trainingbid.comTM Expands Network Of Premier IT Training Providers

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Marty Haught-703/532-9661 ext. 2                       Aug. 30, 2000

trainingbid.comTM Expands Network Of Premier IT Training Providers

Online exchange allows IT training seekers to secure
reduced rates while increasing providers' profitability.

trainingbid.com, the nation's leading business-to-business IT training marketplace, has reached agreements with a collection of top-tier IT training providers. The agreements expand traingingbid.com's network of certified IT training providers throughout the United States' tech-savvy cities.

trainingbid.com's Web-based marketplace allows Global 2000 companies to purchase certified IT training in less time and at a reduced cost. This B2B commerce platform enables IT training providers to offer surplus seats and inventory, providing them the opportunity to obtain profits never before realized.

"As the leading IT training marketplace, we align ourselves with the nation's premier IT training providers," said trainingbid.com CIO Allen Sexton. "Our exchange is tailored to the unique requirements of the IT training industry and we intend to help businesses on both the 'buy' side and the 'sell' side benefit from increased market reach and efficiency available exclusively through trainingbid.com," he said.

Certified IT training provider partners include: KEI Advanced Training Center in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan region; TechNow, Inc. in Landover, Md.; GTC Systems, Inc. in San Diego, Calif.; Resolution Training and Consulting, Inc. in San Francisco, Calif.; Symatrix Technology, Inc. in Portland, Ore.; CompuWorks Systems, Inc. in Boston, Mass.; Software Architects, Inc. in Denver, Colo., and Chicago, Ill.; and RRTC Inc. in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Charlottesville, Va.

Under the agreements, trainingbid.com will help its IT training provider partners expand their market reach and increase their bottom lines by offering the companies' courses to businesses on a national level. The partners may enjoy the added benefit of filling surplus seats in their popular IT training courses as well as having their company and services profiled on the Web site.

trainingbid.com's partners have praised the company's easy-to-use online auction features. "The site's great and easy to navigate," said Denise Leskis, branch manager for Software Architects. In an effort to increase profitability, "we will market courses that run every month at lower-than-full capacity to maximize the return on the classrooms," said Leskis.

trainingbid.com is available for use by anyone seeking IT training and by any entity in the IT
training industry. IT training seekers will save hours of time spent searching through IT training catalogs and course schedules. It's all posted in an organized, easy-to-follow fashion on the trainingbid.com Web site: www.trainingbid.com.

About trainingbid.com, Inc.
trainingbid.com is the essential business-to-business resource for IT training providers and IT
training seekers. trainingbid.com successfully combines elements of the competitive
marketplace in a unique online business setting, knocking down barriers-such as high rates, inconvenient class locations and flawed scheduling techniques-between IT training buyers and IT training sellers.

Disclaimer
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve uncertainties, as well as statements that include the words "believes," "plans," "intends," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions.

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