"We decided not to migrate to a Windows* operating system because Novell's
new Open Enterprise Server will enable us to maximize our existing investment
in NetWare while transitioning to a new Linux-based environment," said
Moise Gerson, IT manager for TAG Aviation."

About Novell
Novell, Inc.novell. VaraStream 's Learning Management System (LMS) and
interactive online learning environment empower organizations and
academic institutes of all types to educate and motivate their
employees, students, business partners and channels to driving
increased performance, high-quality communication more economically .C.

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With more than 50,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell helps customers
manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology environments by
leveraging best-of-breed, open standards-based software .varastream. These tools provide innovative and effective means
of content production and dissemination .

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(Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers software for the open enterprise. The bepress
repository platform has been co-marketed with ProQuest Information &
Learning since 2004 as Digital Commons.

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The migration will let TAG Aviation consolidate and mix servers in a
cluster environment, linking servers together so if one requires maintenance
or fails, another server automatically recovers the resources from the
unavailable server. Today, we
have successfully integrated the best of synchronous and asynchronous
learning modes into one remarkable suite of solutions for all
learners," said Mehdi Asgari, co -founder and CEO of VaraStream. The company's flagship product suite, VARA, consists of
four modules or two bundled suites -- VARA Enterprise and VARA
Higher-Ed.

Founded by academics in 1999 , bepress has a portfolio of products and
services that reduces the costs of, and barriers to, access .bepress.

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NOTE: Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and BrainShare is a
registered service mark of Novell, Inc.

PRESS RELEASE Blackboard and Berkeley Electronic Press Announce ResearchNow Content Blackboard Building Block(TM)

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"We are pleased to connect thousands of articles, working papers, and other
scholarly literature with millions of instructors and students via the
Blackboard Learning System," said Greg Tananbaum, President of The Berkeley
Electronic Press.

To learn more
about our journals, institutional repositories, subject matter
repositories, working paper series, and editorial management software, we
invite you to explore our web site at www.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing
the Company's views as of any date subsequent to February 28, 2006.

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To learn more about
VaraStream, please visit http://www.

The Berkeley Electronic Press, as a member of the Blackboard Developer
Network (SM), has developed a Building Block to expose ResearchNow content
to Blackboard's worldwide community of 12 million learners and educators. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite and
the Blackboard Commerce Suite, Blackboard is used by millions of people
at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges,
universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as
textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education
providers and their students.

Blackboard

Educate.

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CSULB
Department Chair of Occupational Studies Dr.
(NASDAQ: BBBB) and The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) today announced
the launch of the ResearchNow Blackboard Building Block, a new tool that
integrates with the Blackboard Learning System, enabling online access
to tens of thousands of scholarly materials.com/extend/b2/), and is free to use. This Blackboard collaboration
brings first-of-its-kind visibility to both our peer-reviewed journal
imprint and our rapidly growing Digital Commons institutional repository
platform. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and
developments will cause the Company's views to change.

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As a result, TAG Aviation will benefit from
proven file, print, directory, management, collaboration and application
services running on their platform of choice. "No other vendor
provides a smooth and seamless transition between operating systems, and
Novell is committed to helping each customer reduce operating costs and
maintain their systems flexibility.
Instructors using the Blackboard Learning System can easily search
ResearchNow directly from within their Blackboard online course.

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With over 20 years of
experience, Novell's 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers
around the world help customers gain control over their IT operating
environment while reducing cost."

Availability

VaraStream's VARA 2., with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

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----VaraStream(TM) today
announced the availability of VARA 2. "VaraStream was founded on the premise that both
corporations and educators are ready to embrace the delivery of live
audio and video training content as a companion to the more
traditional distance-learning course management systems.

A "browse
by subject" option also allows for quick searching in academic areas
ranging from aerospace engineering to urban planning. Founded in 1997, Blackboard
enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and
technology.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes," "anticipates ," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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TAG Aviation Turns Down Windows for Seamless Transition Path to Linux

BARCELONA, Spain, (BrainShare(R) 2005), TAG
Aviation , a world leader in corporate aviation, has selected Novell(R) Open
Enterprise Server to upgrade its system architecture and move one step closer
to achieving its goal of a near total Linux* operating environment. More information about Novell can be found at
http://www.

VaraStream Unveils VARA 2.0 for Online Interactive Training and Educational Content; The Industry's First-Ever Fully Integrated Synchronous and Asynchronous On

The
VARA suite culminates from more than 7 years of proven experience
training tens of thousands of professionals and learners from a
variety of companies.com or call
714-978-3200.

About VaraStream

With headquarters in Orange, VaraStream provides enterprise
software and solutions to educational institutions and large
enterprises. Collectively, ResearchNow
materials have been downloaded more than 3 million times in the past year.

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The
decision allows TAG Aviation to extend the life of its existing NetWare(R)
installation by providing a seamless transition to Linux without needing to
replace existing infrastructure. Paul Bott commented: "We
were looking for a reliable technology solution to deliver a robust
curriculum to Chinese universities and students online and in real
time via the Internet. Relevant resources may be easily selected and
incorporated into the Blackboard Academic Suite. More than 50 schools -- including the University
of California system, Boston College, Cornell, and the University of
Nebraska, as well as major universities in Europe and Australia -- use the
bepress platform for their institutional repositories.

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California State University, Long Beach
(CSULB) is a recent advocate of the benefits achieved from VARA.com .

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*Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

ResearchNow is a collection of academic materials drawing from several
primary sources: the roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press
journals (27 and counting), bepress-hosted subject matter repositories such
as the bepress Legal Repository and COBRA: The Collection of Biostatistics
Research Archive, and all working papers , preprints and other "grey
literature" content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress that
have opted for inclusion. The ResearchNow Content Building Block is available for free
download from the Blackboard Building Blocks Catalog
(http://www. In addition, the forward-looking
statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as
of February 28, 2006.

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Windows is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Everywhere.

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All other third-party
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Partnering with VaraStream provides us the
opportunity to build closer relationships between the United States
and China without investing in costly new facilities or equipment. The ResearchNow Content
Building Block makes it possible for educators to search directly in
Blackboard for access to more than 85,000 journal articles, working papers,
institutional repository materials, theses and dissertations hosted within
ResearchNow, The Berkeley Electronic Press's innovative database of
scholarly information. Innovate.

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"The ResearchNow Content Building Block is a powerful example of how the
open Blackboard Building Blocks architecture enables a Networked Learning
Environment," said Matthew Pittinsky, Chairman of Blackboard. Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed on February 15, 2006 with the SEC.

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For TAG Aviation the Sky's the Limit with Novell Open Enterprise Server

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countries.

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0 organizations can now
deliver interactive training and educational content "live" over the
Internet.
Blackboard Inc.
(NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications
and related services to the education industry. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington,
D.

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0(TM), the next generation of its
flagship product suite, VARA(TM).

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Blackboard Building Blocks are third party applications which enable
academic institutions to extend and customize their Blackboard
application. "The ResearchNow Building Block will bring innovative
and topical content to the virtual classroom.

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"This gives us a seamless
transition to Linux with lower costs today and a real roadmap for the future.
"Novell customers like TAG Aviation are continuing to experience the value
of moving to Linux," said David Patrick, vice president and general manager of
Linux, Open Source Platforms and Services for Novell.

Blackboard provides educational technology solutions used by more than
2,200 academic institutions and corporate and government agencies in the
United States and abroad, enabling millions of people to access educational
materials and resources at any time and from any location.blackboard. From the search
results, instructors can select specific materials and embed links to them
within their Blackboard course web site."

About The Berkeley Electronic Press

The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") produces tools to improve
scholarly communication.

Associations of distance learning practitioners and professionals.

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com . With VARA 2.
VaraStream, founded in 2004 by Mehdi Asgari and Henry Asgary, was
formed when the management team of Online University of America (OUOA)
combined its vast training and technology experience to create a
software company that links leading-edge software with the power of
the Internet to deliver both live audio and video instruction in a
truly integrated environment.0 is shipping today . "The
ResearchNow Content Building Block allows instructors to search the
ResearchNow network of high-quality scholarship and easily incorporate
these materials into their online classes.

About Blackboard

Blackboard Inc. However, while the
Company may elect to update these forward -looking statements at some point
in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.