CONTACT: Doug Fraim OutStart/Racepoint Group, Inc. 781-487-4622 dfraim@racepointgroup.com Kerri Renshaw OutStart 617-897-6800 krenshaw@outstart.com OutStart Announces PENS Support Demonstrates Capabilities at the AICC/PENS Plugfest Conference Boston, MA. – September 18, 2006 – OutStart, the leading provider of software solutions for learning and knowledge-sharing, today announced Evolution LCMS (Learning Content Management System) support for PENS (Package Exchange Notification Services).   OutStart's support of PENS allows users to automatically transport AICC or SCORM content from Evolution LCMS to 3rd party LMS systems that also support the PENS standard.  Additionally, Evolution LCMS can serve as a target allowing AICC and SCORM content created in any 3rd-party tool to be automatically published to Evolution LCMS.  "Many leading companies rely on standards to best insure interoperability and safety for their learning content," said Massood Zarrabian, president and CEO, OutStart.  "OutStart is committed to being an early supporter of these important standards.  For example, OutStart was an aggressive leader in receiving SCORM certification.  Our support for PENS is yet another example of this commitment." OutStart will be demonstrating this functionality at the AICC PENS Plugfest, September 19-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  The PENS Plugfest allows customers and vendors of elearning tools and systems for authoring, assessment, and management to demonstrate and assess effective integrations leveraging PENS. About PENS The AICC PENS specification describes a communication standard for the automatic publishing and transport of AICC and SCORM content.  The automation of content package provides for notification of availability, transfer, and delivery confirmation between tools that generate and assemble content and those that manage, publish and deliver content.  About OutStart OutStart eKnowledge software powers formal and on-demand learning, knowledge sharing and community/expert collaboration solutions that enable knowledge workers - employees, partners, and customers - to perform their roles far more efficiently and effectively. Customers like Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Tweeter, ING, Sara Lee, Steelcase, the U.S. Navy, Verizon, AgustaWestland and Unilever rely on OutStart to increase individual and organizational performance, improve knowledge transfer and lower operating costs. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., OutStart has offices throughout the US and Europe.