SmartForce to Deliver e-Learning to Georgia-Pacific.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000

SmartForce (Nasdaq:SMTF), the world's largest e-Learning company, today announced a multi-year, $1 million agreement to provide e-Learning to employees of Georgia-Pacific Corp (NYSE:GP). Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of consumer and building products.

Employees of Georgia-Pacific will access SmartForce e-Learning through an environment based on SmartForce's e3 application architecture, the first integrated, object-based e-Learning application architecture. e3 brings together e-Learning content built to leverage the most advanced features of the web -- interactive seminars and workshops, advanced simulation, real-time 24x7 collaboration with subject matter experts, with a technology platform featuring advanced object-level management functionality and personalization features, and with a comprehensive suite of tools for the creation and publication of any standards-based e-Learning content. Through e3, SmartForce enables the creation of a complete learning solution, precisely tailored to each enterprise's particular business issues.

"Georgia-Pacific is committed to supporting and giving employees opportunities to grow," said Pat Barnard, senior vice president -- human resources for Georgia-Pacific.

Georgia-Pacific recently received its fourth consecutive award as one of the nation's most innovative users of information technology by InformationWeek. "I am very excited about the innovative direction Georgia-Pacific is taking in our partnership with SmartForce," stated Chuck Williams, vice president -- information resources and electronic commerce. "Our IT and business strategy is about providing responsive and reliable service to our customers. SmartForce is in direct alignment with our strategy."

"The development of Georgia-Pacific's workforce will improve efficiencies throughout the organization and drive revenue," said Greg Priest, president and CEO of SmartForce. "SmartForce e-Learning can help Georgia-Pacific extend its position as one of the world's leading manufacturers. We're pleased to be associated with this forward-looking company."

About SmartForce e-Learning:

SmartForce e-Learning is a comprehensive application infrastructure to support e-Learning initiatives in enterprises globally. Encompassing the largest body of e-Learning content in the world, and a fully integrated student environment, learning management system and a range of custom content creation and publication tools, SmartForce e-Learning provides the architecture that over a thousand global enterprises are using today to implement e-Learning strategies to support their critical strategic business initiatives.

About SmartForce:

SmartForce, the world's largest e-Learning company, provides integrated enterprise e-Learning solutions. SmartForce e-Learning is available as a fully hosted Internet environment through an Internet rental model. With more than 2,500 major corporate customers, SmartForce e-Learning solutions bring the power of the Internet to the critical training business process. The SmartForce e-Learning environment is also used by leading Internet, software and other companies to provide the infrastructure to support their e-Learning initiatives. SmartForce is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "SMTF." The company, which has more than 1,500 employees worldwide, has corporate headquarters at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063. Phone: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web site: www.smartforce.com.

Georgia-Pacific

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of paper and building products. Its familiar consumer brands include Angel Soft(R) bath tissue; Sparkle(R) bath tissue, paper towels and napkins; Coronet(R) bath tissue, paper towels and napkins; MD(R) bath tissue; and Pacific Garden(TM) moisturizing antibacterial hand soap. The company also sells tissue products for the away-from-home market. Georgia-Pacific's building products distribution segment has long been among the nation's leading wholesale suppliers of building products to professional builders and contractors, hardware stores and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. In addition, Georgia-Pacific is the nation's largest producer of structural wood panels and second largest producer of lumber and gypsum wallboard. The company employs approximately 55,000 people at more than 500 locations in North America.

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