Questionmark and Recombo Announce Software Alliance Agreement

For Immediate Release

Questionmark and Recombo Announce Software Alliance Agreement

STAMFORD, CT - September 4, 2002 - Leading testing and assessment software company Questionmark and SCORM™ conversion products and services provider Recombo have announced a software alliance agreement through which their respective products are being integrated.

Recombo products and solutions provide an end-to-end solution for the conversion of content into SCORM-compliant learning objects, the management of these objects, and their delivery through standard business applications. It extends to provide users of these resources with an environment for shared and/or collaborative learning.
Recombo's products include the Recombo Convertor™ series, a product line which provides fast, easy and powerful conversion of content created in Word or PowerPoint into SCORM compliant learning objects. In addition Recombo solutions enable business and organizations to get eLearning content tested, validated, repaired and served enterprise wide.

"With their deep knowledge of specifications and formats such as SCORM, AICC, and IMS, Recombo can help companies put their assessment content into QTI/XML format for importing into Questionmark Perception assessments," said Questionmark President Eric Shepherd. "They have a great deal to offer our customers, given Recombo's instructional design expertise, knowledge of data structuring, and ability to link learning resources to translation memory and workflow systems."

"Recombo actively seeks to work with 'best of breed' companies, and Questionmark is proven superior as an assessment provider," said Recombo CEO Steven Forth. "Recombo's ability to deeply integrate Perception assessments into SCORM-compliant learning management systems will significantly assist business, government and education to meets the their targets for trained resources capable of producing results."

About Recombo Inc.:
Recombo Inc. delivers products and solutions for content integration, particularly for eLearning. Its products bring together the best of eLearning, knowledge management and electronic performance support. The company has a new approach to reducing the cost of managing multiple forms of content across the enterprise. Recombo CEO Steven Forth was named one of the 10 innovators for 2001 by the American Society for Training and Development. Staffed by a team of experts in content migration, assurance and integration, Recombo currently does business in the United States, Canada and Asia. Its product development office is in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more information visit www.recombo.com or email info@recombo.com.

About Questionmark:
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988. Questionmark Perception allows people to create question files without programming experience. Users can categorize their question banks into topics and sub-topics from which to assemble tests and surveys. They can shuffle questions and answers for each participant and preview assessments to see how they will appear post-deployment. They can present questions with videos, graphics and a wide variety of styles. Participants receive feedback as specified by the author. Answers are saved to an encrypted file for scoring and analysis in a variety of report formats.

Some 1,400 businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark Perception. Typical applications include exams, quizzes, study aids, diagnostic tests, pre-course skills assessments, and course evaluations. Visit www.questionmark.com for more information.

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