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Concurrent Computer Corporation's MediaHawk Video Server Selected for South Lake Hospital Training Application.


Business &Technology Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000

Concurrent's Newest VAR, Audio Visual Innovations, Sells

Video-On-Demand System to South Lake Hospital for Staff and Patient

Training

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:CCUR CCUR Center for Crops Utilization Research ) announced today that South Lake Hospital of Clermont, Florida Clermont is an affluent western suburb of Orlando in Lake County, Florida, United States. The current population for Clermont is 22,097 at a 2006 census, making it the largest city in Lake County, Florida. The historic downtown district is still much as it was 50 years ago.  purchased a MediaHawk(TM) Video Server that will be used to deliver interactive Video-On-Demand (VOD See video-on-demand.

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) training and entertainment content to staff and patients. Audio Visual Innovations (AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. ) of Altamonte Springs, Florida Altamonte Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. A northern suburb of Orlando, Florida. The city's name is Spanish for "high hill." [1] The population was 41,200 at the 2000 census. According to the 2006 U.S. , Concurrent's newest Value Added Reseller See VAR.

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 (VAR), was responsible for this sale.

South Lake Hospital is a general/acute care facility providing 24-hour emergency service, intensive care, and numerous other services. As part of its health and wellness campus, South Lake Hospital is planning to build a National Training Center. The 146-acre facility, which will serve as a training ground for athletes preparing for national and international competitions, will also offer a variety of fitness programs to the public. Concurrent's MediaHawk Video Server will not only deliver content to South Lake Hospital, but will also deliver training videos to the future National Training Center.

South Lake Hospital selected Concurrent's MediaHawk Video Server because of its ability to stream entertainment and training video to both desktop PCs (via an Internet-Protocol format) and to television monitors. South Lake will deliver the interactive video to patients' bedsides and to the future National Training Center. Concurrent's high-performance MediaHawk is scalable and able to provide from hundreds to tens of thousands of simultaneous independent and interactive analog and digital video streams over a variety of networks including ASI ASI,
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, Ethernet, ATM, and broadband. Users can select, play, pause, and stop each digital video stream independently with prompt and predictable response times.

&uot;Technological advances are rapidly changing the presentation and multimedia marketplaces,&uot; asserted John Gregory John Gregory may refer to:
  • John Gregory (athlete) (1923-2003), British athlete
  • John Gregory (coach), current head coach of the Af2 team the Arkansas Twisters
  • John Gregory (footballer) (born 1954), English footballer and coach
, AVI. &uot;We have seen many advances over the past two decades and have emerged as an industry leader by carefully selecting the best new technologies and incorporating them into our systems. We believe that Concurrent's MediaHawk video server is the highest performance and most cost-effective server that we can offer our clients.&uot;

Since its inception 20 years ago, AVI has expanded its audiovisual capabilities to encompass design, installation, calibration, service, support, documentation, and user training for some of the most cutting-edge electronic systems available. AVI has provided systems integration services for distance learning classrooms, auditoriums, boardrooms, training facilities, videoconferencing centers, broadcast facilities, electronic classrooms, and government chambers. Partnered with some of the most well-respected manufacturers, AVI fully supports all of its systems with maintenance, repair, and backup inventory.

&uot;MediaHawk is advancing the use of multimedia in training and development for healthcare professionals and patient education,&uot; said Steve Nussrallah, President and Chief Executive Officer of Concurrent. &uot;Athletes who would like to compete nationally or internationally will receive superior instruction at the future National Training Center, and I'm pleased Concurrent will play a part in contributing to their progress.&uot;

About the Companies

With $55 million in annual sales, Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. (AVI) is one of the Southeast's largest providers of state-of-the-art presentation technology. AVI provides systems design, integration, installation, equipment sales and rental, service, maintenance, and multimedia design services. AVI is headquartered in Tampa, Florida “Tampa” redirects here. For other uses, see Tampa (disambiguation).
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, with offices in Tallahassee, Orlando, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Pensacola, FL; Atlanta, GA; and Charleston, SC.

Concurrent Computer Corporation (http://www.ccur.com), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading provider of high-performance computer systems, software, and servers. Concurrent Computer Corporation's XSTREME Division is a leading supplier in the emerging digital video server marketplace.

This market includes the broadband/cable, corporate training, education, hospitality, and in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass.  industries. Concurrent is also a leading provider of high-performance, real-time computers systems, solutions, and software for commercial and government markets. The company's 30-year old real-time business focuses on strategic market areas that include: hardware-in-the-loop and man-in-the-loop simulation; data acquisition; industrial systems; and software and embedded applications. Operating in 32 countries worldwide, Concurrent provides sales and support from offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Note to Editors: For additional company or product information from Concurrent Computer Corporation, please contact Concurrent Computer Corporation, 4375 River Green Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30096. Call toll free in the U.S. and Canada at (877) 978-7363 or (678) 258-4000, or fax (678) 258-4300. Readers can also access information through the company's web site at http://www.ccur.com.

For additional company or product information from AVI, please contact AVI at 877-550-6205.

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