Toolwire Wins Gold in 'Best Learning Innovation Technology' Award.

LearnX Asia Pacific honors Toolwire for delivering ground-breaking
experiential distance learning solutions through virtual labs.

PLEASANTON, Calif. and SYDNEY, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Toolwire, a leading
provider of experiential distance learning solutions for on-demand, hands-on
training, announced that the company has won a gold award at the LearnX Asia
Pacific 2009 E-Learning & Training Solutions International Conference & Expo.

The award for "Best Learning Innovation Technology" recognizes Toolwire for
its pioneering approach, high standards, and best practices in delivering
innovative training solutions. As the only independent award program for the
learning and development industry in the region, winning a LearnX Asia Pacific
E-Learning & Training Award represents a prestigious honor.

"These awards are selected by the actual users of these technologies and set
established benchmarks for the entire industry," explained Toolwire President
and CEO John Valencia. "This is the second year in a row that we've won a
LearnX award, so we're exceptionally pleased to be recognized at the
conference."

According to Valencia, last year's award in the "Best Distance Learning
Program" category was for IT Training Solutions of Brisbane's implementation
of Toolwire's jointly-developed Microsoft Official Distance Learning (MODL)
product line.

Event organizer and Training Australia Magazine editor Rob Clarke explained,
"With a bumpy economic year ahead, there will be tough decisions and
challenges for many e-learning and training professionals and the awards
highlight how the corporate, education and public service sectors see training
as a major strength in driving increased productivity, reducing costs and
building staff confidence in these uncertain times."

Valencia noted that the company's solutions are exceptionally valuable for
companies with ambitious goals for improving productivity.

"Over the past 10 years, we've helped organizations with training needs that
are distributed across vast, diverse regions," he said. "By providing custom
experiential learning solutions accessible anywhere, we help companies such as
HSBC, Thomson Reuters, Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, and many others adapt to a
changing global economy."

Toolwire Vice President of Channel Sales Graeme Johnston noted that the
company remains committed to developing even more advanced training products
and services. "We're investing more than 30% of our revenues back into
research and development to maintain our leadership position and commitment to
innovation," he said.

"Through such solutions as Day in the Life Scenarios and Live Labs, we help
educators and companies leverage hands-on programs that don't merely support
training, but define new best practices for how the IT training environment of
the future," he added. "Applications like these are essential to accelerating
workplace skills transfer and fully leveraging an organization's investment in
human resources."

About Toolwire
Toolwire, Inc. is a learning solutions provider specializing in products and
services for experiential learning. Toolwire's hands-on Live Labs and
interactive Scenarios provide on-demand, personalized practice with live
systems for blended training initiatives. "Learning by doing" provides the
quickest and most effective way to develop skills and ensure ongoing
competency with technology. Toolwire's products empower many of the
Information Technology industry's leading global learning organizations,
including Citrix Education, Microsoft Learning, Cisco Partner Education and
the University of Phoenix. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.
For more information, please visit www.toolwire.com.

About LearnX Asia Pacific 2009
LearnX Asia Pacific is the region's premier event for e-learning and workforce
development professionals; it is a strategic learning event attended by many
of the industry's most important decision makers from across Asia Pacific.
For more information, please visit www.learnx.net.

Media Contact:

Cameron D. Crowe
Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development
Toolwire, Inc.
+1.925.227.8500
ccrowe@toolwire.com

SOURCE Toolwire

Cameron D. Crowe, Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development of
Toolwire, Inc., +1-925-227-8500, ccrowe@toolwire.com