Business Wire - December 3,2001

Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), the leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for eLearning and real-time business collaboration, today announced that the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) will present a live, interactive Web Conference to physicians nationwide on the effects of changes in HIV treatment. Presented by Renslow Sherer, M.D., Director of Coordinated HIV Services at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, the December 10th program will include an overview of the treatment paradigm shift signaled by the latest revisions of the DHHS guidelines, with perspectives from the recent IAS conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment. This innovative program is delivered through Centra technology and an unrestricted grant from DuPont Pharmaceuticals.

Centra's Web conferencing capabilities allow organizations to assemble large audiences on the Web without sacrificing the important benefits of real-time, face-to-face interaction, communication, and learning. Fully integrated audio conferencing offers dramatic cost savings over traditional telephone conference calls. IAPAC has taken the lead in bringing knowledge and training to the people who need it most, relying on Centra to help them deliver online classroom training and Web conferences to participating physicians in real-time over the Internet. Utilizing Centra's capabilities for integrated voice-over-IP and high-performance over dial-up network connections, healthcare workers in remote areas of Southern Africa collaborate online with world-renowned AIDS experts, exchanging ideas, sharing documents, and receiving training on the latest medical developments and therapies.

"We are pleased to count on another medium through which to disseminate critical treatment information to physicians who are on the front-lines in the fight against AIDS," said Jose M. Zuniga, President and Chief Executive Officer of IAPAC. "Using Centra's Web conferencing solution, IAPAC is able to bring together a 'virtual' audience, enabling them to view live presentation content and interact in real-time with their peers right from their desks."

Software Infrastructure for eLearning and Collaboration

Used in over 675 companies, government agencies and universities worldwide, Centra's enterprise products and services are based on CentraOne(TM), a robust and extensible thin-client architecture for eLearning and collaboration. By leveraging the core capabilities of the Web-based CentraOne platform, Centra is the only company to offer a full range of compatible eLearning and collaboration solutions - from voice-enabled virtual classrooms, Web conferences, and online meetings to powerful products for content management, personalized eLearning, and standards-compliant authoring. Through this integrated environment, organizations can increase the overall effectiveness of their eLearning initiatives, targeting the appropriate mix of live and self-paced learning formats and activities for each audience or strategic business task.

Leon Navickas, Chairman and CEO of Centra commented, "Centra is pleased to provide our support and technology to IAPAC, which is helping impact one of the most serious social and medical challenges facing the world population today through education and the rapid dissemination of information."

About Centra

With more than 1.7 million users, Centra is the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations use Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including Century 21, Domino's Pizza, EMC Corporation, McKesson, Nationwide Insurance, Siemens, Stanford University, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, PwC Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, and KPMG iLS. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the Company has sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

For more information, visit www.centra.com.

CONTACT: Centra Software, Inc. Ellen Slaby (781) 994-1068 eslaby@centra.com
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