Abreon Group Unveils Sarbanes-Oxley eLearning Courseware; Offering Supports IBM Lotus Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003

The Abreon Group, a leader in change consulting and support for the Fortune 1000, announced the availability of its Sarbanes-Oxley eLearning courseware (eSOX) which is designed to help companies comply with the financial reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

eSOX is a customizable eLearning course designed to be a component of the IBM Lotus Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting Solution which is also being announced today. It consists of specific modules focused on: an overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, the impact on all employees, and the impact on specific job roles within a company. Numerous interactive learning scenarios and trackable checkpoints are integrated into the course to ensure employee understanding. In addition, it is part of Abreon's framework approach designed to ensure successful employee communication, adoption and support of the new processes.

"Complying with the Act involves new tools and processes. Often overlooked in implementing new processes, whether they are technology or compliance driven, is how to effectively communicate and enable employees on its personal impact," says Michael Kiyosaki, VP, Marketing and Partner Development, The Abreon Group. "eSOX provides an effective means to educate an entire workforce quickly and affordably."

"Abreon has the experience and content offerings necessary for challenging compliance requirements," said Andrew Sadler, Director, Workplace Learning Products, IBM. "Their customized focus on communications and employee change adoption will be critical to any organization's compliance readiness programs."

eSOX is SCORM compliant and designed to run on the IBM Lotus Learning Management System. It is specifically focused on communicating and educating Fortune 1000 employees on their organizations' processes and practices related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

As part of an overall program, eSOX delivers the following key benefits:

-- Customized content tailored to your corporate processes and

practices

-- Web-based delivery allowing employees 24/7 access

-- Interactive learning scenarios and trackable checkpoints to

ensure employee understanding

-- Clear metrics to accurately measure the utilization and

compliance

-- Turn-key solution that can include hosting, consulting

services, communication tools, and development of education

and support programs that accelerate user adoption and change.

This offering is available immediately and pricing begins at $15,000.

About The Abreon Group

The Abreon Group is a specialty consulting and support firm that focuses on technology adoption, change management and productivity improvement. Our practitioners ensure that investments in business solutions provide the anticipated returns.

Typical engagements include:

-- Cerner, McKesson, Agfa, Allscripts and PeopleSoft initiatives

for healthcare organizations

-- SAP, Oracle, Siebel and J.D. Edwards projects for the

manufacturing sector

-- PeopleSoft and Siebel solution programs for financial services 

institutions

-- Customized eLearning tools and learning management systems in

support of enterprise initiatives driven by regulatory

compliance, mergers/acquisitions, product launches, national

field education and others

Visit The Abreon Group at www.abreon.com or call 1-800-338-5185.