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Enterprise Video Solution Suits Corporate Presentations

BERKELEY, Calif.—May 16, 2006—Media Publisher has unveiled a solution that offers non-technical users a way to create and manage their own live and on-demand events through a user-friendly interface, and view those video events through a configurable Viewer Portal. According to a company announcement, the solution is intended to be integrated with existing IT infrastructure and managed via a video control center, making it possible to centrally manage video across the corporate network.

The company leverages other infrastructure components to accomplish central management, the announcement said, such as communicating with multiple remote encoders, syndicating content to multiple distribution systems, and performing streaming server publishing point management. In addition, the fault-tolerant, redundant system features multiple levels of failover to ensure customers are able to scale the use of video to thousands of simultaneous viewers, while maintaining video quality.

The solution is intended for corporate communications, distance learning, HR/benefit administration, and channel enablement.

“Most enterprises today recognize that video communications, such as live webcasts and on-demand recordings of meetings, executive presentations, training, and product information, help build competitive advantage,” said Sally Windman, industry analyst, Frost & Sullivan, in the announcement.

“By leveraging Media Publisher's application, IBM Global Services delivers innovative solutions, built on the compelling capabilities of IBM's hardware and open standards-based software products,” said Jim Dean, director for digital media solutions at IBM. “IBM is in the business of providing highly scalable enterprise video communications solutions to our customers. Our partnership with Media Publisher is an important part of our EVC offering”

The solution comprises a platform, application, and product stack tailored to enterprise video communications. Components include the following:

• Viewer Portal: provides a program guide, with video categories and customizable look and feel.
• Live EventPro: manages live video webcasting, and is scalable to thousands of simultaneous viewers.
• LiveCaster: allows presenters to deliver enterprise video webcasts and capture and deliver slides, images, web pages and other documents, without extended assistance from IT.
• VOD Manager: allows business users to publish and manage video content, set access rights, and generate reports on viewer activity.
• Digital Signage: creates RSS files for digital signage technologies and provides central management of content for all video outputs.

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