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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Michèle Jackson, Director of Marketing
Kiket Online Learning Centers
206.447.0636 or mjackson@kiket.com

Kiket Online Learning Centers Announces Strategic Partnerships with Leading Technology Companies Netpodium, Inc., and 2WAY Corporation, to Facilitate Effective Web-based Training.

SEATTLE - (October 21, 1998) - Kiket Online Learning Centers today announced strategic partnerships with two technology companies that will help transform the Internet into a viable online learning environment. Online Learning succeeds when it involves immediate communication and sharing of knowledge. Kiket has carefully chosen strategic partners that deliver advanced interactive and communication technology solutions.

"Teaching in a global classroom and providing effective Web-based training requires using the best technologies while keeping them invisible to teachers and students," said Kiket Online Learning Centers Founder John Knapp. "We want to let educators continue to put their energy and brainpower into educating. They don't have time to worry if the technology is functioning properly or if people are receiving the lessons. We chose Netpodium Inc. and 2WAY Corporation as a strategic partners because we know we can depend on their products to enhance the quality of education within the Online Learning Centers we build for our clients".

Delivering Effective Web-Based Training

Kiket Online Learning Centers helps corporate and community organizations move their training to a Web-based environment. Online training allows organizations to reach a wider audience and offer greater flexibility to their students by allowing them to participate in courses on their own schedule. Corporations can save money by reducing the travel costs associated with training and increase savings through efficiencies derived from increased knowledge.

Kiket Online Learning Centers helps organizations by providing everything needed to create, deliver, and manage effective online training while reducing training costs and delivering the right knowledge to the right people any time and any place. Netpodium's Interactive Broadcasting Suite facilitates large-group interaction for live broadcasts via the Internet or Intranets. 2WAY Corporation's 2WAY Enterprise Suite enables online educators to present, collect, analyze and share information through a structured, interactive dialogue.

About 2WAY Corporation

Founded in 1996, 2WAY Corporation is headquartered in Seattle, WA. The company is focused on enabling corporate enterprises to gather real-time feedback over the Web. The company's inaugural product, the 2WAY Enterprise Suite 2.1, allows businesses to present, collect, analyze, and share information with large Web-based constituencies. 2WAY Corporation is privately held and received $3.75 million of funding from Hambrecht and Quist, Adobe Ventures, Voyager Capital, and a group of private investors in February 1998. For more information, visit the 2WAY Corporation home page at www.2way.tm.

About Netpodium Inc.

Netpodium develops and markets the Netpodium Interactive Broadcasting Suite, a software suite that facilitates large-group interaction for live broadcasts via the Internet or Intranets. Netpodium software is used for such things as distance learning, sales training, product launches, press conferences, technical briefings, and virtual seminars. Netpodium, Inc., located in Seattle, Washington, was founded in December 1997 by John O'Halloran, CEO, and Mike Templeman, VP Engineering and CTO. The company's mission is to develop new Web technologies that enhance the ways in which people and organizations interact on the Internet and corporate intranets. Visit Netpodium on the Web at www.netpodium.com.

About Kiket Online Learning Centers

Kiket Online Learning Centers (www.kiket.com) helps organizations by providing everything needed to create, deliver, and manage effective online training. Kiket's comprehensive package of consulting, content creation, system design, and customer support gives the client an Online Learning Center that reduces training costs and delivers the right knowledge to the right people any time and any place. The tools employed and the processes taught are specifically chosen to meet the needs of corporate training. Kiket Online Learning Centers and the Kiket Online Learning Center, located in Seattle, Washington, were founded in 1997 by John Knapp. The company's mission is to turn the interactive promise of the internet into a viable online learning environment. Visit Kiket Online Learning Centers at www.kiket.com. For more information, please send email to info@kiket.com.

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