Growing Number of Institutions Continue to Choose Elluminate Solutions to Meet the Needs of Today’s Learners, Reduce Costs, and

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Third Quarter 2009 Results include Year-to-Year Revenue Growth, Exponential Usage Increase, and Hundreds of New Customers Worldwide

Pleasanton, California — October 28, 2009

News Facts:

• Elluminate, Inc., the leader inweb, audio, videoandsocial networkingsolutions that support 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration, announced today continued growth in adoption, usage, revenue, and customers.
• Bookings for the third quarter of 2009 grew over 60 percent year-to-year, fueled by significant customer renewals and upgrades, as well as many new global customers for both K12 and Higher Education markets.  This results in a total of over 1,400 institutional customers who have purchased Elluminate solutions worldwide, representing over 7 million annual participants in Elluminate sessions.
• Elluminate is experiencing exponential growth in adoption and usage with more than 625 million minutes of live, online instruction served annually.  In addition to the increased use of Elluminate solutions to meet the challenges of 21st century teaching and learning, much of this growth is fueled by the use of Elluminate web conferencing solutions to address tightened operational and travel budgets.
• During the 3rd quarter, Elluminate announced numerous product and service enhancements.  These include an integration of theElluminateLive!®
  virtual classroom environment withDesire2Learn Learning Environment, new seat configurations and increased affordability of single-room starter configurations ofElluminate vSpaces&trade, the general availability ofElluminatePlan!2.0&tradeandElluminate VCS 2.0&trade, and an accredited onlineTeacher Certification Program.
• In addition, the company continued to focus on providing comprehensive solutions for major educational initiatives, such as faculty and staffprofessional developmentandcontinuity of learning, as well as the continuing expansion ofLearnCentral&trade, a social learning network for educators, sponsored by Elluminate.  LearnCentral has over 22,000 members and is growing at a rate of over 1,000 new members per week.
• During the third quarter, Elluminate welcomed over 270 new customers from a variety of institutions, including virtual schools, departments of education, school districts, community colleges, universities, corporations, and other organizations, demonstrating the wide appeal for strategic investment in real-time collaborative solutions.  These include Bowie State University, Camosun College, Chattanooga State Community College, King Faisal University, Mississippi Virtual Public School, New York Law School, North Carolina A&T State University, Plainfield Public Schools, Royal Roads University, San Diego State University, Southeastern University, University of Dayton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas at Brownsville, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico, University of Pretoria, Universidad Rafael Landivar, University of Tromso, and Vancouver Island University.
• In addition, over 100 existing customers expanded their Elluminate solutions, including many who upgraded to enterprise-wide implementations, including Douglas College, Empire State College, Georgia Department of Education, Honolulu Community College, Kapiolani Community College, Laval University, Portland State University, Simon Fraser University, State Fair Community College, University of Iowa, University of Northern British Columbia, and the University of Wyoming.

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