Ancept Announces Strategic Partnership with Allied Vaughn, The Leading National Multimedia Services Provider.Business Editors & Technology Writers NAB 2002 LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002 Ancept and Allied Vaughn Partnership of capabilities affords prospective customers end-to-end Media Asset Supply Chain Management. Ancept, Inc. a leading provider of Digital Asset Management solutions, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Allied Vaughn. This multi-layered partnership includes an equity investment by Allied Vaughn in Ancept, a joint sales and marketing agreement and the sale of Ancept Media Server and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to Allied Vaughn for the development of Allied Vaughn's DMM See multimeter. DMM - Digital Multimeter (Digital Media Management) Service. "We are proud to announce our strategic partnership with Allied Vaughn. Ancept is focused on partnering with a select set of industry leaders. That is why we partner with 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) and that is why we selected Allied Vaughn." said Jeff Stromberg, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Ancept, Inc. "The equity investment that we have received from Allied Vaughn will accelerate the development of our core Digital Asset Management application, Ancept Media Server. As we launch Ancept Media Server into new markets, it is critical for us to extend the product so that it can support the unique business needs of that industry." Stromberg adds, "We are thrilled that Allied Vaughn will be offering Digital Asset Management services and products based on our solutions to their customer base of over 5000 organizations nationwide. Our joint sales and marketing agreement is a mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship which marries our solutions and delivery talent to Allied Vaughn's powerful sales and marketing capabilities." Doug Olzenak, CEO of Allied Vaughn notes, "Many organizations face a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task in trying to cost effectively create, manage, distribute and store rich media assets like audio, video, graphic files, images and multimedia presentations. The combination of our capabilities provides prospective customers a high quality cost effective means to manage their Media Asset Supply Chain." Stromberg continues, "Allied Vaughn's new business unit, the DMM group, is launching their new digital media management services based on a platform anchored by our application, Ancept Media Server. We have worked with the DMM group to customize Ancept Media Server so that individuals utilizing their service can immediately order physical media directly from the web and have it distributed as desired." Stromberg concludes, "This capability, the Allied Vaughn Physical Fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. Module (PFM), is an excellent way to distribute media to organizations that cannot, do not or will not have the capacity to view video and other digital media online. The Allied Vaughn PFM could easily become an industry standard for locating and ordering digital media assets. With Allied Vaughn's seventeen nationwide distribution centers, organizations can benefit from local service and delivery for the distribution of their physical media." About Ancept Ancept has been designing, developing, integrating and implementing enterprise class digital media management systems based on Ancept Media Server since 1997. From the beginning, Ancept has focused solely on designing and deploying digital media asset management as an enterprise solution. At the core of Ancept's enterprise digital asset management solutions is our powerful product Ancept Media Server. Ancept customers are from the following industries: manufacturing, retail, marketing and advertising, media and entertainment, printing & publishing and education. Additional information on Ancept can be found at www.ancept.com. About Allied Vaughn Allied Vaughn, one of the nation's largest multimedia service providers, offers video, CD, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. distribution and related services to the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Headquartered in Minneapolis, Allied Vaughn operates seventeen facilities in key markets across the country. |
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