Ancept & Fantastic Partnership Demonstrates Value of IBM Digital Media Strategy.Business/High-Tech/Multimedia Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2002 Ancept, Inc., a leading provider of Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions, and The Fantastic Corporation, a supplier of broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). multimedia delivery software, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated solutions based on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Content Manager and the IBM Digital Media Factory. By integrating Ancept Media Server, a leading DAM solution designed to centrally manage vast collections of media, with Fantastic's Content Delivery Network products, companies now have the ability to effectively and securely store, manage, protect and distribute digital video, audio, imagery and text-based (jargon) text-based - Working under a non-window-based operating system (e.g. MS-DOS) as opposed to a graphical user interface (e.g. Microsoft Windows). An MS-DOS text-based program uses a screen with a fixed array of 80x25 or 80x40 characters. information. The partnership fully exploits the IBM Content Manager infrastructure and is synchronous Refers to events that are synchronized, or coordinated, in time. For example, the interval between transmitting A and B is the same as between B and C, and completing the current operation before the next one is started are considered synchronous operations. Contrast with asynchronous. with the IBM strategy for delivering leading digital media creation, management and distribution solutions. "We believe in and are committed to the IBM Digital Media Factory strategy," said Jeff Stromberg Stromberg is the name of:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jupiter Research, the rich-media market is projected to grow to $34 billion in IT opportunity, across all industries, by 2004. Drivers for 50 percent compounded annual worldwide growth rate include enterprise demand for dynamic content, end-user demand for rich media content and content providers seeking additional outlets for their content. "The goal of integrating the Fantastic and Ancept technologies together with the IBM Content Manager is to present a best of breed solution to the growing number of enterprises in need of easy and fast content management and delivery solutions," said Alain D. Bandle, CEO of The Fantastic Corporation. "This partnership presents one of the most compelling broadband-based content delivery solutions on the market today." "Integration of the Ancept and Fantastic technologies into the IBM Digital Media Factory is a key step in furthering IBM's digital solutions strategy," said Scott Burnett, Marketing Director for IBM's Digital Media Group. "The Ancept Media Server and the Fantastic broadband products help ensure that IBM presents one of the most compelling content management and delivery solutions to the content management marketplace." About Ancept www.Ancept.com Ancept is a products and services company focused on delivery of enterprise-class Digital Asset Management solutions. For nearly five years, Ancept has helped customers increase revenue, reduce costs, manage their brand and remain competitive by leveraging their digital media across their enterprise. The Ancept flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Ancept Media Server, is used by dozens of organizations in the media & entertainment, print & publishing, marketing communication and education industries. About Fantastic www.Fantastic.com The Fantastic Corporation supplies broadband multimedia delivery software that allows businesses to get the right information to the right people at the right time. Fantastic targets corporations, network owners and content providers seeking to aggregate, package, distribute and show data-intensive multimedia content. The Fantastic products starts with OmniCast for simple file delivery, with an option to upgrade to more advanced functionality such as video on demand, live streaming and interactive training. Fantastic is a public company, quoted on the Frankfurt Stock exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. using the symbol:FAN. About IBM Content Manager www-3.ibm.com/software/data/cm/ The IBM Content Manager portfolio, based on DB2, provides the enterprise content management infrastructure to store, access and manage the full spectrum of digital information generated by e-business. Large collections of scanned images, facsimiles, electronic office documents, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. files, computer output, audio, and video can be managed. Integrating content with line of business, customer service, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. , digital asset management, distance learning, Web content management, or other applications can help accelerate business process automation across the enterprise. Additional information on the IBM strategy for Digital Media can be found at www.ibm.com/industries/digitalmedia. |
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