WebEx Provides Virtual Classrooms to Business Leaders of Tomorrow

WebEx Provides Virtual Classrooms to Business Leaders of Tomorrow

Erasmus Rotterdam International Business School Joins WebEx University Programme to Offer Online Classroom Instruction

LONDON and SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebEx Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBX), a provider of on-demand web meeting applications, and the Erasmus Rotterdam School of Management are working together to provide students with virtual classroom capabilities powered by the collaborative e-learning application, WebEx Training Center. WebEx Training Center enables students and professors to share documents, software applications, streaming media and video to create an online classroom environment for individuals in remote locations. The WebEx University Programme is an initiative designed to increase access to higher education around the world by expanding the use of remote learning. The programme provides a special educational package, including administrator training and promotional discounts, to European universities and colleges.

The Rotterdam School of Management, part of Erasmus University, aims to increase its student base, scale its online learning programmes, expand its class offerings, improve student teacher interaction, reduce travel costs and enhance the learning experience. Using WebEx Training Center, the School will offer its diverse portfolio of teaching programmes, ranging from pre-experience MSc, postgraduate MBA, executive education, and business support, to students all over the world via virtual classes.

R. Visser, executive manager, learning services from the Erasmus Rotterdam School of Management said, "We are constantly looking for innovative use of information and communication technology for our business education programmes. By incorporating WebEx into our teaching methods we are opening up the School's courses to the international student and business community." By enabling its students to maximise their learning with an online training solution, the school can take advantage of existing teaching resources and maximise the reach, frequency and timeliness of its course offerings.

Tony Gasson, vice president Europe, WebEx said, "The business community has traditionally led Europe in remote learning and training adoption; however, the efficiency, interactivity and cost benefits of live, instructor-led online learning are now being replicated in the education sector. By joining the WebEx University Programme, Erasmus is set to lead the future needs of international business and boost growth, innovation and productivity with remote learning."

Specifically designed to provide a collaborative online classroom environment, WebEx Training Center is equipped with all of the capabilities to make the online training experience as effective and engaging as the physical classroom. Some of the capabilities of WebEx Training Center include real-time application sharing for presenting multiple documents, PowerPoint presentations, whiteboards, content rich multimedia and 3-D objects, and streaming media. In order to measure effectiveness and retain the students' interest, the tutor can launch snap in-session polls, and tests to gather feedback for future sessions, and the application also has a recording facility to capture vital information for later review. Tutors are able to virtually 'walk around the room' and evaluate each group with simultaneous breakout sessions. Students see the teacher via a video and communicate via integrated audio conferencing and Internet telephony.

According to Sanjay Dalal, director of WebEx Training Center, "WebEx Training Center has quickly become the industry standard for online education and training. WebEx applications are deployed for hands-on learning at some the some of the top higher education institutions in the world, including: University College Dublin; Northumbria University, Universitaet Koeln in Germany; Stanford University, California; Duke University, North Carolina; and Cornell University, New York."

About WebEx Communications, Inc.

WebEx Communications, Inc., is the world's leading provider of on-demand web meeting applications. WebEx applications improve collaboration and increase productivity in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx delivers its suite of web meeting applications over the global WebEx MediaTone Network, a network specifically designed for secure web collaboration. WebEx Communications is based in San Jose, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit http://www.webex.com/ for more information.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statement that by joining the WebEx University Programme, Erasmus is set to lead the future needs of international business and boost growth, innovation and productivity with remote learning. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the failure of Erasmus to utilize effectively the Training Center service or the failure to achieve the projected increases in growth, innovation or productivity. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx Communications, Inc. are more fully set forth in WebEx Communications, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including WebEx's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 8, 2004. WebEx Communications, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release.

NOTE: MediaTone is a trademark of WebEx Communications, Inc


Source: WebEx Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Colin Smith of Antenna Group, +1-415-977-1912, or
colin@antennagroup.com, for WebEx Communications, Inc.

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