Connectria Provides eSylvan with Online Scheduling System for Students

ST. LOUIS, MO (August 15, 2001) - Connectria Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by eSylvan, the online tutoring division of Sylvan Learning Systems, to develop, host and support 24/7 a Java-based custom implementation of its eService Manager online scheduling system (www.eservice.net).

eSylvan is the leading provider of live, online tutoring for students in grades 3-9, and will use Connectria's eService Manager online appointment scheduling system to schedule and connect its online students with their appropriate online teachers in real-time. This system requires the use of Connectria's sophisticated resource optimization algorithms to ensure the optimal scheduling of teachers and students.

About eSylvan
eSylvan is the online tutoring division of Sylvan Learning Systems. eSylvan's goal is to become the leading provider of live, online academic tutoring for students at grade levels 3-9. eSylvan offers personalized reading and math programs for each child, taught by certified teachers, which provides busy families with a convenient, at-home learning solution. Best of all, our programs are guaranteed to offer measurable academic results.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable, growing and privately held provider of world-class IT Infrastructure Solutions targeted to large and Midsized organizations worldwide. Connectria's business has been built through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Thus, Connectria is beholden to no one except our customers. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of our clients' IT organizations.

Connectria's services allow our clients to do more and spend less on their IT infrastructures, typically by 25 - 60% or more. Connectria is staffed 24 hours, 365 days per year to build, monitor and manage mission critical IT environments for our clients. Connectria offers an array of services including full outsourcing of IT infrastructures, managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, onsite facilities management, and custom software development and engineering services. For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit us online at www.connectria.com.

To learn more about Connectria or to receive a detailed quote on any of our services, please contact us.