Convene, the Enterprise Performance Improvement Company, Releases Update of the Convene Learning Platform; Version 2.9 Improves Collaboration Capabilities Using New PUSH Technology.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Training 2002

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002

Convene, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise performance improvement solutions, today announced the release of version 2.9 of the Convene Learning Platform.

Companies using the Convene Learning Platform are able to combine training events with day-to-day collaboration and interaction, and with just-in-time delivery of business-critical information to radically change the way they work. The additional functionality of version 2.9 includes enhanced tracking, reporting and assessment tools, proprietary PUSH technology, a Virtual Help Desk and an intuitive user interface.

"Convene's powerful and comprehensive Learning Platform offers collaboration tools that boost worker productivity and improve overall business effectiveness," said Dan Klein, president and CEO of Convene. "Moreover, our 100 percent Web-based solutions ensure critical business information gets into the right minds and the right moment every single time -- resulting in ongoing collaboration, information exchange and learning."

Convene Learning Platform Version 2.9 Highlights:

-- Enables rapid dissemination of mission-critical information through its
proprietary PUSH technology, leveraging tools such as batch email and critical
document sharing. Product updates, sales strategies, and competitive
information are immediately available to employees, field operations worldwide,
extended sales channels, and even customers.

-- Enhanced tracking, reporting and assessment tools enables companies to
manage the activities of up to tens of thousands of concurrent users --
allowing key administrators to track performance improvement down to the
individual user level while correlating individual and group performance with
the achievement of enterprise-wide objectives.

-- A new context-specific Virtual Help Desk ensures that frequently asked
questions are answered with relevance and clarity.

-- The improved intuitive user interface makes interaction with the Convene
Learning Platform simple for executives, administrators and end users,
including customers, worldwide.

In addition to providing industry-leading collaboration tools, the Convene Learning Platform also enables companies to move employee and customer training programs online. eLearning and other business training processes have never been easier to implement, track and report on, no matter how large the audience or how global the enterprise. Taken as a whole, the Convene Learning Platform helps businesses to achieve greater efficiencies while reducing training costs across the extended enterprise.

"Enterprise collaborative solutions help complex organizations become more efficient and effective in the sharing critical business best practices," said Mark Levitt, research vice president at IDC. "The Convene solution is designed to provide the framework and collaborative functionality for workers and their managers to achieve higher productivity."

Convene engineers and company executives will be available at the Training 2002 Convention & Expo in Atlanta, Georgia February 18-20 to demonstrate the Convene Performance Platform and show the enterprise collaboration solutions designed by Convene for some of the world's leading companies.

About Convene

Convene is an enterprise performance improvement company that ensures global enterprises operate more efficiently and increase their competitive edge. Businesses use Convene's proprietary Learning Platform to educate employees and customers, share best practices while turning knowledge into results, improve productivity, stay competitive, and enrich customer relationships.

For nearly a decade, Convene's solutions have helped Fortune 1000 companies and leading universities realize the measurable results and competitive advantages of collaborative tools. Convene was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco. The Convene Web site, www.convene.com, offers information about the e-learning industry, an archive of company press releases, links to online articles about Convene and the most current list of partners and clients.