PPD Selects Plateau as Central Learning Platform for its Global Operations

Arlington, Va. • March 15, 2005 - Plateau Systems, a leader in enterprise software that manages learning and knowledge readiness, today announced that PPD, Inc., a leading global provider of discovery and development services and products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, has selected OpenSuiteTM as its learning management technology.

OpenSuite provides extensive time-stamped audit trails and e-signature capabilities that enable companies to adhere to biopharmaceutical industry regulations as well as reduce risk. The software's multilingual support, configurable user interface and ease of migration have been key to Plateau's previous successful large global enterprise implementations.

"Plateau continues to be recognized by industry analysts as having deep functionality, a highly flexible architecture, and top-rated customer service and support," said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. "These are strong motivators for companies looking to deploy an enterprise learning management solution."

About Plateau: Plateau is a leading provider of enterprise software that manages learning and organizational readiness. Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) is built on Web-based J2EE architecture, and is the engine behind the largest LMS initiatives in the corporate, non-profit and government markets. Plateau's software is being used to manage learning and improve human performance at organizations including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Air Force. Plateau is listed as a leader in LMS evaluations from Gartner Inc., Forrester Research and Bersin & Associates. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

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