Diamond Multimedia Inks Deal with VDOnet Corp. to Bundle Desktop Video Conferencing Software Suite; Diamond to Provide Customers with Internet and POTS Video Conferencing and Broadcasting Applications.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. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1996--Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ), a leader in the desktop multimedia and connectivity markets, today announced that it has entered into a broad agreement with VDOnet Corporation, a developer of technology and products for real-time Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. broadcasting and 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. , to bundle its software suite with all Diamond Multimedia products. "VDOnet recognizes significant value in Diamond's brand equity and its ability to aggressively develop and sell rich hardware multimedia and communications products. Diamond Multimedia brings to VDOnet its wide distribution channels to broadly market and distribute our Internet broadcast and Intranet conferencing products," said Yuval Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , vice president of marketing for VDOnet Corporation. Under terms of the agreement, Diamond Multimedia will bundle VDOPhone(TM), VideoLive(TM) Player and Personal Server with all of its retail communications and multimedia products. The first two products to include the VDOnet bundle are the SupraExpress 33.6 faxmodem and Stealth 3D 2000 multimedia accelerator, both of which will begin shipping this month. Diamond is the first multimedia subsystem company to bundle VDOnet's Internet video products with its end-user offerings. "Diamond is dedicated to enhancing our customers' computing experience by providing interactive, state-of-the-art software applications that take advantage of the features in our hardware and the power of the Internet," said Ken Wirt, vice president of corporate marketing for Diamond Multimedia. "VDOnet's full-featured video conferencing and Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics. software enables customers that already own a Diamond Multimedia graphics board and modem to receive and view high quality, smooth video. When combined with a video capture card See video capture board. and camera, users can both send and receive full-color motion video over an analog phone line and over the Internet. VDOnet has integrated DirectDraw support into their software to work seamlessly with Diamond's multimedia accelerator products." The VDOnet software suite is also ideally suited for Diamond Multimedia's new line of Supra A relational DBMS from Cincom Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (www.cincom.com) that runs on IBM mainframes and VAXs. It includes a query language and a program that automates the database design process. 33.6Kbps faxmodems which are compliant with the new ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. (H.324) standard for the synchronous exchange of both audio and video. The company's Supra modems feature V.80 technology, making them video conferencing ready, allowing users to turn their PCs into a standards-based video phone. "As part of our ongoing strategy to bring higher functionality to our products, this agreement allows Diamond Multimedia to leverage both the Internet and VDOnet's expertise in today's emerging desktop video phone market and to deliver full-featured video telephony to our customers without the traditional costs associated with video conferencing hardware," said James Cutburth, vice president of marketing for Diamond Multimedia's Communications Division. VDOnet Software Suite VDOPhone enables mass-market PC users to experience face-to-face communications via TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , Frame Relay, T1) over the Internet and over analog phone lines (POTS) using the ITU H.324 standard for low bit-rate video conferencing. VDOPhone is scalable and automatically adjusts the video quality to the available bandwidth, so the higher the throughput, the better the quality of video. Numerous integrated utilities are included with VDOPhone: NetAnalyzer(TM), a numeric and graphical Internet status and analysis tool; Online Directory, a convenient tool for look-up of online users by e-mail address; Email Invitation, which directly links to user's MAPI-compatible e-mail applications for invitation to remote users to pick-up the VDOPhone; and WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. Links, which provides integration with other VDOnet online services. VDOLive Player provides real-time video playback over the Internet at modem connection speeds and higher, allowing web designers to create video to play as a helper application, or as a Netscape plug-in for Navigator users, and as an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 3.0 users. VDOLive Personal Server provides the dynamic bandwidth scaling needed to maximize video quality throughout each connection. VDOLive can handle clips ranging from a couple of seconds to a couple of hours, serving both Internet and Intranet users. VDOLive Tools provide the basic capture and compression utilities to create web-based video content for the VDOLive Server. Diamond Multimedia Diamond Multimedia is driving the Internet multimedia market by providing interactivity and connectivity solutions for home, business and professional PC and Macintosh users. Products include the Stealth and Monster 3D series of media accelerators, the Fire GL series of professional 3D and CAD accelerators, and the Supra(R) series of faxmodems and NetCommander ISDN adapters. Diamond also markets sound cards and multimedia and Internet upgrade kits. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Diamond has sales, marketing and technical facilities in Vancouver (Wash.), Singapore, Tokyo, Starnberg (Germany), Clichy (France) and Winnersh (U.K.). Diamond's products are sold through regional, national and international distributors as well as to major computer retailers, mass merchants and OEMs worldwide. Diamond's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol DIMD. How to Contact Diamond Multimedia There are many ways to reach Diamond for sales support, technical assistance, driver updates and general information: Diamond Multimedia's Headquarters and Visual Systems Division: 408-325-7000; Fax: 408-325-7070 Diamond Communications Division (Supra brand modems) Main Phone Number: 360-604-1400; Fax: 360-604-1401 Diamond European Division (Germany): +49-8151-266-0; (UK): +44-1189-444400; (France) +33-47561157 Diamond Japanese Office (Tokyo): +81-3-5695-8401; Fax: +81-3-5695-8403 Diamond Asia-Pacific Sales and Support (Singapore): +65-254-3163; Fax: +65-254-3407 Support Information Line for Communications: 1-800-774-4965 Product Support (Voice), Visual Systems: 408-325-7100; Communications: 541-967-2490; Europe (Germany) +49-8151-266-330; Europe (UK) +44-1189-444444 Product Support (Fax), Visual Systems: 408-325-7171; Communications: 541-967-2401; Europe (Germany) +49-8151-266-331; Europe (UK): +44-1189-444445; (France) +33-1-47561139 Pre-sales Information, Visual Systems: 1-800-468-5846; Communications: 1-800-727-8772 Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : 408-325-7476; Fax-On-Demand: 1-800-346-3329 24-Hour Fax-On-Demand Service, Visual Systems: 1-800-380-0030; Communications: 541-967-0072 America Online (Keyword: DIAMOND; Email: SUPRACORP2) CompuServe: Visual Systems: (GO DIAMOND); Communications: (GO SUPRA); Europe: (GO SPEA SPEA School of Public and Environmental Affairs SPEA Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Portugal) SPEA Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A SPEA Suicide Prevention Education Alliance SPEA Sales Promotion Executives Association ) The Microsoft Network: Find DIAMOND FTP sites: ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to .diamondmm.com; or Supra: ftp.supra.com Internet Web Sites: http://www.diamondmm.com; or Communications: http://www.supra.com; or Europe (Germany): http://www.spea.com BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. for Visual Systems 408-325-7080 (to 14.4 Kbps) or 408-325-7175 (to 28.8 Kbps) or 408-383-0551 (ISDN); Communications BBS: 541-967-2444; Europe (Germany) BBS at +49-8151-266241 (to 14.4 Kbps) or +49-8151-12921 (to 28.8 Kbps) or +49-8151-78001 (ISDN); Europe (UK) at +44-1189-444415 VDOnet Corp. VDOnet Corp., based in Palo Alto, CA, develops and markets technology and products enabling Internet video broadcasting and multicasting (VDOLive(TM), VDOCast(TM) and VDOPhone(TM)) on the Internet and over regular telephone lines and private networks. The company was founded in 1995 and has offices in the United States and Israel. It has raised $10 million in funding from private sources, battery ventures and Nynex. VDOnet's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is http://www.vdo.net. For more information, contact VDOnet Corp., Palo Alto, CA, 415/846-7700; fax: 415/846-7900; info@vdo.net. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Monster 3D, NetCommander and Supra are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the service mark, trademark or registered trademark of their respective manufacturers. The above release contains forward looking information regarding the availability of VDOnet software with Diamond's SupraExpress 33.6 faxmodem and Stealth 3D 2000 multimedia accelerator and actual results could differ materially due to software delivery schedules. CONTACT: Diamond Multimedia Tamara Hanna, 360/604-1469 tamara@supra.com or Faiola Davis 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 Sara Faiola & Norma Velvikis, 213/933-4959 fdpr1@aol.com or Roeder Johnson Corporation Abigail Johnson/Mike Brogam, 415/802-1850 Abigail@roederj.com or Mike@roederj.com |
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