SANTA CLARA, Calif., - Fatbrain.comÅ (Nasdaq: FATB), the leader in Web-based information management for businesses, today announced that it was named the exclusive distributor for Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Virtual Conference. The CD series, which contains the "best of" MicrosoftÆ WindowsÆ 2000 technical presentations, consists of 10 CDs and is available through Fatbrain.com at http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/BookInfo/BookInfo.asp?theisbn=SP90000129. The Virtual Conference CDs are designed to provide information technology (IT) professionals and administrators with the latest information directly from the people who built Windows 2000. The CDs also offer guidance about how to design, implement, and manage an enterprise on the Windows platform. Proceeds from the CD's sale and distribution will go to two charities. The Technology Access Foundation (http://www.techaccess.org) is a non-profit agency based in Seattle whose mission is to provide "communities of color" access to technology. Microsoft's Equal Access Program (http://events.microsoft.com/events/equalaccess/) is designed to provide scholarships, technology grants, software, and cash donations to segments of the population that are under represented within the IT community. "Fatbrain.com has enjoyed a positive professional relationship with Microsoft for several years. We've established eight custom online bookstores that are key resources for focused Microsoft communities," said Dennis Capovilla, chief executive officer of Fatbrain.com. "This latest venture not only provides IT professionals across the globe with access to its Virtual Conference training content, but also supports Microsoft's efforts to bridge the technology gap." "Microsoft's customers, and even our own employees, consistently seek information from the Windows development team on the technologies that go into our operating system products. Since we can't directly speak with everyone we'd like to, we collected the 'best of' the presentations about Windows and put them into the Virtual Conference, which Fatbrain is making broadly available," said Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President of the Windows Division at Microsoft Corp. "In addition, Microsoft and its Virtual Conference partners think it's really important that we get this information to our collective customers at as low a cost as possible, since we know the cost of training can be a barrier to companies, whether they are large or small. As a gesture of good faith in this regard, Microsoft, Fatbrain.com, Avanade, Andersen Consulting, CommVault, and Compaq have promised to donate any profit from the Virtual Conference to charity. We've picked charitable causes we're passionate about - like Equal Access, the Technology Access Foundation, and the Ronald McDonald House. So, in addition to helping educate customers about the technologies in Windows 2000, the Virtual Conference is a great opportunity for our companies to work together to make a difference in people's lives," he said. The Virtual Conference is available now and costs $155. Fatbrain.com helps organizations capitalize on business information and professionally published materials by streamlining its management and distribution, enabling delivery in digital and/or hardcopy format directly into the hands of employees, partners and customers. Fatbrain.com's easy-to-use, comprehensive Information Exchange service offering allows organizations to easily publish and offer access to professional and business materials when, where and how the recipient wants it via an online information resource center. Today, the company's Web-based information management services reach more than 3.5 million desktops at almost 350 of the Fortune 1000 corporations worldwide. Visit Fatbrain.com at http://www.fatbrain.com.