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Tegrity Continues Record Sales and Growth in First Half of 2008

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 22 PRNewswire — Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced today that it is on track to exceed its aggressive goals for sales, customer acquisition and retention in the first half of 2008. Building on the momentum of a record-setting year in 2007, Tegrity attributes its continued success to increased awareness and adoption of the newly enhanced Tegrity Campus 2.0 Class Capture web service and increased sales and marketing programs, including multiple industry award recognitions and a highly successful second annual Tegrity User Conference, as well as the introduction of the Tegrity Innovation Awards program.

"We continue to see outstanding success in 2008 and we are on track to exceed our record growth of last year, while maintaining the same high level of customer satisfaction," said Isaac Segal, CEO, Tegrity. "Recent enhancements to Tegrity Campus 2.0, industry accolades, and expanded sales and marketing efforts have contributed significantly to our success. What's more, customers consistently report that Tegrity Campus 2.0 plays a vital role in enhancing student performance, satisfaction and retention."

Recent Tegrity milestones include:

Record-breaking usage in 2007. Based on actual recorded activity in 2007, Tegrity estimates that students logged 2.5 million student class reviews, accumulating 1 million hours of study time using Tegrity Campus 2.0. This unparalleled milestone measures students logging in to view more than 325,000 hours of faculty lectures automatically captured in just one year on hundreds of Tegrity servers across the United States.

Major enhancements to Tegrity Campus 2.0 Class Capture web service. The company introduced additional functionality to its Tegrity Campus 2.0 solution for students, instructors and institutions, including student recording, an improved user interface, expanded support for editing, simplified set up and maintenance, enhanced vodcast support and management.

Enabling distance education program for U.S. military personnel deployed overseas. Tegrity played a vital role in the success of a University of Colorado at Boulder (UC) distance education program for deployed U.S. military personnel. The unique case study showcases how UC Boulder used Tegrity to make lectures available via the Internet to military men and women serving around the world so they can receive classroom instruction and review class materials despite rigorous military schedules.

Eduventures recognition of Tegrity as class capture leader. Eduventures, a leading firm in market research and analysis, called attention to Tegrity's impact on student engagement, satisfaction and achievement, while highlighting the results of several client-initiated studies. The report specifically examined the value to higher education institutions, student engagement and performance, and faculty adoption and reported Tegrity's success in all three categories.

Selection as "Best Class Capture Solution" for second consecutive year by IMS Global Learning Consortium. Acknowledged for top levels of innovation, adoption and learning impact, Tegrity was awarded for its ability to enhance learning across all industry segments. Tegrity was also named a finalist and awarded a silver medal for overall learning achievement in the 2008 IMS Learning Impact Awards for the high-impact use of its technology at the University of Central Florida.

Selection as CODiE Awards finalist by the Software & Information Industry Association. Selected in two categories, "Best Education Solution" and "Best Postsecondary Solution," Tegrity was honored as a finalist.

Selection of Coppin State University as 2008 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Tegrity Implementation. Coppin was selected as both a Laureate and finalist for its innovative use of Tegrity's class capture technology in the field of "Education & Academia." Through Tegrity, Coppin facilitates an instantly accessible online connection to course content for both traditional and non-traditional students, enabling students to relive a classroom experience as often as they wish to help increase retention and performance.

Second annual Tegrity User Conference highlighting strong, collaborative relationships with customers. Customer interaction is a key input to product enhancements and development, a valuable brand of collaboration that was accelerated with the Tegrity User Conference held June 11-13 in Orlando. The meeting brought together college and university administrators, faculty and IT professionals — doubling the attendance of last year's inaugural conference — to discuss ways to leverage Tegrity's technology to help achieve retention, recruitment and other enhanced learning goals.

Introduction of Tegrity Innovation Awards Program. During the second annual Tegrity User Conference, the company recognized outstanding achievements in higher education technology on campuses throughout the United States. The awards program honors leading institutions whose innovative uses of Tegrity's technology have impacted student achievement and reinforced their institutional missions during the 2007-2008 academic year.

About Tegrity

Tegrity Campus 2.0 is the leading web service class capture system, impacting learning, student satisfaction and retention across the entire institution. Requiring no hardware or software installation, Tegrity Campus 2.0 makes class time available all the time by automatically capturing, storing and indexing every class on campus for replay by every student. Educators know that the more students can see, hear, and experience a class, the better they learn. With patented Tegrity "search anything" technology, students instantly recall key class moments for replay online, or on iPods and mobile devices. Tegrity is based in Santa Clara, California with regional offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.tegrity.com.

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