Brainshark Presentations Top 25 Million Views

Driven by Demand for Cost-Effective Communications, Brainshark Posts Impressive Gains in Revenues, Customers and Usage in 2009

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, January 27 - Brainshark, Inc., the leader in on-demand presentations, today announced
a significant company milestone, with cumulative Brainshark presentation
views surpassing 25 million. This encompasses viewing activity for all
Brainshark presentations created since Brainshark launched its flagship
product 10 years ago. This milestone also caps off a successful 2009 fiscal
year, where Brainshark significantly expanded its customer base and posted
revenue growth of 18%, while doubling profits over the previous year.

Today, more than 1,100 companies — from SMBs to large enterprises,
including 1/3 of the Fortune 100 — rely on Brainshark for their
communications needs, with Brainshark customers reporting 90-95% reductions
in communication costs over previous methods. Brainshark on-demand
presentations, which incorporate audio narration, as well as video, survey
questions, in-depth tracking capabilities and more, help companies reduce the
time and cost of travel, meetings and other live communications, while
increasing the scope and effectiveness of their message.

Additional Brainshark milestones and accomplishments during the past year
include:

    -- Widespread use - In 2009, a Brainshark presentation was viewed every
       five seconds by users around the world, and a new Brainshark
       presentation was created every four minutes. Eight million minutes of
       Brainshark content are viewed each month.

    -- Customer wins - Brainshark signed 417 new customers in 2009, spanning
       multiple verticals including technology, financial services,
       pharmaceutical, retail, healthcare and manufacturing.

    -- Accolades - Brainshark was named a "Learning Leader" by research firm
       Bersin & Associates. The company was also honored with a "Best of
       Elearning!" award from Elearning! Magazine Group, in recognition of
       Brainshark's ease of use and effectiveness in creating rapidly
       deployable, high-impact eLearning programs.

    -- Launch of myBrainshark - For the first time in its 10-year history,
       Brainshark made a version of its software available to all users for
       free through the launch of myBrainshark. With myBrainshark, users can
       create, share and track the impact of voice-enriched multimedia
       presentations - promoting themselves or their businesses, sharing
       expertise and more.

    -- Featured on Apps.gov - Brainshark was among the earliest applications
       selected for inclusion on Apps.gov, the federal government's new cloud
       computing storefront. Through Apps.gov, government agencies have a
       streamlined, hassle-free mechanism for tapping into the benefits of
       Brainshark's software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.

    -- Expanded physical footprint - In September 2009, Brainshark doubled
       its physical footprint, moving its headquarters to a new office in
       Waltham, Mass. The company also plans to continue hiring new talent
       throughout 2010.

    -- Non-Profit Program grants - Through its Non-Profit Program, Brainshark
       awarded free software licenses to nine non-profit organizations last
       year. For more information on the program, see
       www.brainshark.com/brainsharkinc/NPOGrant.

"To have achieved these successes and expanded operations in the midst of
a challenging economy is a testament to the value our offerings are
delivering to customers," said Brainshark CEO Joe Gustafson. "We're looking
forward to even greater success in the year ahead, as we help companies
realize tremendous cost savings while improving the reach and results of
their communications."

About Brainshark, Inc.

Brainshark is the leader in on-demand presentations, transforming static
business content into high-impact communications. Delivered via
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Brainshark enables audiences to access and
engage with business content when and how they want. More than 1,000
companies - including a third of the Fortune 100 - rely on Brainshark
software and services to help sales, marketing, training and HR experts
cost-effectively deliver measurable results. In addition, organizations and
individuals use the myBrainshark site to create, share and track publicly
available multimedia presentations for free. For more information on these
offerings, visit www.brainshark.com.

    MEDIA CONTACTS: Joan Babinski               Sara Card
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Joan Babinski of Brainshark, Inc., +1-781-370-8001, jbabinski at brainshark.com; or Sara Card of Davies Murphy Group, Inc., +1-781-418-2431, brainshark at daviesmurphy.com