conversations and direct interaction over the Internet. In parallel, by integrating ADE Enterprise, companies benefit from a single interface and improved productivity by automating and optimizing their resource schedules. Enterprise have better visibility and can improve forecasting thanks to simulation tools; they benefit from real-time data exchanges and collaboration between different sites.

Lawrence Whittle, Centra Vice-President of Operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, was enthusiastic about the advantages of this alliance: "ADESOFT gives the enterprise the ability to individually determine each of its resource criteria, such as available time slots, proposed courses, or an available instructor. This ensures that enterprise resources are used with maximum efficiency, and thereby improves productivity and quality of service."

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