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Futurelink™ to Deliver Interactive Online Training to Businesses via Learnframe's e-Learning Technologies

IRVINE, Calif., June 7, 2000 - FutureLink Corp. (Nasdaq: FTRL), one of the first application service providers (ASP), today announced it has implemented Learnframe™'s Learning Center and Pinnacle Learning Manager™, a robust learning management tool with unlimited connectivity to technology-based training and other applications, within its hosted education application portfolio, WorkForceIQ.com.

Through its relationship with Learnframe, FutureLink now offers customers an enterprise-wide learning solution on a monthly subscription basis. This level of e-Learning management will now be available to small to mid-sized companies, providing them with an integrated e-Learning solution designed to deliver measurable, bottom-line impact, enabling businesses to track and quantify their employee training efforts.

"By partnering with Learnframe, we're able to create an interactive e-Learning environment that supports a variety of online learning tools," said Glen C. Holmes, president and chief operating officer, FutureLink. "Learnframe's technology gives us an abundance of flexibility and scalability in implementing e-Learning solutions in a hosted environment."

Learnframe's e-Learning technology provides a vast online resource for business learning needs. This infrastructure technology features the Pinnacle Learning Manager (PLM), which is built with an open architecture so that it can easily and automatically connect with any technology-based training (TBT) courseware, computer-based training (CBT) and Web-based training (WBT), and multiple business applications without requiring changes or modifications to either program. This enables human resources managers and corporate trainers to manage all training data with one central database, and provides for greater flexibility and curriculum options. Out of the box, PLM connects to courseware from more than 60 vendors, representing nearly 11,000 TBT titles.

"Our partnership with FutureLink will enable more small to mid-sized businesses to easily take advantage of the Learnframe e-Learning technology," said Mike Memmott, Sr., chairman and chief executive officer, Learnframe, Inc. "FutureLink's ASP leadership and technical expertise combined with Learnframe's technology will create a powerful, single source e-commerce solution for the rapid deployment of employee education." 

FutureLink's WorkForceIQ.com aggregates more than 1000 interactive courses from a variety of e-Learning content providers. These courses have been bundled into training tracks that target the skills required for positions within the following job categories: Administration/Support, Marketing/Sales, Management/Human Resources, Accounting/Finance, Customer Service/Help Desk and IT Professional. Through WorkForceIQ.com, each subscriber has unlimited access to any of the courses offered for their particular job function.

About Learnframe
Learnframe (www.learnframe.com) is the leading provider of e-Learning technologies and services for small and large enterprises, government agencies, learning providers and Internet businesses around the world. Enterprises in all industries rely on Learnframe's "framework of e-Learning" technologies and large library of programs to deliver and manage learning programs, improve training results, and achieve greater efficiency levels.

Learnframe's product offerings include: the Pinnacle Learning Manager™ (PLM), the training industry's leading learning management system; the Learnframe Learning Center, an integrated e-learning system for delivery of learning content in an e-commerce environment; and the Learnframe Library, one of the largest online learning libraries available today. The Learnframe Library is comprised of all types of training materials; CBT, text, video, etc. For more information, please contact Kim Stilson at kstilson@learnframe.com or Learnframe at (800) 738-9800 or www.learnframe.com.

About FutureLink Inc.
FutureLink, The Application Utility Company™, is one of the founders of the Application Service Provider (ASP) industry and a founding member of the ASP Industry Consortium.

FutureLink's ASP Division provides businesses with off-site, Internet-based computing. The company's Server-Based Computing (SBC) Division builds application server farms and provides Microsoft and Citrix application server software integration services. With server-based computing solutions, FutureLink customers manage their own server farms while utilizing FutureLink's consulting expertise. For more information, contact FutureLink toll-free at (877) 216-6001; e-mail: sales@futurelink.net; or visit the FutureLink Web site at http://www.futurelink.net.

Forward-looking statements and comments in this news release are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements relating to, among other things, the prospects for the company, including the completion of any acquisition transaction or the achievement of future operating results, are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which are significant in scope and nature. These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration statements to be filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future.

FutureLink, the FutureLink logo and The Application Utility Company are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of FutureLink, Inc. All other products and services are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Media Contacts:

Karyne Proudfoot
Learnframe
kproudfoot@learnframe.com
(800) 738-9800 ext 8647

John McCarthy
Learnframe
jmccarthy@learnframe.com
(800) 738-9800 ext 8647
FutureLink Investors:
Troy Cleland
Investor Relations
invrel@futurelink.net
(877) 216-6001
FutureLink Press:
Philip Little or Donna Harris 
Rogers Communications
plittle@rogerscom.com or
dharris@rogerscom.com
(310) 412-8431
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