CERTPOINT - Toyota and Vuepoint Capture Silver Excellence in E-Learning Award Presented by Brandon-hall.com and Online Learning Magazine

ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 23, 2002 - Vuepoint, a provider of enterprise software that rapidly creates, distributes and manages proprietary corporate and product knowledge, announced today that its client, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., has received the Silver Excellence in E-Learning Award presented by brandon-hall.com and Online Learning Magazine at Sunday's awards dinner held at the Anaheim Hotel as a kick off for the Online Learning 2002 Conference and Expo beginning today at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Present to accept the award on behalf of the Toyota team was Rick Taniguchi, Associate Dean of Learning Technology at the University of Toyota, founded in 1998 as part of the company's "Business Revolution" campaign to streamline overall corporate operations. "I'm very honored and pleased to have experts from brandon-hall.com recognize our efforts. I especially want to take the time to thank Vuepoint for its thought leadership and guidance, which was critical in making this initiative not only possible but a huge success," said Taniguchi.

Mr. Taniguchi also mentioned key members of the Toyota team including Bryan Bergsteinsson, Group VP, University of Toyota; Mike Morrison, Dean, College of Associate Education and Development; Bill Bergen, Associate Dean, School of Product and Technical Education; and Bob Zeinstra, Associate Dean, School of Retail Professional Development.

The "Business Case For Enterprise Learning" was based on a feasibility study led by Vuepoint to demonstrate the value enterprise-wide E-Learning would have for Toyota. The study also showed Toyota how it could address the needs and concerns of the multiple parties involved in such an enormous initiative. The holistic method of the study provided a high-level approach to accomplishing Toyota's E-Learning goals as well as the hard and soft benefits it would derive. The study is a model for any Fortune 500 or large organization looking to embrace an enterprise-wide E-Learning initiative.

The Excellence in E-Learning Awards were presented by brandon-hall.com, a leading E-Learning research and consulting firm, and Online Learning Magazine. Now in its sixth year (formerly the Brandon Hall of Fame Awards), the awards program showcases exceptional work in the E-Learning industry by providing feedback and benchmarking in an overall effort to help advance the E-Learning industry.

Award recipients in this year's new category of Best Practices for Internal E-Learning included 5 Gold award winners, 5 Silver award winners, and 5 Bronze award winners, which were selected from 43 entries that were evaluated by 99 judges overall for 4 categories but there were 27 judges for this particular category with expertise in instructional design and online or multimedia training and internal organizational E-Learning.

"The inclusion of this new category in the Excellence in E-Learning Awards program mirrors the continuing growth, diversity and innovation of the entire E-Learning industry," says Hall. "It's our goal to celebrate and share these ground-breaking efforts and best practices to enlighten the industry as a whole."

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About Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation and its subsidiaries produced more than 5.8 million vehicles worldwide in calendar year 2000. Toyota vehicles are manufactured in 25 countries/locations and are renowned for their quality, reliability and value. Toyota is the third largest vehicle manufacturer in the world and the fourth largest maker of vehicles in North America, producing more than one million cars and trucks in five North American plants in 2000. For more information, visit www.toyota.com.

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About brandon-hall.com
The Excellence in E-Learning Awards program is chaired by a leading authority on E-Learning, Brandon Hall, Ph.D. Dr. Hall is the CEO of brandon-hall.com and author of the groundbreaking Web-Based Training Cookbook. Since 1992, brandon-hall.com has been providing independent expert advice in the form of published reports on the tools of E-Learning: LMS, LCMS, authoring tools, content providers, and any other tool that helps organizations develop successful E-Learning solutions. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker in conferences such as ASTD and the Online Learning Conference & Expo. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program.

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About VNU Business Media and VNU, N.V.
The OnLine Learning 2002 Conference & Expo is produced by VNU Business Media and VNU Expositions and is presented by Online Learning Magazine, Training magazine, Presentations magazine, Creative Training Techniques newsletter, and OnLine Learning News and OnLine Learning Reviews e-newsletters.

VNU Business Media Inc. is the world's authority in business publishing, trade shows, conferences and information-based Internet sites. It includes VNU Business Publications USA [formerly Bill Communications and BPI Communications], publisher of many influential business magazines, including Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, The Hollywood Reporter, Beverage World, Convenience Store News, National Jeweler, Sales & Marketing Management, Successful Meetings, Incentive, Architecture, Hospitality Design and approximately 60 other successful titles.

VNU Business Media is a subsidiary of VNU, one of the world's leading media and information companies. Its core activities are marketing and media information, business information, and directories. VNU is active in more than 100 countries around the world. The company employs more than 35,000 people and has annual revenues of approximately $4 billion.

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About Vuepoint
Vuepoint's comprehensive software allows global enterprises to rapidly channel knowledge about proprietary products and services to the entire value chain, thus increasing revenue, productivity and speed-to-market advantage. The integrated Vuepoint Learning System (VLS) 3.0, a complete LCMS & LMS platform, is the fastest and easiest way to create, distribute and manage proprietary content available on the market. For more information visit www.certpointsystems.com