Naperville, IL - June 15, 2000 - Wizdom Systems, Inc., a leading provider of custom training solutions, announced today a key alliance with NETg, a leading global provider of technology-based training (TBT), to customize NETg courses. This announcement comes on the heels of the unveiling of NETg’s new course customization technology, NLO+, that allows NETg customers to mix and match content (NETg Learning Objects™) from different NETg courses, add in their own content, and disable content that is irrelevant.

As an authorized NETg Custom Development Partner, Wizdom has more than fifteen years of custom training development experience in a variety of media, including instructor-led and technology-based training. In addition, Dr. Martin Retzer and Phil Vitkus of Wizdom served at NETg in instructional design and managerial capacities, clearly demonstrating an intense familiarity with NETg training product design and capabilities.

Wizdom has the full support and endorsement of NETg executive staff. "Wizdom is known for attending to their customers’ specific instructional needs, providing custom training that impacts job performance and gets business results, and just simply getting the development work done when the customer needs it. We at NETg look forward to working with Wizdom to provide our customers with extremely focused technology-based training that reflects their way of doing business," said Ken Grisham, Vice President of Product Development for NETg.

To take advantage of Wizdom’s expertise in customizing NETg courses, companies must have a license for using NETg courses and purchase a license agreement for using NLO+. Then, Wizdom sets up a contract independent of NETg license agreements. Upon setting up the contract, Wizdom’s instructional designers work with the customer to identify how to customize NETg courses to meet the customer’s needs. Customizing existing NETg courses may take the form of:

• combining NETg instructional units, lessons, or topics from multiple NETg courses
• merging the company’s real-world examples into NETg’s off-the-shelf products
• streamlining NETg courses to give personnel just the skills they need when they need it

"Customizing NETg courses brings to our customers the best of both worlds, off-the-shelf and custom training. NETg has historically produced the most instructionally sound off-the-shelf training products available, providing its customers with the widest array of IT and end user training across the most popular technology delivery platforms. Companies drawing upon NLO+ and Wizdom’s customization services can now include company examples that help the NETg training "come alive," as well as help their employees know exactly how, why, when, and where to apply the skills they learn through NETg courses," said Dr. Michael Tillmans, director of training at Wizdom. "In addition, creating bite-sized training courses now positions NETg courses to function as just-in-time, just-as-needed performance support tools."

Contracts between customers who want NETg products customized and Wizdom will vary in length and cost, depending upon the specific customization needs. After purchasing an NLO+ licensing agreement with NETg, NETg customers require no additional license agreements with NETg to have a course already licensed modified.

For more information on the customizing NETg courses to meet your company’s needs, contact Phil Vitkus at Wizdom Systems, (630) 357-3000.

About NETg
NETg, a subsidiary of Boston-based Harcourt General, Inc. (NYSE: H), is a leading developer of technology-based training (TBT). The company has a portfolio of more than 600 multimedia courses in several languages, covering professional IT, desktop and personal development skills and serves over 2000 customers worldwide. NETg’s Skill Builder courses are designed to ‘build skills’ successfully - pre-assessments, simulations and considered use of multimedia all combine to create quality TBT that is proven to teach. NETg courses are modular in structure, with each course comprising of several NETg Learning Objects (NLOs). Each NLO teaches a specific skill and can exist independently from the course enabling customers to ‘mix and match’ objects from different courses to create a hybrid courses that truly meet the learners’ needs. This structure also facilitates just-in-time learning, giving learners the ability to access one object and learn one skill when needed. NETg is at the cutting-edge of online learning, focusing on providing quality courses that enable employees and individuals to learn the skills they need anytime, anywhere.NETg, Skill Builder and Precision Learning are registered trademarks. NLOs (NETg Learning Objects), NLO+ are trademarks of National Education Training Group, Inc.NETg 1751 West Diehl Road Suite 200 Naperville, IL 60563-8924. 877.561.6384

About Wizdom
Since 1986, Wizdom has been a recognized leader in providing our clients with innovative process-based business solutions for improving performance. Wizdom's integrated software, training and consulting gives you the improved enterprise-wide business process and enables you to communicate, plan and execute a unified corporate strategy. We help companies grow by aggressively pursuing new opportunities and employing the best business practices. Our experienced Wizards have developed software, training, and consulting solutions to help make your organization more efficient and competitive. Our Wizards will help you understand your current situation and identify areas for improvement. Wizdom's objective is to transfer our tools, methods, and expertise to your team so that your business can maintain continuous improvement, from success story to success story.

Wizdom's world headquarters is located in Naperville, Illinois, about 35 miles west of Chicago. Wizdom's headquarters is the hub of Wizdom's software development, training, and consulting. The National Capitol Area, located in Alexandria, Virginia, provides government and private businesses in our nation's capital with BPR consulting, training and services.