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Title: IDG's Network World Names Industry's Most Influential Companies, Players and Trends
Abstract: Network World, the leader in network knowledge, published its seventh annual special Edition, the 'Power Issue'(December25/January 2 issue), profiling the industry's most powerful Companies, people, and technologies and management trends.

"2000 was a year of profound change and 2001 promises to be equally turbulent. The Power Issue provides Network IT professionals with a detailed guide to the people and companies dominating the network industry and how they are navigating the changes in the marketplace," said Beth Schultz, Editor of Network World's Signature Series. "Network IT professionals look to Network World to help them keep up with the rapid changes."

Other highlights in Network World's Power Issue is the annual Powerometer, a survey in which Network World readers rate 25 CEOs and companies on a power scale of one to 100. Another feature in this issue is the Power Prognosticator, in which top news editors predict what 2001 will hold in store for the industry.

Source: Network World, Inc., December 26, 2000
Keywords: Technology, Computer Networking

Title: PictureTel Announces IBM as Its Latest 1414c and PictureTel Solutions Customer for Collaboration With Enterprises, Clients Worldwide
Abstract: 1414c, an independently-operated subsidiary of PictureTel Corporation (NASDAQ:PCTL) that provides web-based, interactive audio, video, data-sharing, and streaming communications services, announced that IBM Corporation has selected 1414c to provide bridging services for the enterprise worldwide. IBM also recently named the new PictureTel 900 Series(TM) integrated collaboration platform as one of the technology standards for its briefing centers worldwide.

1414c's global, two-year contract to provide bridging services to IBM operations worldwide expands an existing relationship between the two enterprises. 1414c has delivered bridging services to IBM operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa since 1999. The corporation utilizes bridging services to facilitate sales, marketing, training, and research and development capacities with IBM employees and business partners in the United States and around the globe.

PictureTel 900 Series products utilize the next-generation iPower(TM) integrated collaboration architecture, developed jointly by PictureTel and Intel, combining videoconferencing, the PC, and the Internet to enable real-life, content rich integrated collaboration. Users may for the first time leverage PC functionality into a videoconference, and easily share any network-based application and conference room peripheral, thereby enriching meeting quality and productivity.

"To function as a cohesive unit, global enterprises, such as IBM, must be able to share information intuitively across great distances," said Norman Gaut, chairman and CEO at PictureTel Corporation. "Our breakthrough iPower platform, with its information sharing capabilities, management tools, and unmatched video and audio quality, allows users to communicate more naturally and reliably than ever before. The end result is more productive conferences as participants can focus on the business at hand instead of on their videoconferencing technology."

Headquartered in Andover, MA, 1414c takes full advantage of the IP revolution, delivering access to a broad range of IP-based interactive communication solutions. These solutions include web-based IP videoconferencing, traditional ISDN videoconferencing, visual data sharing, Voice over IP (VOIP) in narrow and wideband, web conferencing and streaming services. 1414c will exist as its own ASP and will also enable ISPs, NSPs, and other ASPs to provide these services. For more information, visit http://www.1414c.com.

Source: PictureTel, January 17, 2001
Keywords: Technology Providers, Telecommunications, Application Service Providers

Title: booktech.com Partners with United States Distance Learning Association as Custom Publisher of Association Books and Other Materials
Abstract: booktech.com, a first mover in digital and on-demand publishing, will partner with the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) to provide custom publishing and digital content for the Association's publishing programs and services to members.

Representing 2,000 individual and institutional members-from K-12 and higher education to corporate and government training-USDLA is the world's largest and most influential industry association for distance learning. It plans a book and information program about best practice in distance learning, for which BTC's capacities to customize materials in print, CD-ROM, and online formats are highly suited.

booktech.com (www.booktech.com) is a digital and online publisher of customized textbooks, coursepackets, and other educational materials for higher education, K-12, distance education, non-profit organizations, and corporate training. Since its inception in 1995, booktech.com has published 7,000 individual customized textbook titles for more than 3,000 professors on 500 campuses, in addition to a dozen K-12 titles such as Breaking the Spanish Barrier and Trade Routes. Company shares have traded on the American Stock Exchange since April 5, 2000 (symbol: AMEX/BTC).

Source: booktech.com, January 17, 2001
Keywords: Digital Publishing, Distance Learning, Technology, On-demand Publishing

Title: Hellobrain.com and Intel Work Together to Create Intellectual Capital Exchange to Accelerate Development of Products Based On Intel's Itanium Processor Architecture
Abstract: HelloBrain.com and Intel Corporation are working together to develop an intellectual capital exchange to benefit companies worldwide using Intel's Itanium processor architecture in their products. The new exchange, available through IntelŪDeveloper Services, makes it possible for engineering teams to source and complete Itanium processor development solutions from all over the globe simply by posting a problem description on the exchange and using the collaborative environment to complete the transaction.

A company designing an Itanium-based solution will be able to confidently describe a development problem - including how much the solution is worth to them, and then post this description on the exchange. The HelloBrain intellectual capital exchange's built-in mechanisms then connect the buyer company to solution providers from around the world, allowing them to bid for and negotiate a development deal. The entire transaction - including discovery, engineering collaboration, project delivery, acceptance testing, escrow and payment - will typically be completed entirely within the exchange.

Intel Developer Services is a comprehensive Web-based service designed to provide software developers the tools, resources and support they need to accelerate the successful development and delivery of Intel architecture-based solutions. The Itanium Processor Exchange is a new feature of Intel Developer Services.

HelloBrain.com invented the concept of the intellectual capital exchange, and began operating the first public market for the exchange of intellectual capital - pre-existing technology or the ability to develop it in December 1999.

Source: Roeder-Johnson Corporation December 18, 2000
Keywords: Computer Technology, Internet Software, E-Commerce

Title: eduverse.com Launches New ed-Commerce Web Site, Capitalizing on the 55 Billion Dollar e-Knowledge Industry
Abstract: eduverse.com, an Internet software developer building core technologies for delivering more cost effective and efficient distance e-Education, announced the launch of the Company's new ed-Commerce English language instruction Internet web site at www.freeENGLISH.com. The new subscription fee-based web site targets the one billion people currently studying English.

The new web site offers e-Learners a wider range of products designed to enhance their learning experience. One of the new flagship products is the Company's full-length computer-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) preparation exams. Over 11 million students annually write the TOEFL exam, which is a requirement for foreign students who wish to attend an English speaking college or university. The higher a student's score on the TOEFL exam, the wider range of schools they may attend. The Company anticipates that its high quality TOEFL preparation exams will be in great demand.

"Over the past 2 years, eduverse.com has built a global brand under the freeENGLISH.com name. We average over 45,000 unique visitors to the web site every month from around the world," stated Marc Crimeni, President and CEO of eduverse.com. "I am very proud of the quality products we are able to offer to the online community and I anticipate that our new web site will contribute significantly to the Company's short and medium term revenue targets. I am also very pleased with the Company's progress since we announced our new marketing initiatives. We are currently ahead of our financial projections for this Quarter."

The Company's distance e-Education delivery engine allows e-Learning course developers to deliver their curriculum over the Internet in a very cost and time efficient manner, as its technology does not require an e-Learner to remain continuously connected to the Internet while studying. eduverse.com licenses its proprietary e-Education delivery engine to third party educational course developers on a fee and royalty basis.

In addition to developing Internet infrastructure software, eduverse.com has used its own technology to develop a suite of software products that teach English. The Company currently provides educational content to some of the Internet's leading players including: AOL.com.hk, StarTV.com, Sina.com, Acer's 1to80.com, Learn2.com, ZapMe.com, Parlo.com and eHOLA.com. eduverse.com also partners with Ministries of Education (MOE) globally to provide corporate sponsored education to students. The Company has signed partnerships with MOE's in Thailand, Malaysia and China, representing over 24 million students. One of the main corporate supporters of this e-Education sponsorship initiative is Procter & Gamble, who have purchased 25% of all the advertising space on the Thailand University Network installation for the next year.

eduverse.com is based in Reno, Nevada and has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Bangkok, Thailand. For more information on the Company, call 604/623-4864 or visit the Company's corporate web site at www.eduverse.com or email info@eduverse.com.
Source: eduverse.com, December 1, 2000.
Keywords: Financing, Internet, Distance Learning, Computer Technology, Content Providers

Title: Computers in Schools, Sure. But What About Technical Support?
Abstract: The issue of technical support has become increasingly important with the infusion of federal, state and local funding initiatives to put computers in the classrooms. Now the long-term cost of maintaining these networks has emerged as "one of the hottest topics among educators," according to the National School Boards Association and others. While companies entering the information age consider computer support standard cost of doing business, schools, whose budgets are less flexible, seem to be taking longer to reach that point. In the meantime, schools have been forced to make do, sometimes sharing one or two tech administrators for an entire district, and leaving a handful of tech-savvy teachers to handle computer crashes and finicky networks.
Source: Rebecca S. Weiner, Technology Cybertimes, New York Times, April, 26, 2000
Keywords: Maintenance,Technical Support
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