Contemporary Technologies & iCarnegie Partner for Database Support

April 10, 2003

Pittsburgh, PA

iCarnegie, Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based learning, announced today that it has selected Contemporary Technologies, Inc, the remote database experts, to provide on-going support for the company's databases. iCarnegie delivers, via the Internet, a series of courses designed to prepare students for careers in software systems development, an area of great demand and short supply. The databases that support these on-line courses are utilized by nearly thirty educational and commercial organizations around the globe that iCarnegie serves.

CTi's RemoteDBA service focuses the efforts of a team of highly trained and certified database administrators on the tasks of maintaining and improving client databases. By providing 24/7 proactive management, RemoteDBA helps companies reduce downtime and improve database efficiency.

"It was an obvious decision for us," said Dr. Allan Fisher, President and CEO of iCarnegie. "RemoteDBA helps to make our service offering bullet-proof, ensuring that our education partners and their students can access our courses whenever they need to. We support users all over the world, and our servers need to be available around the clock. CTi's RemoteDBA gives us the expert support we need without the high costs of bringing multiple DBAs on staff."

About CTi
Contemporary Technologies, inc. provides a range of solutions that help companies maximize their IT investments. CTi provides critical materials solutions to government and commercial ventures through customized software applications and its EnviroWare product. RemoteDBA, CTi's remote database management service, provides on-going expert database support for a host of national clients. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information on CTi, please visit www.remoteDBAexperts .com on the Internet.

About iCarnegie
iCarnegie, Inc. was spun off from Carnegie Mellon University to deliver, via the Internet, a series of courses designed to prepare students for careers in software systems development. iCarnegie distinguishes itself from other distance education offerings by providing curriculum delivery and support to its education partners -- colleges, employers and other institutions -- who in turn provide students with live instructors. iCarnegie allows these organization, anywhere in the world, to benefit from Carnegie Mellon's strength in software system development curriculum. For more information, please visit iCarnegie on the web at www.icarnegie.com .