Dainippon Screen of Japan Uses Centra for Real-Time Collaboration with Customers over the Internet.Business/Technology Editors TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2001 Centra (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 : CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association CTRA College Terrace Residents' Association CTRA Canadian Telecommunications Resellers Alliance CTRA Committee To Restore America ), the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and collaboration, today announced that Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of systems components for the pre-press industry, has selected Centra to facilitate online collaboration with its worldwide customer community of desktop publishers, designers, and commercial printers. Working with Macnica, Inc., Centra's Master Distribution partner in Japan and one of Japan's largest distributors of advanced computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. and information technology products, Dainippon Screen uses Centra Symposium(TM), an enterprise Web application for live eLearning and collaboration, to enable their customers to meet with company representatives online. In providing the foundation for Dainippon Screen's "Virtual Design Room (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 )," a component of the Company's new high-speed GTRAX IP-VPN service, Centra Symposium enables their customers to review and correct printing proofs in real-time over the Web using both interactive voice-over-IP and application sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. . "We see boundless uses of real-time collaboration in our business," said Mr. Kazuhiko Ito, GTRAX Project Manager for the Network Business, Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. Division of Dainippon Screen. "But to tap the full potential of these opportunities, a company must be at the leading edge of technology. Our ability to remain at that edge helps lay the foundation for the future and ensures our success. We chose Centra because it's the best way for us to connect with our customers quickly and efficiently, propose solutions, and explore new relationships as the demand for our products grows worldwide." Software Infrastructure for Live eLearning and Collaboration Already used in over 440 companies worldwide, Centra's Web-based enterprise products and services share a common collaboration framework, and are optimized to address the full range of real-time business interactions necessary to accelerate internal and market-facing business processes. Every product features Centra's hallmark voice-over-IP capabilities, robust collaboration tools, and intuitive user interface to enable live conversation and interaction over low-bandwidth network connections. Centra's products include Centra Symposium for virtual classrooms, Centra Conference(TM) for Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. and events, and Centra eMeeting(TM) for meetings and ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. team collaboration. Fully localized versions of Centra Symposium include Japanese, Korean, Danish, French, German, Greek, Spanish, and Portuguese. About Macnica Macnica, Inc is one of the leading high tech distributors and representatives in Japan, concentrating on advanced electronic components and equipment and network hardware and software applications. Macnica enjoys close business relationships with all the major electronics manufacturers and is widely recognized as the reliable source for electronic products in Japan. Macnica has sales offices in Japan, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Singapore and San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA. For more information, visit http://www.macnica.co.jp. About Dainippon Screen Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., develops and markets leading-edge processes and products in the printing, semiconductor, LCD, and multimedia industries. Its large range of equipment includes scanners, intelligent servers, proofing systems and imagesetters, as well as Computer-to-Plate and direct-to-printing systems. The company also manufacturers shadow masks as well as equipment for the semiconductor and flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation . For more information, visit http://www.screen.co.jp/index.html. About Centra With over 1.2 million users, Centra is the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of real-time learning and collaboration on the Web, including Domino's Pizza, Kissei Pharmaceutical, Nikko Securities, Sony Electronics, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic eLearning partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cisco, Oracle, Saba, Docent, and Global Knowledge. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the Company has sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.centra.com. |
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