Tegrity Continues Record Sales and Growth in First Half of 2008

Significant Upgrades, Increased Functionality, and Award Recognition Reinforce
Tegrity's Leadership Position

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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Matthew Langan for Tegrity, Inc., +1-202-292-4563, matthew@dbcpr.com