Digeo Delivers Ascential Media360 to Power High Scalability Portal Solution for Men@Work.Business/Technology Editors WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 Improved Media Asset Management Solutions Power Men@Work's Web-Based Video and Audio Streaming See streaming audio. Service Ascential(TM) Software, Inc., the leading provider of Information Asset Management solutions, today announced that Digeo, a UK-based Systems Integrator specializing in content solutions for broadband platforms, successfully improved scalability and enabled continued business growth for Men@Work, a Belgium-based streaming facilities company, through the use of Ascential's Media360(TM) media content management solution. Men@Work specializes in providing content delivery and production services on an ASP basis for companies that deliver 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. and audio over the web. Faced with the continued expansion of its customer base and growing volumes of video and audio data in its web-based service, Men@Work turned to Digeo to help the company plan and develop a next generation application platform to drive on-line service. Using Media360 to deliver all of the media asset management functionality for the site, Digeo successfully delivered the completed solution in less than eight weeks. As a result, Men@Work has reduced the time required to bring new clients on-line by 50%, enabling the company to double its new client growth over the last month. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nick Allmark, managing director of Digeo, the use of Media360 in this project was a pivotal factor in driving the early positive results from Men@Work's new solution. "Businesses that do not yet understand the discontinuous discontinuous /dis·con·tin·u·ous/ (dis?kon-tin´u-us) 1. interrupted; intermittent; marked by breaks. 2. discrete; separate. 3. lacking logical order or coherence. change that digital technology creates are living on borrowed time. The business of originating, managing and distributing assets is becoming radically transformed by the extraordinary opportunities - and extraordinary threats - posed by digital technology. Our business is to help our clients identify those threats and maximize every opportunity. Men@Work's clear vision and Ascential's support enabled us to effectively handle this challenging assignment and see it through to completion." Media360 is an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for collecting, organizing, and delivering any type of content, including video, audio, images, maps, 3-D images, blueprints and diagrams, digital special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , and Web pages. The market's leading media content management solution helps organizations worldwide save money by reducing the time needed to digitize and manage assets and by providing those assets for use and reuse in a highly flexible and scalable format. About Ascential Ascential Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Information Asset Management solutions to the Global 2000. Customers use Ascential products to turn vast amounts of disparate, unrefined data into reusable information assets that drive business success. Ascential's unique framework for Information Asset Management enables customers to easily collect, validate, organize, administer and deliver information assets to realize more value from their enterprise data, reduce costs and increase profitability. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., Ascential has offices worldwide including Southern and Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. , Middle East, AsiaPacific, Australia, and Africa. Ascential supports more than 1500 customers, including Fujitsu-Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Pfizer, BizRate.com, SC Johnson, France Telecom, the British Broadcasting Corporation (company) British Broadcasting Corporation - (BBC) The non-commercial UK organisation that commissions, produces and broadcasts television and radio programmes. The BBC commissioned the "BBC Micro" from Acorn Computers for use in a television series about using computers. , and Subaru of America, Inc., in such industries as telecommunications, insurance, financial services, healthcare, media/entertainment and retail. Ascential is an independent operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Informix Corporation(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 : IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ) and can be found on the Web at http://www.ascentialsoftware.com. About Digeo Digeo is the trading name of Managed Media Solutions Ltd and Clipfind Ltd, provider of innovative new media solutions, and content creators, specializing in making TV for the Web. For more information visit our web site at www.digeo.co.uk or call +44 1249 700716 Digeo, Hartham Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, UK. SN13 0RP. (c)2001 Ascential Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Ascential is a trademark of Ascential Software, Inc. and may be registered in other jurisdictions. Media360(TM)is a trademark of Informix Corporation or its affiliates, and is registered in the U.S. or other jurisdictions. |
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