CentraVision Makes the Grade with Media 100.RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1997--MountainGate's CentraVision(TM) Fibre Channel Network solution recently received approval from Media 100 for use with Media 100 systems, following extensive testing of CentraVison at Media 100's labs in Marlboro, Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. . "The CentraVision Fibre Channel solution proved to be very solid in all our testing procedures," said Brenda Bergin, peripheral engineer for Media 100 in charge of testing third party equipment for use with Media 100 systems. "We connected a workgroup consisting of four Media 100 workstations on the CentraVision Fibre Channel network and examined the performance in a real-life application environment. Our conclusion is that CentraVision performs as described by MountainGate, and we can recommend it to users of Media 100 systems. Together MountainGate's CentraVision and Media 100 provide a solid and productive solution for digital media authoring." Harry Aine, product manager for CentraVision said, "I think the results of the Media 100 tests will remove any doubts in the video industry about the viability and feasibility of Fibre Channel. Our CentraVison system is working and delivering now. It offers users significantly improved network performance as well as the ability to share source material on a central storage system. It is changing the way that facilities work with digital video." The CentraVision Fibre Channel solution will be officially unveiled at NAB '97. Besides showing in MountainGate's booth, CentraVision will also be used at NAB '97 by Media 100, Apple, NeTpower, Digital Vision, Mercury, Gefen, HD Vision, and Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company based in Novato, California, USA. It was created in 1986 by former Lucasfilm employees who developed the AudioDroid digital audio editing system as part of the Droidworks project. . About Media 100 Inc. Media 100 Inc. of Marlboro, Mass., USA is a public company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MDEA MDEA 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-Ethylamphetamine (empathogenic/psychedelic drug closely related to MDMA) MDEA Master Data Exchange Agreement MDEA Methyl Di-Ethyl Amine ) focusing solely on the digital media marketplace. Since 1993, its 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. line of award-winning Media 100 online digital video systems have redefined how, where and who creates digital video and multimedia programs by making program creation simpler and more affordable. Approaching 10,000 customers in more than 50 countries worldwide, Media 100 digital video systems are used in the creation of programs for broadcast, video, animation, multimedia, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Information on Media 100 Inc. and its Media 100 line of digital video systems can be accessed via the Internet at http://www.media100.com . MountainGate, a Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Company, has provided industry- leading removable and rugged data storage products for more than 20 years, offering the widest range of storage solutions to a variety of markets and applications. Today, the company develops products specifically for the broadcast and entertainment industries, applying its expertise to deliver complete solutions for the storage and management of images in the digital video realm. Notable groundbreaking products from MountainGate include the R-Mag removable hard drive developed for Avid, the first long format VDR VDR Video Disk Recorder VDR Vitamin D Receptor VDR Voyage Data Recorder (Shipborne Black Box) VDR Virtual Data Room (due diligence excercises) VDR Voltage Dependent Resistor VDR VHF Data Radio , the first multiformat VDR, the first VDR to support the wide screen format, as well as the only VDR for high-definition applications. Other product lines include disk and RAID arrays and digital linear tape (storage) Digital Linear Tape - (DLT) A kind of magnetic tape drive originally developed by DEC and now marketed by Quantum. DLT drives implement the Digital Lempel Ziv 1 (DLZ1) compression algorithm in a combination of hardware and firmware. (DLTT DLTT Dokeos Language Translation Tool DLTT Data Link Test Tool ) libraries. The MountainGate CentraVision Fibre Channel (FC) system is the first complete FC network and storage system available in the industry. MountainGate has manufacturing facilities in Reno, NV and Portumna, Ireland and sells through a worldwide dealer network. For sales and distribution information, contact MountainGate at 702/851-9393 or 800/556-0222, or send e-mail to sales@mountaingate.lmco.com . Detailed company and product information is available on the world wide web at www.mountaingate.com . -0- Note to Editors: This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. CONTACT: MountainGate Terese Parrish, 702/851-6202 marketing@mountaingate.lmco.com or Wall Street Communications Chris Lesieutre, 801/533-2669 cles@coastlink.com |
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