Digital Lava Announces Support of Silicon Graphics WebFORCE MediaBase; All major streaming formats now supported by Digital Lava.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Digital Lava(tm) Inc., the market leader in Video Publishing software for corporations, today announced support for Silicon Graphics(R) Inc.'s WebFORCE(R) MediaBase, an intelligent media streaming software for Web applications. Integrating the WebFORCE MediaBase technology with VideoVisor(tm)--Digital Lava's award-winning desktop video information application--allows enterprises of any size to easily transform 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. into an interactive information resource. This support enables the deployment of interactive video applications over a variety of network protocols, widening Web-based delivery of enterprise-wide Video Publishing solutions. With this announcement, Digital Lava now supports all major streaming formats. "With its superior scaleability, reliability and performance, Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE MediaBase is defining a new class of video-enabled Web sites and applications," said Joshua Sharfman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Lava. "Digital Lava enhances SGI-enabled video streams, turning them into interactive applications perfect for training and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . This partnership with Silicon Graphics marks an important milestone for Digital Lava--we now support all the industry-leading, video-streaming and server solutions." Digital Lava's applications enable companies to rapidly re-purpose and publish video and related data. Using Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE MediaBase, the interactive content can be streamed to the enterprise across the Internet or over a corporate intranet. WebFORCE MediaBase provides all the tools required to manage, monitor and integrate media streams into Web applications. Its open architecture supports standards-based streaming formats over a variety of network protocols. Once on the desktop, Digital Lava's VideoVisor software gives average PC users the ability to productively access, navigate and manipulate specially-formatted VideoCapsule(tm) files for training, distance learning and corporate communications applications. "Video over the network is about to revolutionize the way companies communicate with and train employees," said Jason Danielson, manager of entertainment and media market development at Silicon Graphics. "Digital Lava gives companies of any size the ability to re-purpose, manage and deploy video on a dime--transforming video into a powerful, interactive information resource. The combination of Digital Lava's software with Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE MediaBase server provides the scaleability, flexibility and speed required for the on-demand applications that enterprises are now beginning to rely upon." Streaming Video and the Corporate Training/Distance Learning Market "Digital Lava's vision for making interactive video applications usable and ubiquitous is on target. By building on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and architectures, enhancing them as needed as needed prn. See prn order. , Lava's applications leverage the research and experiences of other leading companies delivering core technologies to market," said Christine Perey, senior analyst with Forward Concepts and president of Perey Research & Consulting. "Today's VideoVisor users are able to take advantage of new developments on the Silicon Graphics WebFORCE MediaBase platform when and where they make sense: from the remote location to the corporate headquarters." Video Publishing Video Publishing is a new software technology that provides companies and enterprises a way to rapidly re-purpose, publish and deploy video content and related information to desktop computer users. Digital Lava's Video Publishing software, VideoVisor and vPrism, provides an open framework in which video, other desktop applications and data can link, collaborate and seamlessly integrate on the desktop. The process begins with vPrism, a fast, powerful and easy-to-use software suite, that assimilates and manages video and other information from diverse sources, organizes its content, creates links to other important data, and then rapidly publishes the information in an open format called a VideoCapsule file. VideoCapsules are "value-added video" files that integrate video with other information (Web pages, documents, images, transcripts--any digitally formatted file or program). VideoCapsules may be distributed on CD-ROMs or DVDs and streamed over LANs, WANs, intranets and the Internet. VideoVisor is a powerful desktop video information application that allows knowledge workers to rapidly navigate and manipulate the video information contained in a VideoCapsule. Users may search and annotate annotate - annotation video, re-arrange and organize its content, subtitle sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. text and transcripts, access notes, and link to other files, Web sites and applications. All of Digital Lava's software is developed on an open and scaleable architecture. Digital Lava is dedicated to delivering its core Video Publishing software as an open architecture that supports the industry's most widely accepted video file formats including ASF See Windows Media formats. 1. (language) ASF - Algebraic Specification Language. 2. (body) ASF - Analytical Solutions Forum. , MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. , QuickTime, and RealVideo 4.0 and 5.0. In addition, Digital Lava supports streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. technologies such as Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. Server NetShow Services and Microsoft NetShow Theater Server, RealNetworks RealSystem 5.0, Silicon Graphics WebFORCE(tm) MediaBase, Starlight star·light n. The light from the stars. starlight Noun the light that comes from the stars Noun 1. Networks, Xing Streamworks Server and InfoValue Server. About Silicon Graphics Silicon Graphics Inc. is a leading supplier of visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. and high-performance systems. The company offers the broadest range of products in the industry--from low-end desktop workstations to servers and high-end supercomputers. Key industries include communications, energy, entertainment, government, manufacturing and sciences. Silicon Graphics and its subsidiaries have offices throughout the world and corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . About Digital Lava Founded in 1995, Digital Lava is the recognized leader of Video Publishing software for corporate training, communications, distance learning, research and other applications. Digital Lava provides businesses with the next step in video technology--transforming cumbersome linear video into easily accessible and manageable digital information. For the first time, organizations and professionals can rapidly create and deploy interactive video-based content, increasing the productivity of knowledge workers. Digital Lava's vPrism(tm) allows users to re-purpose vast amounts of video and electronic information on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , corporate intranets and the Internet. Digital Lava's VideoVisor is a desktop video information application, enabling users to rapidly access and navigate, manipulate and integrate video-based information on a desktop computer. All of Digital Lava's software is developed on an open and scaleable architecture. Digital Lava is headquartered in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California. For additional information, please visit Digital Lava's Web site at http://www.digitallava.com or call 1-888-222-LAVA. Note to Editors: Digital Lava, vPrism, VideoCapsule and VideoVisor are trademarks of Digital Lava Inc. Silicon Graphics and WebFORCE are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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