Digital Lava Gives Voice to PowerPoint With Introduction of HotFoot; New Product Enables Desktop Publishing of Streaming Media.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers MARINA DEL REY Del Rey may refer to:
Digital Lava Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :DGV DGV Doppler Global Velocimetry DGV Direção Geral de Viação ), a leading communications Application Services See ASP and Web services. Provider (ASP) of streaming media solutions for the business-to-business market, announced today the beta release of HotFoot hot·foot intr.v. hot·foot·ed, hot·foot·ing, hot·foots Informal To go in haste. Often used with it: hotfoot it out of town. adv. In haste. n. pl. (TM) for Microsoft(R) PowerPoint(R) and HotFoot Host(TM), innovative new communications tools that will bring streaming media publishing to the desktops of corporate America. HotFoot for PowerPoint and HotFoot Host are the first in a series of products that capitalize upon Digital Lava's existing rich media technology, and offer users a more impactful way to personalize their communications. Digital Lava plans to make both products available to the general market in early May. HotFoot for PowerPoint is an add-in that seamlessly integrates into Microsoft's popular desktop application, and enables users to create their own Web-based presentations with streaming audio. The feature-rich product makes it easy to publish content, and doesn't require any special software for recipients - just a Windows Media(TM) Player and a browser. HotFoot Host offers users an innovative way to leverage the power of the Internet. This secure, on-line service provides users with the ability to manage and host their HotFoot presentations from any Web-connected computer. "We developed HotFoot to fill a significant void that exists in the market today - the absence of user-friendly applications that enable the average worker to create streaming media content on their desktop," said Bob Greene, 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. "Our new HotFoot product line provides enterprises - small to large - with the tools to easily create powerful streaming media communications that speak persuasively to clients, prospects and colleagues." Digital Lava released the beta version of HotFoot(TM) to select clients and media. Early indicators and client response validate the vast potential and impact that these products offer to the general business market. Greene also noted, "HotFoot is a giant leap in moving Digital Lava closer to the desktop of today's knowledge worker -- the ideal platform to open the door to our more robust rich media applications. And, we look forward to the substantial market response as many more businesses are exposed to and experience the power of Digital Lava." Digital Lava will support the general market release beginning with a targeted 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 program in April combined with a print advertising campaign in May. About Digital Lava Digital Lava is a communications Application Services Provider (ASP) that offers rich mixed media software applications that seamlessly link digital video and audio content with a variety of other formats such as text, graphics, animation and Web links. Our robust in-house service offering provides a turnkey solution that delivers rich media quickly and efficiently. These solutions provide end-users with a fully-integrated and interactive experience on their computer desktops delivered via the Internet, intranet, extranet, 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. , 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). or any combination. Our business-to-business solutions are employed by Fortune 1000 companies in corporate communications, sales, marketing and training applications. Digital Lava's partners and clients include Microsoft, InterVu, RealNetworks, Cisco Systems, Dell Computers, Hewlett Packard, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , Prudential Insurance, Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). , Shell Chemical and Zurich-American Insurance. Digital Lava is headquartered in Marina del Rey. For additional information, visit Digital Lava's Web site at http://www.digitallava.com or call 1-888-222-LAVA. This news release contains forward-looking statements concerning the business and products of the Company. Actual results may differ from those projected or implied by such forward-looking statements depending on a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to the following: development, shipment and market acceptance. Other risks inherent in the business of the Company are described in Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company prospectus on Form SB-2. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. |
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