Click2learn's Aspen Productivity Suite 2.0 Ships in Japan.

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BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002

Industry's most comprehensive productivity suite will address

workforce productivity and performance demands of vibrant corporate

learning market

Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) announced today that it has released Aspen 2.0, the newest version of its industry-leading productivity suite, to the Japanese market.

The Japanese version of Aspen 2.0 is the product of months of close collaboration between Click2learn's Japanese and US product engineering teams.

"Click2learn Japan has already enjoyed great success with our products in the Japanese marketplace over the last couple of years," said Kevin Oakes, Click2learn chairman and CEO. "The release of Aspen 2.0 into this market will only help expand on this success. Today, as some of the world's largest global companies in Japan further embrace the productivity and performance benefits corporate learning programs provide, we expect Aspen's scalability and rich, comprehensive functionality to make it the platform of choice among these companies. We also expect the Japanese version of Aspen 2.0 to be quite popular within our existing Aspen customer base in Japan as well."

Consistent with Aspen's localization and language support capabilities, the user interface of the entire Aspen suite -- including Learning Management (LMS), Learning Content Management (LCMS) and Virtual Classroom (VC) components -- will appear in Japanese. Additionally, Aspen will allow Japanese employees traveling to corporate offices in other parts of the world to access their company's corporate information and learning programs in their native Japanese even while abroad.

"We have been looking forward to releasing Aspen 2.0 to the Japanese market with great anticipation," said Akira Kamei, CEO, Click2learn Japan. "Companies who, up until this point, have been struggling with fragmented, disparate technologies to deliver learning to employees, are ready for Aspen's unified, integrated, easy-to-implement platform, a single, seamless user experience and tangible, bottom-line results."

Click2learn Japan will expand distribution of Aspen 2.0 in Japan by establishing relationships with large-scale systems integrators and consulting firms.

Formed in 2000 as a joint venture with computer software and hardware giant, Softbank, Click2learn Japan is one of the longest-running partnerships in the Japanese learning industry and has given Click2learn a significant head start and leadership position in the market.

About Aspen 2.0

The highly acclaimed Aspen enterprise productivity application suite enables organizations to strategically manage corporate knowledge and workforce productivity to improve business performance.

With Aspen 2.0, the newest version of the Aspen Suite, organizations can -- for the first time -- enjoy a comprehensive, integrated solution for their learning needs. Aspen facilitates information management, knowledge exchange and multi-modal training, all under one platform with one seamless user experience. The Aspen Suite 2.0 Suite consists of separate, but integrated modules such as:

-- Learning Management (LMS)

-- Learning Content Management (LCMS)

-- Virtual Classroom (VCS)

-- Performance Management

-- Collaboration, Knowledge Exchange & Instant Messaging

-- Information Management

-- Simulation Creating and Editing

-- Auditing & Compliance Tracking

Whether organizations choose to deploy the entire Aspen suite, or to integrate select Aspen applications with existing infrastructure, Aspen's standards-based (AICC, SCORM, XML, etc.) modular and open architecture is designed to lower the total cost of ownership of learning solutions.

About Click2learn

Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) is a provider of enterprise software for Global 2000 organizations seeking to capture, manage and disseminate knowledge throughout their extended enterprise. Using Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Learning Platform, organizations can deploy highly interactive, personalized learning initiatives to achieve strategic business objectives. Many of the world's best-known corporations use Click2learn's technology to improve workforce performance, educate customers, and publish large volumes of learning content. Click2learn's clients include Accenture, American Airlines, AstraZeneca, Century 21, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Pfizer, Symantec, and Towers Perrin. Based in Bellevue, Wash., Click2learn [www.click2learn.com, 800/448-6543] operates offices in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan.

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 Click2learn's e-learning solutions and competing e-learning offerings, the ability to successfully implement Click2learn's solutions and increase revenues, the ability to successfully address technological developments and standards and the risk factors set forth in filings the Company has made with the SEC.

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