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Received an email touting UOLP tonight (sender's name & disclaimer deleted).
SYMBOL: UOLP
CURRENT PRICE----$7.93
OUTSTANDING SHARES---3.84 MILLION
FLOAT-----------------------------1.2 MILLION
UOLP---IS A VIRTUAL ON-LINE UNIVERSITY
THEY ACT AS THE HOST PROVIDER FOR FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. THE GROWTH RATE FOR
UOLP HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
LAST YEAR UOLP HAD 12,000 DESKTOPS WHICH VIEWED THERE ON-LINE COURSES. TODAY
THEY HAVE OVER 500,000 DESKTOPS, and are still growing! THEY OFFER
INDIVIDUALIZED COURSES OR COMPANIES CAN CHOOSE FROM UOLP's over 400 on-line
courses.
SOME OF UOLP current CUSTOMERS INCLUDE:
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
BELLSOUTH
BELLATLANTIC
QWEST
CABLE AND WIRELESS
NEWBRIDGE
LUCENT
----and many others
SUMMARY:
1. WEBSITE ADDRESS
2. Description of UOLP
3. 2 Press Releases
4. DISCLAIMER
1. WEBSITE ADDRESS----MUST SEE
visit the VCampus web site at:
MAIN WEBSITE
uol.com.
TAKE A TOUR OF THE VCAMPUS
uol.com
2.
UOLP
About UOL and the VCampus
Company Overview UOL Publishing, Inc. is a leading publisher of high quality,
interactive Web-based courseware for the corporate market. UOL Publishing,
Inc. was formed in 1984 as IMSATT Corporation, a multimedia research and
development company. In 1993, the Company modified its business focus to
focus on market opportunities for online education resulting from
technological advances relating to the Internet.
The Company introduced its first Web-based demonstration course in November
1995. Having demonstrated its ability to deliver online courseware through
the Web and recognizing the opportunity to be a leader in this market, the
Company began forming strategic partnerships with key academic institutions
and business partners to develop and market its online products and services.
In March 1997, the Company acquired Ivy Software (founded in 1986), a
developer and distributor of business and accounting software for the
academic education market. Ivy Software's business included a wide range of
computerized accounting practice products and computer-based tutorials for
the academic educational market. This acquisition provided the Company direct
access to Ivy Software's approximately 200 customers in the academic
marketplace, ranging from community colleges to large universities.
In May 1997, the Company acquired Teletutor (founded in 1985), a
privately-owned developer, marketer and supporter of a series of advanced
interactive computer-based training courses for the telecommunications and
data communications industries. Its product line of high quality
technology-driven courseware substantially increased the size of the
Company's content library and allowed the Company to expand its offerings in
data and telecommunications.
In November 1997, the Company acquired HTR, Inc (founded in 1987), a
developer, marketer, and deliverer of turn-key training solutions for the
Information Technology (IT) market. The Company provided its training
services through instructor-led courses, seminars, consulting arrangements
and the development and publication of proprietary courseware. HTR worked
with independent software vendors to introduce and promote emerging, updated
or evolving information technologies through informational seminars, and
provided training fulfillment services and curriculum development. HTR also
offered proprietary and customized courses in the areas of operating systems,
network management, databases and groupware applications. With the
acquisition of HTR, UOL Publishing acquired KnowledgeWorks(tm). This branch
of HTR developed, published, produced and distributed proprietary courseware
that consisted of course books, self-study guides, and highly modular
proprietary content in various KnowledgeWorks-media forms. This acquisition
expanded the Company's courseware library, provided access to a wide variety
of customers nationwide, and expanded the Company's training into
instructor-led training and courseware publishing.
The Company's business development strategy focuses on the following:
building the content library of courseware, leveraging strategic business and
academic partnerships, expanding through acquisitions, developing brand
recognition and proprietary technology, and capitalizing on cross-marketing
opportunities.
VCampus is a full-service, centrally hosted, totally scaleable distance
education platform. It allows for the registration, enrollment, teaching,
tracking, testing, grading and certification of distance learners. UOL
Publishing, Inc. develops, manages and hosts Internet-based training and
education for corporations, government agencies and academic institutions
through VCampus. With a courseware library of more than 1,100 web-based
courses and more than 200,000 courses delivered to date, VCampus is the clear
industry leader in web-based learning. UOL is headquartered in McLean,
Virginia.
For more information, call 800-915-9298,
3. Press Releases
A.
JUNE 3, 1999
UOL VCampus(TM) Enters New Markets With Payback Training Systems
MCLEAN, Va., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- UOL Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: UOLP -
news), announced today that Payback Training Systems will use the web-based
VCampus(TM) distance learning platform to provide training to its clients in
the service industries, including the supermarket, foodservice, general
retail, and hospitality sectors.
Payback, a leading developer of technology-based training, including
computer-based training solutions for large employee populations, is using
the unlimited availability and reach of the VCampus to expand its services,
which already include CBT and stand-up training.
''We are very excited to partner with UOL and to bring our quality training
courses to the Internet through the power and global presence of the UOL
VCampus,'' said Wade Baker, President and CEO of Payback Training Systems.
''UOL has provided Payback with a complementary technological competency.
This has enabled Payback to jump-start its web initiative in non-value added
programming and hardware resource deployment.''
Nat Kannan, Chief Executive Officer of UOL, expressed his enthusiasm about
the opportunity to expand into the foodservice and hospitality industries
with the Company's Internet-based training technology. ''We can host
thousands of courses with the VCampus,'' said Kannan, ''and the unique
staffing and training needs of the hospitality industry are dynamically
matched to the capabilities of our completely outsourced solution for
providing a global reach to a global workforce.''
UOL, through its VCampus system, is the number one provider of
administrative, hosting and delivery systems for web-based education. The
centralized hosting of VCampus within the UOL server farm means there is no
requirement for specialized programming or software and no need for dedicated
client servers to be operational. It is designed to deliver millions of
courses and is totally scaleable. In addition, all VCampus courses are run in
a standard format, so that users need learn only one navigation style.
Wade said the VCampus administrative monitoring tools, central hosting,
user-friendly Courseware Construction Set® and reasonable course fees were
all factors in the company's decision to go with the VCampus.
''The VCampus administrative tools will enable Payback to monitor the
student's progress, both by company and by course. The Courseware
Construction Set is user friendly and instructionally sound,'' Wade said.
''We are optimistic that our VCampus will add value to the training process
and reduce training costs.''
Payback provides training to such clients as Hilton Hotels and the American
Hotel & Motel Association. On the food store side, they deliver to Giant
Eagle, Price Chopper and Ahold, among others.
Payback initially will be using courses from more than 220 titles in the
VCampus courseware library. UOL's entire content library, including
proprietary courses, is one of the largest in the industry, with a total of
more than 1,100 courses. The VCampus has delivered more than 200,000 courses
to 120,000 students to date, and leads in the delivery of web-based education
and training.
About UOL and the VCampus
VCampus is a full-service, centrally hosted, totally scalable distance
education platform. It allows for the registration, enrollment, teaching,
tracking, testing, grading and certification of distance learners. UOL
Publishing, Inc. develops, manages and hosts Internet-based training and
education for corporations, government agencies and academic institutions
through VCampus. With a courseware library of more than 1,100 web-based
courses and more than 200,000 courses delivered to date, VCampus is the clear
industry leader in web-based learning. UOL is headquartered in McLean,
Virginia.
For more information, call 800-915-9298, or visit the VCampus web site at
www.uol.com.
About Payback Training Systems
Founded in 1994, Payback Training Systems is the leading developer of
technology-based training including computer-based training solutions for
large employee populations in the service industries, including the
supermarket, foodservice, general retail, and hospitality sectors. In 1998,
PTS received the CINDY (Cinema in Industry) Award from the International
Association of Audio Visual Communicators. Considered one of the most
prestigious awards for informational media professionals, winners are
recognized worldwide as the very best in their field. PTS' client list
includes AHOLD USA, Hilton Hotels, The Fleming Companies, Giant Eagle, Price
Chopper, Nash Finch, Spartan Stores, and SUPERVALU, as well as the U.S.
Government. The company recently relocated its headquarters to Cedar Knolls,
N.J. The Center for Interactive Training Development, PTS' development and
production facility, is located in Utah.
For additional information on UOL Publishing, via fax at no charge, dial
1-800-PRO-INFO and enter the Company's symbol UOLP. Or visit The Financial
Relations Board's web site at www.frbinc.com.
With the exception of the historical information contained in the release,
the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties including but not limited to difficulties in managing rapid
growth (including future capital needs), development of its target market,
risks associated with acquisitions, and economic, competitive, governmental
and technological factors outside the control of the Company. For more
information regarding these risks and uncertainties see the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 and other SEC filings, copies of which are
available upon request from the Company.
B.
SOURCE: UOL Publishing, Inc.
JUNE 2, 1999
UOL Increases Telecom Market Share
McLEAN, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- UOL Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: UOLP -
news), announced today that Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
QWST - news), a leading broadband telecommunications company, will use the
centrally hosted VCampus(TM) distance learning platform to train its
employees in a variety of available Teletutor(TM) telecommunications courses.
The VCampus will enable an introductory group of Qwest employees to establish
'round-the-clock access to the most widely used distance learning engine on
the market.
VCampus is the number one provider of administrative, hosting and delivery
systems for web-based education. The centralized hosting of VCampus within
the UOL server farm means there is no requirement for specialized programming
or software and no need for dedicated client servers to be operational. It is
designed to deliver millions of courses and is totally scaleable. In
addition, all VCampus courses are run in a standard format, so that users
need learn only one navigation style.
''We are pleased to expand our market reach into the telecommunications
industry through our association with Qwest and other major players in the
industry,'' said Nat Kannan, UOL Chairman and CEO. ''They are joining a
growing list of leading telecom companies who are enjoying the benefits of
accessing our Teletutor content through the simplicity and ease-of-use of the
VCampus learning engine. We recently added Tellabs to our client roster, and
had previously established relationships with Cable and Wireless, Lucent
Technologies, Bell South and Global One.''
Each participating company will also have access to UOL's entire content
library, one of the largest in the industry. The VCampus has delivered more
than 200,000 courses to 120,000 students to date and leads in the delivery of
web-based education and training.
About Qwest
Qwest Communications International Inc. (Nasdaq: QWST - news) is a leader in
reliable and secure broadband Internet-based data, voice and image
communications for businesses and consumers. Qwest is headquartered in
Denver, Colorado.
For more information, please visit the Qwest web site at www.qwest.com.
About UOL and the VCampus
VCampus is a full-service, centrally hosted, totally scaleable distance
education platform. It allows for the registration, enrollment, teaching,
tracking, testing, grading and certification of distance learners. UOL
Publishing, Inc. develops, manages and hosts Internet-based training and
education for corporations, government agencies and academic institutions
through VCampus. With a courseware library of more than 1,100 web-based
courses and more than 200,000 courses delivered to date, VCampus is the clear
industry leader in web-based learning. UOL is headquartered in McLean,
Virginia.
For more information, call 800-915-9298, or visit the VCampus web site at
www.uol.com.
With the exception of the historical information contained in the release,
the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties including but not limited to difficulties in managing rapid
growth (including future capital needs), development of its target market,
risks associated with acquisitions, and economic, competitive, governmental
and technological factors outside the control of the Company. For more
information regarding these risks and uncertainties see the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 and other SEC filings, copies of which are
available upon request from the Company.
SOURCE: UOL Publishing, Inc.
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