IPL/SiberLogic take educational content management honours in UK

Bath, UK, and Toronto, Canada - January 26, 2006 - IPL, a UK supplier of software development, systems integration and consultancy services, and SiberLogic, a leading provider of innovative content technology, today announce the award of a major new contract by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), the UK government agency for information and communications technology in education, for the provision of an enterprise content management system.

The IPL solution is based on innovative technology from Toronto-based SiberLogic, a leader in XML/RDF/OWL-based content management. Their flagship product, SiberSafe CMS, combines robust, feature-rich content management with semantic knowledge modelling, which dramatically increases the efficiency of both the content development and content retrieval processes. The IPL/SiberLogic solution was selected for its unrivalled functionality and rich content taxonomy/ontology features, as well as representing excellent value for money.

Confirms Edward Taaffe, IT Consultant, on behalf of Becta: "It's important that Becta seek out and employ the most innovative solutions to their electronic communications and knowledge management needs, and have gone through a very stringent selection process to ensure they get a system which best supports these requirements."

"Becta is precisely the kind of forward-looking organisation that derives most benefit from our technology", states Ian Lee, VP, Sales & Marketing, SiberLogic, Inc. "The IPL/SiberLogic team is delivering an open, standards-based, and sophisticated content solution that will adapt to meet future needs".

As part of the contract, IPL and SiberLogic are also providing a broad range of services, including project management, implementation consultancy, installation support, and user training. Shaun Davey, IPL's Sales and Marketing Director, adds: "We are excited to have been selected to supply this important content management solution. We are aiming to provide Becta with not only the tools to manage their content, but to equip their staff with the capability to use those tools effectively."

The contract, which has been awarded under S-Cat terms, will commence in the first quarter of 2006.

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IPL Shaun Davey Sales & Marketing Director IPL Information Processing Ltd +44 (0)1225 475000 shaun.davey@ipl.com

SiberLogic Sandi Castle Director, Marketing & Communications SiberLogic, Inc. (+1) 905 761 7334 ex 230 sandi@siberlogic.com

Becta is the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning strategy for the schools and the learning and skills sectors. We are a UK agency which supports all four UK education departments in their strategic ICT developments. Our purpose is to provide strategic leadership in the innovative and effective use of ICT to enable the transformation of learning, teaching and educational organisations for the benefit of every learner.

For more information on Becta see www.becta.org.uk

Based in Toronto, Canada, SiberLogic is an established innovator in XML content technology. SiberSafe, our flagship product, is the only product on the market today that integrates a robust XML content management system with an RDF/OWL-based semantic enablement platform, dramatically increasing the efficiency of both the content development and retrieval processes.

Designed specifically for technical authoring teams, SiberSafe streamlines the capture, packaging and delivery of knowledge from those who own it (such as product designers), to those who need it (such as operators, support specialists, and maintenance engineers), with full support for industry standards that include DocBook, DITA, S1000D, and SCORM.

For more information on SiberLogic, see www.siberlogic.com

IPL delivers software development, systems integration and consultancy services to customers who demand the highest standards of quality and dependability. IPL also develops leading edge testing tools, including Cantata++ and AdaTEST 95 that are used by software developers around the world.

IPL has a proven track record of delivering software solutions that are soundly engineered and reliable - and of delivering the most complex systems on-time and to budget. IPL's core strengths lie in the delivery of totally dependable solutions across the widest spectrum of sectors with acclaimed knowledge of key areas in Telecoms, Broadcast, Government, Defence, Transport and Finance.

For more information on IPL, see www.ipl.com