Plateau Delivers Rapid Deployment Learning Solution for the Enterprise

Plateau 4 LMS engineered to integrate seamlessly with Macromedia Breeze, creating an easy-to-use, scalable platform to deliver and manage rich-media learning

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- August 7, 2003 -- Plateau Systems, the leading provider of enterprise learning management software, announced today that it has developed a tight integration between Macromedia Breeze and Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS), creating a rapid deployment training and readiness solution that combines the benefits of the industry's leading enterprise LMS and rich-media, rapid e-Learning system.

The integration allows organizations to rapidly author, manage, deliver and measure learning content on a scalable, Web-based platform. Macromedia Breeze enables anyone with basic knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint to quickly create rich-media presentations that include synchronized voice narration, animation, quizzes and surveys. Plateau 4 LMS provides the platform to deliver and manage this instruction in a strategic way, aligning it with business processes to enhance the knowledge readiness of Global 2000 corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies.

As a Macromedia Alliance partner, Plateau has engineered customized extensions to Macromedia Dreamweaver®, the industry-leading professional Web development tool. Plateau 4 LMS' new integration with Macromedia Breeze allows organizations to develop and manage all of their e-Learning content, both simple and complex, on one platform. Mission-critical training can be created and deployed within minutes to an organization's entire value chain, allowing it to respond to an immediate need or create ongoing, strategic training initiatives for sales teams, engineers, project managers and remote personnel.

Plateau is a valued partner, and Macromedia is excited about expanding this partnership to include integration between Macromedia Breeze and Plateau 4 LMS, said Kevin M. Lynch, vice president of e-Learning and collaboration, Macromedia. By using Macromedia Breeze in conjunction with an enterprise LMS such as Plateau 4, organizations can simply and rapidly deploy tailored instruction to anyone in their enterprise, speeding time to market and greatly increasing productivity and performance.

In today's world, large organizations must be able to rapidly and efficiently deploy knowledge across their extended enterprise, and manage the results of that deployment, said Paul Sparta, Plateau's CEO and Chairman. Plateau and Macromedia have worked together to provide a scalable, consolidated platform to create, deliver and manage learning. We are pleased to extend the value of this partnership through integration with Macromedia Breeze.

About Plateau: Plateau's enterprise-class software manages all of an organization's learning and knowledge on one scalable platform. Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) is built on Web-based J2EE/EJB architecture, and is the engine behind the largest e-Learning initiatives in the corporate, non-profit and government markets. Plateau 4 LMS automates the management and delivery of online and classroom learning, organizational knowledge and competencies for clients including the American Red Cross, Motorola, Union Pacific and the U.S. Air Force. Plateau is listed as a leader in LMS evaluations from Gartner Inc. and META Group. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

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