SVI Among First to Introduce Core Certified Courseware for Microsoft Office XP

Business Wire, August 28, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001

New courseware prepares individuals in Microsoft Word 2002 and

Excel 2002 for Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) certification

SVI Solutions Inc.'s (AMEX:SVI) subsidiary, SVI Training Products, Inc., announced today it has received Microsoft certification for SVI's new Microsoft Word 2002 and Excel 2002 courseware. The courseware has been "Core" Certified for Microsoft Office XP, putting SVI among the first Independent Courseware Vendors (ICVs) in the world to receive Microsoft approval for these applications.

There are 4 new titles being introduced: Microsoft Word 2002 Introduction and Intermediate and Microsoft Excel 2002 Introduction and Intermediate. This courseware has been approved by the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) program, making it one of the finest available for learning Microsoft Word 2002 and Excel 2002 and preparing an individual for MOUS certification.

"We are committed to staying on the forefront of supplying Microsoft approved courseware," said Arthur Klitofsky, SVI Training Products' President. "SVI was one of the first ICVs in the world to receive Microsoft approval for our Word 2002 and Excel 2002 courseware. We can also proudly say that we have helped thousands of individuals prepare for their MOUS certification over the past few years using our Office 97 and Office 2000 approved products."

The courseware is available through a site license or in hard copy format. The site license allows the trainer to use SVI's Customizer 2000 software to create customized training programs. The hard copy format includes the training manual and an instructor guide.

About the Microsoft Office User Specialist Program

The Microsoft(R) Office User Specialist (MOUS) program is globally recognized as the standard for demonstrating desktop skills with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint(R), Microsoft Access and Microsoft Outlook(R)) and the Microsoft Project applications (Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project Central). With a MOUS certification, thousands of people have demonstrated increased productivity and have proved their ability to utilize the advanced functionality of these Microsoft applications.

By encouraging individuals to develop advanced skills with Microsoft's leading business desktop software, the MOUS program helps fill the demand for qualified, knowledgeable people in the modern workplace. At the same time, MOUS helps satisfy an organization's need for a qualitative assessment of employee skills. The MOUS website is located at www.mous.net.

About SVI Training Products

In addition to developing and distributing PC courseware, customization tools and skills assessment software, SVI Training Products develops custom retail courseware for its sister company SVI Retail. Key products include:

Customizer 2000 - a software program that works with SVI's range of instructor-led PC courseware. It enables trainers to mix applications and chapters for various training class lengths and content requirements. It also allows users to create custom courseware based on SVI products easily and quickly. Additionally, all of the Microsoft(R) Office 2000 and most of the Microsoft Office 97 courseware is MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) approved.

compAssess - a skills assessment and testing software program that simulates the software on which the students are being assessed. The software has approximately 1,600 built-in performance-based questions. In addition, users can customize the tests and create their own questions. By using hands-on testing, with simulated program screens, compAssess goes well beyond the generally available simple multiple choice or True/False testing.

About SVI

Headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, SVI provides multi-channel technology solutions to retailers. The company's suite of offerings includes store systems as well as enterprise management, merchandising and direct-to-consumer solutions. Complementing these offerings, the Company provides an expansive menu of professional services including consulting and implementation services, as well as technical and project management services. Through its SVI Training Products subsidiary, SVI markets customizable desktop training applications as well as skills assessment applications and custom training programs. SVI maintains offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Its worldwide customer base includes major retailers such as Chico's, DOTS, Nike, OfficeMax, The Disney Store, The Limited, and Toys "R" Us. More information about SVI can be obtained on their website at www.svisolutions.com. Information about SVI Training Products can be obtained on www.svitrain.com.

Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future performance. These statements are only predictions. Because such forwarding-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to raise capital to meet immediate liquidity needs and to increase sales of application licenses, and other risk factors identified from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risk factors are listed in the Company's Form 10-K (as amended) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. SVI undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.