Advanced Visual Systems Announces Support for Silicon Graphics New Visual Workstations.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999-- New Visual Workstation Support Enhances Visualization Solutions Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard) A video compression technique developed by Chinese companies and supported by the Chinese government. Expected to provide better compression than MPEG-2, AVS was created to avoid paying royalties to the MPEG licensors, which are outside ), the premiere global provider of data visualization See information visualization. technology, today announced its visualization software has been certified See certification. to run on Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s (SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ) new family of visual workstations. This new family of visual workstations from SGI is based on the advanced processor technology from Intel(R) and the Microsoft(R) Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . AVS users in the technical, scientific, and commercial data mining markets, including geospatial, defense, telecommunications, medical imaging, engineering, oil and gas, aerospace, government research and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. now will have additional platform support for their visualization environments that is Windows(R) based and at lower prices consistent with that of the PC environment. "AVS has a long standing relationship with SGI, and we look forward to working with them on this new hardware platform," said Russ Barbour, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Visual Systems. "We have always appreciated the performance of our products on SGI platforms, and we are extremely pleased to have access to the high performance of their new family of visual workstations." "AVS provides our customers with visualization technology that can maximize the full potential of our new Silicon Graphics 320 and 540 visual workstations," said Cliff Apsey, director of product marketing at Silicon Graphics Inc. "Our new line of visual workstations based on the Windows NT platform bring professional high-end visualization performance and capabilities down to the desktop at reasonable prices." In addition to providing leading edge visualization tools, AVS has a team of expert visualization consultants. The Advanced Visual Systems Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization helps global organizations turn data into visual insight through the deployment of robust, extensible visualization solutions. A full range of visualization services is offered: from requirements definition through application deployment, from knowledge transfer through application upgrade. About Advanced Visual Systems Advanced Visual Systems Inc. is the premiere global provider of data visualization technology and has been at the forefront of the visualization technology market since its 3D visualization tools were developed. Advanced Visual Systems Inc. was incorporated as an independent, privately held software company in 1992. AVS distributes its products in more than 25 countries around the world. For more information, visit the AVS web site at www.avs.com. AVS/Express is a registered trademark of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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