Connectware and InSoft team to provide desktop multimedia over ATM; arrangement provides one-stop solution for desktop video conferencing and on-demand video using ATM technology.RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1995--Connectware, Inc., an AMP company, announced an agreement with InSoft Inc. to resell its desktop video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , collaborative workgroup and desktop network television solutions in conjunction with the CELLerity workgroup ATM products. The focus of the agreement is to provide users a comprehensive solution that combines the transmission of video to the desktop with Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) technology. Under this agreement, Connectware will resell Communique! and INTV INTV Intelligent Television INTV Association of Independent Television Stations !. Communique! is a feature-rich, collaborative desktop conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. solution which integrates real-time video and audio technology with fully interactive, easy-to-use collaborative conferencing tools. INTV! provides a LAN-based digital video-to-the- desktop software solution that delivers on-demand access to news, financial, training and other video information. "We are seeing an increased demand for applications that utilize video on the desktop," said Tim Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of Connectware. "Because ATM is the optimal delivery vehicle for providing the high bandwidth and multimedia infrastructure needed for such applications, combining InSoft's video applications with the CELLerity ATM solutions provides our customers an ideal way to implement LAN-based video conferencing." "The Connectware CELLerity ATM architecture and systems approach is highly complementary with InSoft's current and planned collaborative desktop video solutions," said Daniel L. Harple Jr., InSoft chairman and chief executive officer. "By redefining the ATM cost curve, Connectware will accelerate the development and deployment of desktop video conferencing and broadcast video distribution solutions. "With this marketing agreement, InSoft customers can now buy a comprehensive, cost-effective solution that takes advantage of the synergy between our applications and ATM. We see this as the beginning of a long-term relationship with Connectware and look forward to increased integration and synergistic developments over time." With this worldwide agreement, Connectware will market Communique! through its Value Added Resellers (VARs), Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Distributors (VADs), Systems Integrators channels and directly to end-users. Initially, Communique! is interoperable with the Connectware SUN and Windows 3.1 ATM solutions. Later this year this will be augmented by the addition of DEC, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and additional Windows versions See Windows. including Windows 95. InSoft is a worldwide provider of communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems and development tools, and market leader in the sales of collaborative computing, desktop conferencing and distributed digital video solutions. The company's products, which enable transparent digital convergence In the days of the first computers, transaction and company data were the first types of information digitized. Then came text, opening the world to word processing, followed by audio CDs and finally video. , are based on its open software architecture, Digital Video Everywhere, or DVE See digital video effects. . Its products are marketed directly to commercial and government end users, through leading systems manufacturers and value-added resellers, for applications such as financial services, computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive , engineering and exploration, telemedicine/health care, entertainment, legal, telecommunications, and a myriad of other information technology applications. InSoft has headquarters at Executive Park West One, 4718 Old Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055; telephone: 717/730-9501; fax: 717/730-9504; info@insoft.com, http://www.insoft.com. Connectware, Inc., Richardson, Texas, was founded in September 1993 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMP in Harrisburg, Pa. Connectware is an emerging leader in multimedia and advanced networking technologies. The company's technology focus addresses not only today's traditional LANs, but also the convergence of LANs and WANs through Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) workstation interfaces and network switches. Connectware provides communication integration through software and hardware offerings, imaging/video solutions to the desktop and custom software applications development. Connectware has sales and marketing offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Product development is conducted in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Florida and India. AMP is the world's leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, serving customers around the world in a wide range of markets from consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and to communications and computer systems. Employing more than 40,000 people in 200 facilities in the United States and 39 other countries, the company had a record $4.03 billion sales in 1994. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Connectware and CELLerity are trademarks. AMP is a registered trademark. Communique! and INTV! are trademarks of InSoft Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Connectware Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Richardson 214/997-4439 |
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