Pilot Program Will Develop Process for Cost-effective, Reliable Online Delivery of Teaching and Learning Resources for K-12 Statewide

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, (July 5, 2006) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, and the California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN or the Network), a statewide program that provides network services and content coordination to schools, announced today that Elluminate has been selected to participate in a K12HSN pilot program. The Content Delivery Pilot Program will develop and test a structured process by which content can be organized, selected, and delivered with greater reliability and at reduced cost to any of the 8,000 K-12 schools throughout the state.

Currently, many resources accessed by California schools require users to leave the Network to reach specific content. This reliance on the public Internet is less reliable and results in added costs to both the K12HSN and content providers. During the pilot program, the K12HSN will collaborate with Elluminate and others to move content onto the Network to optimize resources, increase reliability, decrease costs, and improve student outcomes. As part of the pilot program, Elluminate Live!® Academic Edition™ will be certified to be "optimized for the K-12 High Speed Network" as an approved K-12 resource for teaching and learning.

"K12HSN is excited to explore new ways to bring valuable teaching and learning resources to California schools," said Todd Finnell, CEO of K12HSN. "The Network can facilitate reliable and cost-effective delivery statewide, and we are pleased to be working with Elluminate toward this end. Elluminate is a valuable addition, and we appreciate their willingness to work collaboratively in this effort."

"Elluminate is extremely proud to have been selected to aid the California K-12 High Speed Network in its delivery of high-quality online resources that support teaching and learning and promote academic achievement," said Maurice Heiblum, President of Elluminate USA, Inc. "We look forward to enabling K-12 schools throughout California to experience the ability of Elluminate Live! to engage students, facilitate active learning, and improve student performance."

About California K-12 High Speed Network
K12HSN is a state program that provides network connectivity, Internet services, teaching and learning application coordination, and videoconferencing coordination and support for California's K-12 community. K12HSN provides for K-12's participation in the California Research and Education Network (CalREN), a high-speed, high-bandwidth statewide network of 14 hub sites and circuits linking to 72 K-12 node sites, 11 University of California node sites, 24 California State University node sites, 111 community college node sites, as well as 6 node sites serving the three participating private universities. CalREN is also linked to the national Internet2 network forming an advanced state and national Intranet for educational use. Network and Internet services to the 72 K-12 node sites are extended to 74% (7,039) of schools, 89% (887) of school districts, and 100% (58) of county offices of education in California, which provide direct service to nearly 4.8 million students. For more information, visit www.k12hsn.org.

About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration. Elluminate delivers exceptional outcomes that enhance the learning experience, and increase retention and completion rates with lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. Elluminate features high-quality VoIP, robust interactive functionality for participants and moderators, and unique No User Left Behind technology -- regardless of platform or Internet connection speed. Elluminate has won several prestigious industry awards, including Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice for Web Conferencing software. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent corporations and academic institutions such as ADP, the University of Calgary, DeVry University, Georgia State University, Johns Hopkins University, PA Department of Education, Sun Microsystems, T-Mobile, and many more


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