Live eLearning and Web Collaboration Product Selected for Low-Bandwidth Access, Cross-Platform Functionality, and Ease-of-Use Advantages

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida., (April 25, 2006) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that its flagship product Elluminate Live! was recognized by CMP Media, LLC's Network Computing magazine with an Editor's Choice Award for in-house web conferencing software. Elluminate Live! was selected for its rich feature set, consistently strong performance, low-bandwidth connectivity, explicit focus on universal accessibility that includes ADA compliance, and highest level of cross-platform functionality. In addition, evaluators found Elluminate Live! easy to install, deploy, manage, and use as moderator or participant. Also highlighted was the product's high-quality recording capability that captures sessions in their entirety, including audio, video, text, websites, slides, and whiteboard content.

"Increasingly, universities are striving to make all services accessible to the widest possible number of users, including distance-learners with low-bandwidth connections and/or people with some disability," according to the Network Computing article. "Across the board, Elluminate has the highest level of accessibility."

While more than 40 products provide synchronous, web-based collaboration for multiple groups, only 14 met the stringent review criteria, which included support for distributed group work and virtual teams, collaborating teaching and learning configurations, and the ability to run distributed seminars, research meetings, virtual labs, and other activities for geographically distributed teaching and research. Of the 10 products that were rigorously tested at the publication's Syracuse University Real-World Labs®, Elluminate Live! received the highest score in the in-house category, outranking products that included Saba Centra Live, Adobe Breeze, Marratech, and WiredRed Software e/pop Web Conferencing. Although not judged in the hosted-only category, Elluminate Live! tied with WebEx Meeting Center, and received higher marks than Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005, Raindance Meeting Edition, and Genesys Meeting Center. Read the entire Network Computing review or download the PDF version.

"We are extremely honored to be recognized by Network Computing with an Editor's Choice Award," said Maurice Heiblum, president of Elluminate USA, Inc. "This acknowledgement from such a highly regarded publication represents a clear validation of Elluminate's industry-leading live eLearning technology that enables academic institutions and corporations worldwide to communicate, collaborate, and educate online in real time."

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.


Elluminate Live! and No User Left Behind are a trademarks of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.