Centra Founder and CEO, Leon Navickas, Named 'Mass High Tech All-Star'; Sixth Annual New England High Tech All-Stars Program Recognizes Innovation.

Business/Technology Editors

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2001

Centra (NASDAQ:CTRA), the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for eLearning and business collaboration, today announced that Leon Navickas, Chairman and CEO of Centra, was named to this year's elite list of Massachusetts High Tech All-Stars. Mr. Navickas is recognized for his vision in bringing real-time interaction and collaboration to the Internet, his leadership and innovation in building Centra to realize this vision, and his success in making Centra the world leader for eLearning and business collaboration, controlling over 46% of the market for live eLearning, according to a 2001 report by Frost & Sullivan.

According to Mass High Tech's publisher Mike Olivieri, sponsor of the prestigious, sixth annual Mass High Tech All-Star program, "The program spotlights the region's most innovative technologists whose achievements affect how we work, live or play today and in the future. These individuals have helped to make New England a center of innovation."

Mass High Tech, the Technology Journal of New England, announced 17 All-Stars for 2001 at a reception last evening at Boston University's Photonics Center. The reception was sponsored by Grant Thornton, Holland & Knight, and Babson College.

"In New England's high tech community, the Mass High Tech All-Stars are those people who set the bar that much higher," said Dyke Hendrickson, editor of Mass High Tech. "It is a pleasure to honor these outstanding members of New England's technology community. Mass High Tech wishes them further success, which is sure to benefit everyone."

Software Infrastructure for eLearning and Collaboration

Already used by more than 675 companies, government agencies, and universities worldwide, Centra's enterprise products and services leverage the core capabilities of the Web-based CentraOne(TM) platform. Today, Centra is the only company to offer a full range of real-time knowledge delivery and management solutions - from voice-enabled virtual classrooms, Web conferences and online meetings to powerful products for content management, personalized eLearning, and standards-compliant authoring - all on a single platform. Through this integrated environment, organizations can increase the overall effectiveness of their eLearning and communication initiatives, targeting the appropriate mix of live and self-paced learning formats and activities for each audience or strategic business task.

"It is an honor to be recognized for this achievement, which is truly a credit to all of the employees at Centra who have worked so hard to drive our continued growth and leadership in eLearning and business collaboration," said Leon Navickas, Centra's Chairman and CEO. "We are entering a new era for business communication, and Centra is ideally positioned to meet the growing needs of every real-time enterprise with innovative products and services that empower organizations to easily and cost-effectively interact, communicate and learn over the Internet."

About Centra

With more than 1.7 million users, Centra is the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including Accenture, Century 21, Domino's Pizza, EMC Corporation, McKessonHBOC, Nationwide Insurance, Siemens, Stanford University, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, EDS, Cisco, Oracle, HP Europe, Deloitte Consulting, Saba, and Docent. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the Company has sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.centra.com.