Element K Partners with Plateau to Expand E-Learning Reach

iContent Continues to Gain Momentum; Adds Element K as a major Content Provider and Increases Talent Management assets to more than 25,000

Arlington, VA. – June 27, 2007 –Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing, rewarding and optimizing organizational talent, today announced that Element K®, one of the largest world-wide providers of e-learning content, will make over 2,100 course titles available through iContent. A multi-vendor internet solution for procuring, distributing, hosting and managing custom and third-party talent management content, iContent provides customers with a single point of access to nearly 25,000 content assets and resources.

“iContent will expand the availability of Element K’s premier e-learning content, specifically among business and IT professionals,” said Paul Krause, President, Element K. “Element K works to make e-Learning accessible to learners through various platforms. By partnering with Plateau, we can ensure flawless interoperability between our courses and the various learning management systems available today.”

Element K has more than 25 years of experience in designing, developing, and managing learning solutions that incorporate off-the-shelf learning content, custom content, delivery and learning administration services. The company’s online learning catalog provides a broad range of business and leadership, technology, and compliance topics. Through iContent, users can access Element K’s catalog in multiple formats. Element K is a premier provider of IT training content and works with leading technology companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and Adobe to offer authorized content and updates its courses on an ongoing basis to ensure that IT departments are current on the latest technologies and versions.

iContent is a next-generation solution for managing and delivering talent management content. Introduced less than a year ago, it provides a single place where customers can locate, store and deliver thousands of third-party packaged content offerings as well as customer-specific content. iContent speeds the availability and delivery of content while decreasing the overhead costs and frustration associated with managing and storing learning and talent management content. View information about iContent at http://www.icontentportal.com

“Adding Element K to the extensive catalog we currently offer, Plateau has established the industry’s largest single resource for e-learning courseware,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “By partnering with leading content providers, Plateau has been able to grow iContent to nearly 25,000 talent management assets in less than a year. Coupled with our ability to manage custom and packaged content testing, administration and hosting, Plateau is addressing and relieving a cost and labor-intensive pain for our customers. With iContent, we are enabling users to focus their time and money on the actual learning process as opposed to searching for and managing content.”

Element K joins a growing list of partners who are making their training and development content and referenceware available through iContent. iContent provides access to a wide range of talent management content and resources including leadership and performance-related content, business, IT, and compliance courseware, healthcare education, online safety training, and technology-based drug and alcohol training courseware for the workplace.

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About Plateau

Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.

Plateau Systems, the Plateau Systems logo, Plateau Performance, and Plateau are the property of Plateau Systems Ltd. All other names and brands are the property of their respective holders.

About Element K

Element K delivers learning solutions for customers and partners through a tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology and services supporting the learning needs of the Corporate, Government, Education and Training Center markets. The company’s proven training methodologies and wide spectrum of content are delivered through a variety of formats, including self-paced online courses, vLab® hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical journals, and KnowledgeHub™, the company’s hosted learning management platform. Element K employs over 700 professionals. For more information, please visit www.elementk.com.

Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. Selects Plateau's Hosted Talent Management Solutions

Company Forecasts Immediate Training and Development Cost Savings with Rapid Deployment of Plateau‘s Hosted Talent Management Applications

Arlington, VA. – June 26, 2007 –Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. has selected Plateau’s suite of hosted talent management solutions. With Plateau, Pinnacle can now provide integrated learning, performance management, and career and succession planning across its more than 4,000 person workforce. Plateau’s best-of-breed talent management solutions will act as the foundation for Pinnacle’s broader technology initiative for supporting organizational growth, compliance with FAA regulations, and employee development.

“As Pinnacle continues to invest in building competitive advantages, we need a rapidly-deployable Learning Management solution that will automate our critical talent management processes and deliver the enterprise-class scalability and functionality required to support our workforce,’” said Frank Williams, Project Manager. “After evaluating several solutions, we selected Plateau’s fully hosted suite of talent management solutions as the foundation for our organization-wide talent management initiative. The success of this initiative hinges on deployment of the solutions and technology that can support our organizational growth and employee development while maintaining and tracking employee compliance with FAA regulations.”

Plateau will automate Pinnacle’s employee review process while simultaneously managing and improving personnel performance. By combining performance management and learning content into a single product, Plateau’s solution will allow Pinnacle employees to access relevant courses delivered directly from within their performance plans. Employees can now take immediate action toward achieving their performance targets with online courses that directly tie to employee performance goals and competency development gaps. Plateau’s hosted environment will streamline Pinnacle’s critical pilot training program by allowing regionally dispersed crew members to access critical, compliance-related learning materials, such as seasonal topic areas that they test for on a monthly basis.

Plateau’s flexible, functionally advanced and highly scalable solution replaces Pinnacle’s original manual, paper-based system, saving the company time and money while providing a consistent reporting tool for tracking employee learning, performance and development. The company will also dramatically reduce the expense of onsite instructor-led trainings by leveraging Plateau’s offline distance learning and virtual training capabilities.

A major driver for Pinnacle’s selection of Plateau was the latest FAA Advisory Circular which places increased focus on Distance Learning. Using Plateau, Pinnacle employees, as well as its 6,000 external contract and maintenance workers, can now access training materials and compliance-specific content from anywhere. By documenting all certifications, retrainings, and performance review ratings, Plateau helps ensure that Pinnacle’s personnel receive the industry’s best training and that the company is meeting all current regulations.

“As the only solution in the industry to combine performance and learning course content into a single product, Plateau enables Pinnacle to rapidly deploy and experience the value of a best-of-breed talent management solution that provides users with a structured program for career development,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “Pinnacle’s proactive approach to talent management and regulatory compliance will allow its employees to take action to reach performance targets and develop critical skills. This is especially valuable to Pinnacle, as it continues to grow within a highly regulated market.”

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About Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.

Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., a regional air carrier operates 139 Canadair Regional Jets in the United States and Canada. Each day, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. operating units fly over 1,000 daily flights, transporting in excess of 27,000 Customers to 134 cities and towns in North America. Our strength lies in the professionalism and hard work of our 4,000 People. For further information visit our web-site at www.pncl.com.

 

About Plateau

Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.

Plateau Systems, the Plateau Systems logo, Plateau Performance, and Plateau are the property of Plateau Systems Ltd. All other names and brands are the property of their respective holders.

Workplace HR & Safety Magazine Honors Plateau Customer as Future HR Leader

Dr. Linda Pfeifer, Informatica’s Director of Global Learning and Performance Recognized for Significant Contributions to the Field of Human Resources.

Arlington, Va. - 12 June, 2007 –Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that Dr. Linda Pfeifer, Informatica’s Director of Global Learning and Performance, has been being recognized as a Future HR Leader by Workplace HR & Safety Magazine, formerly known as Human Capital Magazine. The prestigious industry award recognizes up-and-coming HR professionals who are making significant contributions to the field of Human Resources. Dr. Pfeifer leads Informatica’s HR technology efforts, and uses Plateau to align and integrate learning as a continuous career development program for Informatica’s more than 1,200 global employees.

Dr. Pfeifer is leading the effort at Informatica to empower employees to have more control over their career development by ensuring that the right tools are in place to develop and advance them in ways that support their professional and personal goals. With Plateau as the foundation enabling this new paradigm, Informatica is able to link targeted learning to core competencies, emphasizing job enrichment, competency enrichment, opportunities for lateral movement and temporary global assignments for cultural awareness and growth – with the ultimate goal of empowering employees to define their career development goals and drive their own career path.

“Dr. Pfeifer’s approach to talent management allows Informatica to provide its employees with a new career paradigm that fulfills their personal needs and enables the company to compete effectively within the global marketplace,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “By modernizing and refocusing traditional hierarchical models to focus on individual career development and planning, she is empowering Informatica’s employees to take charge of their own career paths. As the core technology partner enabling this paradigm and powering this initiative, Plateau pleased to congratulate Dr. Pfeifer on her tremendous accomplishment.”

The recipients of the Future HR Leaders award were selected by an elite panel of judges that have experience in the HR industry. The winners will be honored by Workplace HR & Safety magazine at the 2007 SHRM Conference on June 25, 2007.

Workplace HR & Safety (www.workplacemagazine.com), published by Douglas Publications LLC, offers solutions to help HR and senior executives leverage their employees’ talents and skills to improve the company’s bottom line. The magazine opens new lines of communication between the C-suite and the HR department for building successful businesses that serve the needs of customers and employees.

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About Linda Pfeifer

Dr. Linda Pfeifer is Director of Global Learning and Performance at data integration software company Informatica Corporation. Dr. Pfeifer has worked in corporate education and human performance technology over two decades, including 16 years at Hewlett-Packard. She has developed and led global learning programs in India, Mainland China, Korea, Taiwan, US, and Japan. Dr. Pfeifer received her Masters in Instructional Technology from San Jose State University, her Doctorate in Learning and Instruction from the University of San Francisco, and is a Certified Performance Technologist with the International Society of Performance Improvement. Dr. Pfeifer's research focuses on the effects of executive tele-coaching on accelerated skill transfer and increased intrinsic motivation for management development, and has presented her research at several international

About Plateau

Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau as a leader in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Plateau has with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.