Press Release

ISOPH BLUE RECEIVES .NET CONNECTED CERTIFICATION

Web Services Make E-learning Integration a Breeze

Carrboro, NC (August 4, 2004) - Isoph, a leading provider of learning and communications software and services for mission-driven organizations, today announced that its flagship learning and communications platform, Isoph Blue, has received Microsoft .NET certification. The certification is awarded to applications developed in the Microsoft .NET framework and independently tested for their support of standards-compliant Web services.

"Web services have been central to our application development strategy," said Nadeen Sakowski, Isoph's director of technical services. "The .NET certification lets our clients know that Isoph Blue functionalities can be easily integrated into existing Web sites, intranets, and Web-enabled applications for activities such as donor, fundraising, and member management."

"Learning technologies are increasingly central to efforts to build organizational capacity as well as to boost stakeholder outreach and engagement," said Isoph CEO Jeff Cobb. "Web services reduce the timeline and cost for making cutting-edge learning technologies part of an organization's ongoing strategy."

In simple terms, Web services make it possible for existing Web sites and applications, regardless of the platform on which they are built, to access the functionalities available in the Isoph Blue application and make them seamlessly available in the existing Web site or application. "We developed the main WebJunction portal in Java," said Kannan Seshadri, lead architect for WebJunction, a project of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that provides technical support and advice for public librarians. "But Web services made it easy for us to use Isoph Blue as a core component of the portal learning center. Isoph Blue provides the functionalities, and we control how they are presented to our users."

Isoph Blue Web services are compliant with the simple object access protocol (SOAP) 1.2 standards established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For information about Isoph Blue and Isoph Blue Web services, visit http://www.isoph.com/software.htm.

About Isoph Corporation

At Isoph, we know learning. Isoph offers flexible learning management system software, along with instructional design and course development services to help our clients develop successful, sustainable learning programs. Isoph clients include the American Red Cross, America’s Second Harvest, the National Wildlife Federation, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Voices for America’s Children, and WebJunction, a project of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, please call 866.969.9260, or visit www.isoph.com for product and company details.

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