Elluminate and Unicon Provide Low-Cost Trial Option for Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment

June 1 2006

Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider oflive eLearning and Web collaboration solutions for the real-timeorganization, and Unicon, the leading independent provider of open-sourceenterprise portal, collaboration, learning and integration technology forhigher education institutions, today announced a partnership. The twocompanies will collaborate to deliver a joint product and service offeringfor the Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) for academicinstitutions at the K-12, community college and higher education levels.

The Sakai Project is a community-source effort to develop a platform forteaching, learning, collaboration and research that began in 2004 as acollaborative effort between Berkley, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford andthe University of Michigan. An alternative to proprietary or homegrowncourse management solutions, Sakai combines an application framework with awide variety of associated CMS tools and components that are designed towork together.

The joint offering from Elluminate and Unicon will provide customers withservices ranging from a hosted test environment to a complete end-userimplementation. Currently available, Academus® Open Campus is anApplication Service Provider (ASP) website hosted by Unicon that offers ano-cost Sakai test drive as well as an affordable pilot environment forSakai projects. Elluminate Live!® Lite Office™ is included in theoffering, providing a single-room, personal-sized virtual classroom withwhiteboard, two-way audio, text messaging, and participant informationmodules. To register for the SAKAI pilot environment, please go tohttp://www.academusopencampus.com.

"For customers looking to experiment with an open-source LMS, Sakai is theobvious choice for the higher education market," said Jim Layne, Unicon'svice president of marketing and sales. "By collaborating with industryleaders like Elluminate and other complementary product and serviceproviders, we can offer a complete, affordable solution for cost-conscious,resource-strained organizations for their online campuses and communities."

"We are extremely pleased to partner with Unicon to provide a collaborativeframework that supports technology adoption and best practices in theeducation community," said Maurice Heiblum, president of Elluminate USA,Inc. "Elluminate Live! offers an educational technology not available inthe Sakai CLE, that ensures participants are fully engaged in learning,communicating and collaborating in real time regardless of computerplatform or Internet connection speed."

About Unicon

Since 1993, Unicon has been designing, building and managing technologysolutions for colleges, universities, schools and corporations worldwide.Unicon solutions are based on open-source technology to increaseproductivity while reducing costs. A Sakai commercial affiliate, thecompany is the leading independent provider of enterprise portal,collaboration, learning and integration technology for higher educationinstitutions. Unicon is the leading supporter of the uPortal open-sourceWeb initiative and also maintains and supports applications for the CiscoNetworking Academy program. For more information, visit www.unicon.net.

About Elluminate, Inc.

Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, award-winning solutions for real-timeonline learning and collaboration that enhance the learning experience,increase retention and completion rates, and remove traditional barriers toknowledge. Delivering best-in-class performance, Elluminate featureshigh-quality VoIP, robust interactive functionality for participants andmoderators, and unique No User Left Behind technology regardless ofplatform or Internet connection speed. Elluminate delivers exceptionaloutcomes with lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher ROI. Headquarteredin Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Elluminate is thetrusted choice of prominent corporate and academic organizations such asADP, DeVry University, Georgia State University, Johns Hopkins University,PA Department of Education, Sun Microsystems, T-Mobile, and many more. Formore information, visit www.elluminate.com.

Elluminate Live!® is a registered trademark of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary,Alberta, Canada.

Contacts:Brian Bogie/Erica SalamidaSchwartz Communications(781) 684-0770elluminate@schwartz-pr.com

SOURCE:  Elluminate, Inc.