B2B Technologies, City Schools of Decatur Accelerate Learning With Collaborative Portal

Atlanta, Georgia - July 20, 2005 - City Schools of Decatur will be deploying an advanced portal across its educational system, becoming one of a number of Southeastern K-12 systems to embrace technology-powered collaboration. B2B Technologies, a leading e-business technology expert, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft Education Partner, will be working with City Schools of Decatur to integrate and deploy SharePoint Portal Server, Project Server and Class Server. These technology components are part of Microsoft's Learning Gateway Framework (LGF), an integrated solutions platform which connects the people, information and processes that improve education.

Administrators, teachers and students in the City Schools of Decatur will use the collaborative portal to accelerate learning in a variety of ways, including:

• Sharing information via public and private web sites for the school district and each of the schools.
• Allowing teachers to access an online testing and assessment tool designed to improve students' academic achievement by tracking progress against the local curriculum standards.
• Viewing targeted data, based on each school's operations and academic performance issues, lets district administrator quickly make decisions that will improve educational outcomes.
• Standardizing district-level project management by tracking projects' progress in a secure, collaborative environment.

"The portal, which we are currently building for the City of Decatur Schools, is part of a regional trend as schools and their respective districts look for ways to use technology to gain collaboration," said Frank Fuerst, president of B2B Technologies. "Accelerating academic achievement is what parents, teachers, staff and administrators are all working toward."

About B2B Technologies
B2B Technologies, a leading e-business technology expert and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, helps mid-market companies in the manufacturing, financial services and education sectors derive maximum business benefits from the latest Microsoft and e-business technologies. B2B Technologies is a privately held company based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit the company's web site, www.b2btech.com.