Using ambow .net and J2EE multi-layer platform architecture, Ambow has developed its own proprietary software and technology solutions that enable interactive online learning, content development and management and administrative support. The software and technologies have been especially designed to meet the needs of China’s education sector, including K-12, tertiary education and corporate training.

The platform readily supports features that promote learning, such as video streaming, PPT and interactive testing functions.

In addition, smart memory curve technology and a number of detailed reporting capabilities enable the educational content to be specifically tailored to individual student needs.

Smart memory curve technology, for example, allows the computer to track a student’s learning progress in a particular subject and ascertain where further revision or support is needed. It then channels the required content to the student, while at the same time minimizing material which has already been mastered.

The detailed reporting capabilities promote a highly student-centric learning environment. The reporting gives students, teachers and parents the possibility of real-time feedback on learning performance, both on a nominal and relative basis. This enables areas of weakness to be quickly targeted for improvement.

Ambow's core technology lies in its i³-builder application architecture. i³ stands for Information, Integration, and Infrastructure. Based on J2EE, i³-builder allows for the rapid deployment of highly reliable, scalable and stable Internet-based cross-platform applications. i³-builder provides a full set of fundamental functional modules including user management, organization management, security management, information bus, application bus, portal engine, workflow engine, full-text search engine, content management engine and statistics form engine. Customized applications can be easily developed, deployed and maintained by grouping the required modules.

i³-builder adopts the Model-View-Controller design pattern, allowing the layering of the data, presentation and control modules, thereby making the system more nimble, robust and manageable. The adaptor between the data and control layers also allows for easy integration with third party systems.

Ambow's education and training solutions leverage the Company's internally developed enterprise software platform for delivering online learning, managing digital content and enabling administrative management. Based on an enterprise JAVA/J2EE open architecture and international e-Learning standards, Ambow's technology delivers a robust platform that is scalable, easy to use and can be readily integrated into existing enterprise networks. Ambow's e-Learning technology software products were designed and developed by its Silicon Valley based engineering team in 2000 and implemented by its China based R&D team between 2000 to 2002. The Company sold its first software license in 2002 and has since acquired over 1,000 customers including K-12 school districts, universities, corporations and government agencies. With the acquisition of Sida Training in February 2005, the Company will be able to further leverage its technology platform in order to offer many of Sida's traditional classroom based training courses online.

The applications that make up Ambow's education platform include:

• Ambow Learning Management System
• Ambow School Administration Management System
• Ambow School-Online Platform
• Ambow e-Learning Portal
• Ambow School-District Education Application Platform
• Ambow Online Training Platform
  

Ambow School Administration Management System. Provides school administration management, instruction administration and virtual classroom administration and provides ability to extend e-commerce applications. Administrative functions include ability to designate access parameters for all user groups such as administrators, teachers, students, parents and guests, in addition to providing security encryption of all information. The application also integrates with other existing administrative systems.

Allows schools to create their own online schools for interactive instruction, electronic whiteboard, file sharing and teacher/student interaction. The online school provides the following benefits: i) facilitates communication and collaboration among schools, teachers, students and parents; ii) provides an extended after-school teaching and learning environment; and iii) allows teaching and learning to be conducted when students cannot attend schools (e.g. during SARS, bad weather, etc.).

Personalized e-Learning portal delivered via the Online School Platform that provides the ability to offer value added education services to students and parents. Types of customized services that could be offered through the portal include school announcements, posting of academic records, classroom activity notices, and message exchanges between students/parents and teachers.
Ambow School-District Education Application Platform?. A powerful technology and software platform that enables provincial/municipal level online education, content sharing and administration management. The platform supports an ASP business model, where by the school districts can host services for its member schools and enable schools to create and maintain their own online schools, conduct school administration, content management and online communication and collaboration through provincial/municipal education intranet or Internet. This significantly enhances provincial/municipal level content sharing and amortizes the costs across member schools as individual schools do not need dedicated servers and IT staff.

AOTP is a customized solution enabling companies to conduct online training activities. Leveraging the technology advantages of Ambow's education related solutions, the corporate training platform includes the Learning Management System and tools for real-time teaching and communicating
using text, video, audio and white board in addition to key administrative functions.