Department of Veterans Affairs Deploys Amnis Solutions for Distance Training; Amnis Systems Network Streaming Video Appliances Reduce Training Costs and Time.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AMNM AMNM Airman's Medal ) (Frankfurt:ANI), a leading global provider of networked streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. systems, today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. Employee Education System has begun implementation of a distance learning network using Amnis Systems streaming video products. Employees will receive training for locations outside the Washington D.C. area using the Amnis VS-Pro(TM) live streaming video system connected to pairs of T1's which links the Washington D.C. studios to the digital satellite uplink (1) Transmitting from an earth station to a satellite. Contrast with downlink. (2) A port on a network device that is used to connect to another network device rather than a client or server. See MDI port. site in St. Louis. The program is then uplinked to over 300 VA locations, including Alaska and Hawaii. The system has been so successful that the Veterans Administration is planning to implement a new link directly from a studio at the VA Central Office in downtown Washington D.C. to the Uplink Center in St. Louis. "The VA knows the value of distance learning and in the last year upgraded and expanded the VA's capability to bring training and information to the employee. We are in the process of expanding the capability of the VA Knowledge Network, which will bring live and On-Demand programs to the employee's desktop. Time away from the work place, travel concerns and smaller budgets have made this communication network more valuable than ever. The link between Washington D.C. and the VA Satellite Uplink Center is vital for that success," stated Don Saunders, Sr. Engineer, Employee Education System of Veterans Affairs. "The Amnis high quality MPEG-based streaming video system offered a solution providing the quality signal we wanted with an affordable T1 connection." "The Veterans Administration distance training project is a great example of how high quality, networked video can improve employee productivity and lower costs," said Rich Falcone, Vice President of WorldWide Sales and Marketing of Amnis Systems. "We look forward to supporting the future expansion of this networked video training application and have already received additional orders." About Amnis Systems Inc. Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB:AMNM), formerly Optivision Inc., is the dominant market leader in the networked streaming video market for enterprise applications. For more visit www.amnisinc.com or visit www.optivision.com, or phone 800/239-0600. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on currently available information which management has assessed but which is dynamic and subject to rapid change due to risks and uncertainties that affect our business, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and pricing, limited visibility into future product demand, slower economic growth generally, new product development, fluctuations in operating results and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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