`All ACCess: The Tournament' - The First Live and Interactive Webcast of the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament will be Hosted by Fansonly.Com & The ACC.Com.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999-- With Assistance From Cisco, Intermedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). Communications Business Internet and Webcasts.Com March Madness March Madness may refer to:
Compare: turn-key solution. from Webcasts.com, Intermedia Business Internet, and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc., and hosted by FANSonly. The URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is www.TheACC.com. The ACC basketball tournament will be held at the Charlotte Coliseum in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. from March 4 - 7, 1999. This media-rich and highly interactive experience will, for the first time, enable viewers to participate in several ways: view the tournament through the WWW with video content; surf or flip to other Web sites during the live webcast; join interactive chat rooms and fan polling; view courtside court·side n. The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball. interviews and live statistics as they happen, and participate in live pre- and post-game press conferences (video/audio with URL links). All the games are available "on-demand" March 5 through April 15. "We are creating a one-of-kind Web event with this live and interactive Web broadcast of the ACC," said Tim Carruthers, President of Webcasts.com. "We have some powerful players on our team that have created this solution. We'll be using the high-performance and easy-to-install Cisco routers plus Internet connections from Intermedia Business Internet, and webcasting resources, proprietary hardware, and server technologies from Webcasts.com." "The live and interactive broadcast of the ACC is an excellent example of the new world services that Cisco is helping to create. The broadcast delivers interactive multimedia applications and videostreaming in a very powerful and exciting medium for the end user," said Larry Lang, Cisco's vice president of service provider marketing. "The selection of Cisco routers by Webcasts.com as their hardware platform along with Internet connectivity services from Intermedia Business Internet, a Cisco Powered Network member, shows that this is a high-performance network solution that will be reliable, secure, and responsive to this 'mission critical' webcast of the ACC tournament." ACC.com is a member of the FANSonly Network, the sixth-largest sports site on the Internet. The FANSonly Network is home to the official athletic sites of 52 universities, conferences, and organizations. Cisco is providing fully-integrated hub/routers that enable remote offices to provide both LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and internetwork connectivity. They combine the functions of a standalone hub and router in one chassis to provide easier setup, improved serviceability, reliability, and integrated remote network management. Webcasts.com incorporates technologies of Real Player, Microsoft and other streaming technologies as part of its rich media offering. The company's combined solutions of applications and technologies are designed for usage on low- or high-speed connections. "Broadcast and the Web are the two most powerful sources for content in the world," said Carruthers. "The result of our efforts is a highly interactive application which provides new media content (streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. ) and contextual links (WWW)." Intermedia Business Internet was the first national Internet carrier to earn the Cisco Powered Network designation. Intermedia Business Internet offers a comprehensive range of Internet products and services, including high-speed, dedicated business connectivity and value-added application solutions. Their services contribute to the creation of a communications infrastructure for the New World. About Webcasts.com Webcasts.com is a company dedicated to providing webcast production services, applications, and server technologies. The company is composed of broadcast and Internet professionals. For more information visit www.webcasts.com About Intermedia Communications Intermedia Communications is one of the nation's fastest-growing telecommunications companies, providing voice, data, local, long distance, and advanced network access services in major U.S. markets. Intermedia's enhanced data portfolio, including Frame Relay networking, ATM, and a full range of business Internet solutions including Web hosting services, offers seamless, end-to-end service virtually anywhere in the world. Intermedia can be found on the World Wide Web at www.intermedia.com About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. -0- Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the US and certain other countries. 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