ADC Selects click2learn for Global Enterprise e-Learning Initiative.

Business/High Tech Editors

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000

click2learn's Ingenium Learning

Management System to Manage Training of 20,000 Employees, With

Skills-gap Analysis, and SAP Integration

click2learn.com, inc. (Nasdaq:CLKS), the open e-Learning Network, today announced that ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband multi-service networks, has selected click2learn's Ingenium learning management system as its backbone for a company-wide e-Learning initiative.

ADC, The Broadband Company(TM), selected Ingenium for its flexibility and scalability, as well as its ability to support ADC's self-service and prescriptive training models. ADC will use Ingenium to track and manage instructor-led and online training for more than 20,000 learners.

With Ingenium, ADC will be able to integrate skills-gap analysis with personalized training curriculums for each employee. ADC will use click2learn's innovative XML-based application integration solution, Ingenium DUIT, to integrate their e-Learning initiative with SAP.

"As the telecommunications industry continues to rapidly evolve and grow, ADC must provide employees with the opportunity to advance their knowledge and expertise needed to ensure company success," said George Mack, Director of People and Organizational Development with ADC. "click2learn's Ingenium learning management solution gives us the best platform for building e-Learning initiatives that all ADC employees around the globe can access easily."

"ADC's selection of click2learn reinforces why over four million users now learn through Ingenium -- scalability, flexibility, and the most highly sophisticated learning management features backed by the industry's most experienced e-Learning solution provider," said Kevin Oakes, President and CEO of click2learn.com. "With Ingenium, ADC can confidently build an e-Learning infrastructure that will scale to meet their learning needs."

About click2learn.com

click2learn.com (Nasdaq:CLKS) provides an open e-Learning network consisting of e-Learning content, learning management, and authoring and publishing tools. By developing a powerful and full-featured outsourced platform for e-Learning, and partnering with market-leading content publishers, click2learn.com provides customers with an Application Service Provider (ASP) model that gives organizations instant access to a vast and constantly improving e-Learning Network. Customers of the e-Learning Network enjoy access to thousands of the industry's best courses, and use browser-based publishing and learning management tools through a custom-configured site that looks and feels like the organization's intranet. For company-specific content, clients are provided with access to click2learn.com's expert development group using the Rapid e-Learning Development System (ReDS), an ASP-based environment used to develop high quality, custom content quickly for distribution on the network.

In addition to an outsourced solution, click2learn.com is a leader in providing internal e-Learning implementations. The click2learn.com enterprise e-Learning initiatives includes the market-leading Ingenium total learning management solution, and the acclaimed ToolBook II Instructor and Assistant authoring tools. For more information on click2learn.com e-Learning solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. Visit click2learn.com at www.click2learn.com or visit the e-Learning Network at www.click2learn.com/c2l.

About ADC

ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC's fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services make broadband communications a reality worldwide by enabling communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT), has annual sales of over $2.8 billion and employs more than 20,900 people worldwide. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including information contained in this document where statements are preceded by, followed by or include the words "believes," "plans," "intends," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions. For such statements, The Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements include market acceptance of internet based training and the click2learn.com learning portal, the ability to successfully implement click2learn.com virtual universities and strategic relationships with content providers and other web-based companies, the ability of those relationships to result in increased users and increased revenues and the risk factors set forth in filings The Company has made with the SEC.

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