Fifty Lessons makes Premier Digital Business Video Library Available through iContent

Strategic Partnership Adds More than 700 New Business Leadership Videos to iContent Library, Increasing iContent’s total Content Assets to More than 30,000

Arlington, Va. - 9 February, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, and Fifty Lessons, the world’s leading digital business video library, today announced that organizations can now purchase and access videos in the Fifty Lessons Library, the world's pre-eminent collection of multimedia insights from global business leaders, through Plateau's iContent Portal. Offering more than 750 web-based videos featuring executives from over 200 global organizations, including McDonalds USA, H.J Heinz, Company, Cisco Systems and The Coca-Cola Company, Fifty Lessons’ pre-eminent collection of multimedia insights from global business leaders leverages the power of storytelling to prepare 'next-generation' leaders through the experience and wisdom of the world's most respected, influential, and successful business leaders.

Developing a solid pipeline of talented managers and inspiring leaders is the cornerstone of all successful organizations, and is becoming increasingly important as organizations strive to navigate today’s dynamic economy. Featuring videos that span a wide range of industry sectors, job functions and business issues – including Change Management, Ethics and Responsibility, Sales and Marketing, Communication, Finance and Managing People - the management lessons and executive insights presented in Fifty Lessons videos are designed to help all organizations, corporations, government agencies, academic institutions, small to medium-sized businesses and individual professionals succeed in an increasingly complex business landscape.

“Fifty Lessons’ videos capture some of the world’s most respected business leaders’ most important learning experiences, share their real-world business acumen, and discuss the guiding principles behind their most important business decisions and their career progression,” said Adam Sodowick, CEO of Fifty Lessons. “By making these valuable insights available through iContent, we can expand the reach of Fifty Lesson’s digital library and provide businesses and individuals with immediate access to a comprehensive and compelling management and leadership development resource.”

With iContent’s flexible, cost-effective options, customers can purchase individual videos or pre-packaged bundles, depending on their business needs, requirements and priorities.

Today, more than 10 million employees and managers from some of the world's most respected organizations rely on Plateau's talent management solutions to engage, develop, manage, and retain high performing employees and workforces. For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

“Plateau’s partnership with Fifty Lessons gives iContent customers an opportunity to gain real-world business insight and advice from leading global business experts who’ve ‘been there,’ and provides a valuable channel for Fifty Lesson to increase its visibility,” said Lee Wright, Director Sr. Director of Services, iContent at Plateau Systems. “By making these powerful videos available for on-demand access, iContent provides a cost-effective solution that both global organizations and small businesses can leverage immediately to support their leadership training and development initiatives. With iContent managing the full content management lifecycle – from procurement to hosting, testing and deployment – organizations can maximize their capital and resources.”

Fifty Lessons joins a growing list of partners who are making their leadership, training and development content, referenceware and videos available through the award-winning iContent solution. iContent provides access to a wide range of business and management content and resources including leadership development and performance-related content, business, IT, and compliance courseware, healthcare education, online safety training, and technology-based drug and alcohol training courseware for the workplace.

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About Plateau
Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.

About Fifty Lessons
Fifty Lessons is a digital media company that produces, owns, and distributes the award-winning Fifty Lessons Library, the world’s pre-eminent collection of multimedia insights from global business leaders. The Library currently has close to 1,000 videos featuring more than 200 of the world’s leading business executives, including Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, and Shelly Lazarus, Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. The short-form, high-impact, and flexibility of the Fifty Lessons content makes it ideally suited for business media consumers in the digital age. We distribute Fifty Lessons content to corporations, academic institutions, and consumers as subscription programming and syndicate it to blue-chip media, publishing, and corporate clients around the world. To learn more, visit www.50lessons.com or follow Fifty Lessons’ blog at www.50lessonsnews.com.

Media Contact:
Wendy Werve
Plateau Systems
703-678-0381
wendy.werve@plateau.com