Fujitsu and Starlight Networks announce broad relationship to market networked multimedia solutions.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1995--Starlight Networks Inc., the acknowledged leader in multimedia networking, and Fujitsu Ltd., a worldwide communications/computing/multimedia supplier, announced today a broad relationship in which several Fujitsu organizations will create networked multimedia products incorporating the entire Starlight star·light n. The light from the stars. starlight Noun the light that comes from the stars Noun 1. product line. The companies also announced the existence of a joint development project to incorporate video server and networking products into larger system solutions. Starlight is working closely with Fujitsu's Corporate Video on Demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) group, Media Server Department, Content Development Department, Network Software Development Department, and Client Server Marketing Division. Fujitsu is marketing solutions based on Starlight's products for PC servers, Solaris servers, and NetWare servers. The first joint development effort involves developing special interfaces and applications to integrate video servers and other systems (e.g. databases) into complete solutions. Fujitsu and Starlight intend to work with other companies to create common methods for building such solutions. Available today are systems which can cost-effectively support over 70 simultaneous users. Higher performance systems will be announced in the near future. About Fujitsu Fujitsu is focused on becoming the world's leading information technology company. The information and communications markets have entered a significant period of change throughout the world. The computer market is undergoing structural changes, next-generation communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. are being built, prices are dropping and strategic alliances are bringing the communications and broadcasting markets together. Fujitsu will concentrate its triple expertise in computers, communications and microelectronics on solving customers' problems, and will achieve success by bringing everything together with advanced system integration techniques. Fujitsu will also work to locate new markets in the multimedia field. About Starlight Networks Starlight Networks is the leader in providing multimedia services over enterprise networks with its StarWorks and StarWare multimedia networking server software products. StarWorks and StarWare provide multimedia storage management and network delivery management functions to ensure reliable delivery of video and audio to the desktop over today's networks, including 10BaseT, 100VG, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , Token-Ring, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. and ATM. StarWorks' open systems approach supports all of the popular video formats and network operating systems An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. on PCs, Macintosh and UNIX systems. StarWare is a Novell NetWare-based video networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . solution. Starlight Networks is located at 205 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, Calif. 94043; phone 415/967-2774; home page http://www.starlight.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: StarWare, StarWorks, Starlight and Starlight Networks are registered trademarks of Starlight Networks Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Starlight Networks Inc., Mountain View Stephen Mitchell
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