Microsoft Recognizes Careeracademy's Award winning
E-learning Platform 

New Horizons Corporate Training of the Netherlands wins
prestigious Microsoft award  

“Worldwide Learning Solutions Partner Technology Innovation Award”  

Boston, MA . — July 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that New Horizons Corporate Training Centers of the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Breda, Rotterdam and Zwolle) was the 2006 winner of the coveted “Worldwide Microsoft Learning Solutions Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Award”. New Horizons Netherlands was selected from a highly competitive field of thousands of Microsoft partners for delivering innovative new technical learning solutions enabling their corporate, government and consumer students to master Microsoft technologies.  The award was presented by Allison Watson, VP Worldwide Partner Group, at the Microsoft Partner Program Gala Awards Dinner and Ceremony on July 13 in Boston, Mass.  

New Horizons Netherlands has been working hand in hand with Careeracademy in creating and deploying the following innovative and unique technical learning innovations, all of which form the basic platform which was nominated and eventually elected as the winning technical solution in the Learning Solutions category: 

• An innovative and unique learning method: Walk-In™/ Mentored Learning (blending learning with customized training content per student which leads to high exam pass rates)

• New technical learning method :ICT WebTV™, perfect for self-study and/or combined with classroom or Walk-In™ training (video based e-learning, with 24x7 LearningZone Mentoring)

• Partnering:Collaborating with Microsoft Learning in the area of Sales and Marketing and teaming with other Microsoft Partners to provide comprehensive solutions to customers.

“Through our strategic partnership with Careeracademy we have been able to develop a world-class blended learning solution.” Notes Maurice Reijmer, Managing Director of New Horizons Netherlands “Their responsiveness and innovation have enabled us to deliver to our students the knowledge they need in a convenient and effective format. Together we are laying the foundation for the future of education, and Microsoft has recognized this.”  

“A heartfelt congratulations goes out to Maurice, Frans, Sem and the rest of the award winning team in the Netherlands.” Added Samson Chu CEO of Careeracademy. “When we began working together on these projects we knew we needed to improve upon the traditional training model by bridging the gap between e-learning and classroom training. It is remarkable to see just how successful our efforts have become. The fact that Microsoft recognizes these efforts is a great validation for the hard work and dedication of our staff as well as that of New Horizons Netherlands”  

About New Horizons Corporate Training B.V. (Netherlands)

New Horizons Corporate Training B.V. (Netherlands) is the leading European training solutions provider and a Microsoft Gold Partner since 2005. Recognized as the leading pioneer in developing new learning methods and utilizing cutting-edge technology, New Horizons Netherlands has consistently raised the bar and established the gold standard solutions for training IT Professionals's (MCDST-MCSA-MCSE) as well as Professional Developers (MCDBA-MCAD-MCSD.Net-SQL 2005-VS 2005) . With locations in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zwolle and soon to be opened in Breda, New Horizons Netherlands has grown to be one of the largest training organizations in the New Horizons network.

About Careeracademy.com:
Careeracademy.com is the world leader in video based course production and training content delivery services. Utilizing the latest multimedia technologies Careeracademy.com has consistently lead the training industry in developing technology based solutions that power the enterprise learning initiatives of the world's largest Corporations, government agencies and training centers, helping them extract the maximum value from their training programs, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about Careeracademy.com products and services can be found at www.careeracademy.com