Synchronicity Launches New Web-Based Training on Their IP Gear Publisher Suite

eLearning From Vitalect Speeds Use of Synchronicity's Products

MARLBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2002--Synchronicity Inc. today announced the availability of IP Gear Fundamentals web-based training for IP Gear Publisher Suite, Synchronicity's solution for design reuse and the distribution and support of semiconductor intellectual property (IP). The Publisher Suite is boosting the productivity of leading electronic product developers such as Philips, Toshiba, Hitachi, PMC Sierra, Mitsubishi, Conexant and Sharp. The new course, built in conjunction with Vitalect, is aimed at end-users of IP Gear Publisher Suite, and will provide an effective means of educating engineers on design reuse. IP providers, such as ARM and inSilicon, have purchased the Publisher Suite to manage, distribute and/or support their IP and their customers could also use this training.

"Synchronicity is committed to educating members of the design chain about the benefits of connectivity and collaboration," said Brad Hafer, vice president of business development at Synchronicity. "Vitalect's eLearning program is a logical complement to our internet-based collaboration solutions and will certainly help achieve that. The online courses contain the same content as our classroom courses but are available wherever a customer can open a web browser, and thus can eliminate the time and expense associated with training-related travel."

Vitalect offers a hosted Learning Content Management System that includes course management, authoring, administration and tracking. Through Vitalect's web-based training program, Synchronicity customers around the globe now can access quality web-based training whenever they want.

"Synchronicity's solutions are connecting and enhancing the productivity of electronics design teams around the world," said Pran Kurup, chief executive officer and president of Vitalect. "With Vitalect's eLearning technology and content management expertise, Synchronicity can get those remote sites up to speed rapidly."

Availability

Web based training course on IP Gear, DesignSync, DesignSync DFII, and ProjectSync are available now through Synchronicity's website. Details, pricing, and registration information is available at: http://www.synchronicity.com/Services/Training/wbt/wbt.html.

About Synchronicity

Synchronicity accelerates innovation with design collaboration software. Over 100 semiconductor companies, including 8 of the top 10, use Synchronicity to connect their design chain, at the team, enterprise and/or market levels. Synchronicity solutions enable IC, embedded software and system developers to move from concept to product to revenue more quickly by implementing best practices, managing design content, capturing design intent, tracking project status and facilitating design reuse. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., 508/485-4122, Synchronicity has offices worldwide. For more information visit www.synchronicity.com.

Companies developing electronic products use Synchronicity's IP Gear Publisher Suite to catalog, deliver and support Intellectual Property (IP), thus enabling their engineers around the world to find, evaluate and download existing designs. The Publisher Suite is widely used for design reuse and IP distribution, and has become the de facto standard for moving designs in and between companies.

About Vitalect

Vitalect is a leading provider of eLearning custom content solutions designed to accelerate the rate of knowledge transfer across the enterprise for corporate leaders in highly competitive business sectors. Vitalect's fully integrated eLearning solution delivers the technology infrastructure and instructional design services that help companies train their customers, employees, sales channels and business partners. Vitalect's eLearning technologies encompass content development, authoring and management tools in a learning management system with worldwide hosting, support and 24x7 maintenance services. Founded in 1997, Mountain View, Calif.-based Vitalect has exhibited continuous growth and profitability since its inception. More detailed information can be found at http://www.vitalect.com/.

Synchronicity and the Synchronicity Logo are registered trademarks and IP Gear is a trademark of Synchronicity Software Inc. of Marlboro, MA. All other trademarks are acknowledged as property of their owners.

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