PRESS RELEASE TURKU, FINLAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 09, 2009 SANAKO and I.ZONE form Strategic Partnership to cooperate in Educational Markets Editorial contacts I.ZONE SGPS Rui Falcao, Chief Executive Officer, tel: +351 217 976 005 email: [log in to unmask] SANAKO Corporation Juha Merinen, Executive Vice President, tel: +358 40 740 2231 email: [log in to unmask] SANAKO and e-learning services provider I.ZONE have announced a strategic business partnership. Both companies will work together to promote their solutions to educational customers in their respective markets. The partnership will allow both companies to cross-utilize their current and future customer networks to sell and market educational solutions and localized value added service offerings. I.Zone's coverage of Portuguese-speaking countries, world class competence and experience in e-learning platforms, content and services will provide significant customer benefits and giving SANAKO solutions a major competitive advantage. In turn, SANAKO's state-of-the-art educational software and live language learning solutions combined with various services will complement I.ZONE's total offering. Modern Technology with Localized Competence and Service With extensive joint expertise in serving the educational sector, SANAKO and I.ZONE will collaborate to provide innovative solutions that improve managed internet-era learning outcomes in the classroom, as well as across campuses and school districts. Both parties aim to provide customers with more complete integrated teaching solutions that include modern learning technology, relevant content and localized customer-oriented services. Juha Merinen , SANAKO Executive Vice President for Sales and Partnerships said the strategic partnership with I.ZONE - a key player in the Portuguese-speaking educational markets - will bring teaching and learning into the rapidly evolving era of 21st century learning. "Our goal is to co-operate with the highest quality partners worldwide to provide value-added solutions and services for our customers. We are delighted to announce this long-term strategic partnership with I.ZONE which we believe heralds a new era of best-in-class solutions for educators and students globally." Mr. Rui Falcao, CEO of I.ZONE added, "We are devoted to providing our educational customers with top quality offerings. We are now closely cooperating with SANAKO, the world's leading educational learning solutions provider. I am convinced that this strategic partnership will bring greater benefits to our customers and that it will allow both parties to build on their successes in the global learning market." SANAKO Corporation SANAKO, formerly Tandberg Educational, is a learning technology company developing language teaching solutions, teaching and classroom management software, virtual collaboration solutions as well as supplying customer services. We are the world leader in live language learning technology. Today's solutions include modern software, and wireless and mobile systems that act as a catalyst for improving teaching outcomes by motivating learning. Our sales network reaches customers all over the world and we've provided Tandberg Educational Quality to satisfied users in over 100 countries. We serve our customers through a network of resellers in 70 countries. Based in Finland, the company has sales offices in Australia, China, Indonesia, France, Russia, UAE, UK and US. SANAKO is a Microsoft(R) Gold Certified Partner, a Blackboard Building BlocksTM community member, a WorldDidac Quality Charter Member and a corporate member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE(R)). Blackboard, the Bb logo, Building Blocks, the Building Blocks logo, Blackboard Developers Network, and the Blackboard Learning System are trademarks/registered trademarks of Blackboard Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Usage by permission. I.ZONE I-Zone is an investment group focused on learning technologies. I-Zone Knowledge Systems are has the mission to accelerate and facilitate the process of change, production, management and knowledge spread among people and organizations, especially throughout the Lusophony (Portuguese speaking countries, particularly Portugal, Brasil, Angola and Mozambique). As a supplier of solutions, content and technologies for New Learning, I-Zone Knowledge Systems believes the application of the concept places people, once again, at the centre of the learning process, in which all delivery channels (in class, web, mobile, printed, audiovisual, etc.) have a specific role in each client's global solution. ------------------------------------------------------------ - *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************