GeoVideo Networks Appoints Former Lucent Executive Brian Allain as Chief Operating Officer for Product Development.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2000 Key Architect of Lucent's Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Server and IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. Products to Lead Product Development, Technical Operations for GeoVideo's Fiber Network GeoVideo Networks(TM), Inc., which is assembling a global, fiber-optic visual communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , today announced the appointment of former Lucent Technologies executive Brian Allain to the position of chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for product development and operations. Allain will be responsible for all of GeoVideo's technology development, as well as strategic product management and marketing, and will oversee technical staffs at both the company's New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. headquarters and at an affiliate site in Holmdel, New Jersey. Allain will also manage the progress of GeoVideo's joint development agreement with Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, which focuses on next-generation middleware for IP video. In his role, Allain will oversee the development of the company's application software, including the GeoVideo Browser(TM), which enables users to manipulate up to 16 simultaneous video windows on a standard PC desktop. Allain most recently led the launch of Lucent's IP business communications systems as vice president of the company's Internet business systems unit, and previously spearheaded the successful launch of the Lucent Internet Telephony Server in 1997. Noted for his rare blend of technical expertise and product marketing savvy, Allain was part of an elite group of Lucent executives who helped speed Bell Labs innovations to market during the company's first two years. Prior to Lucent, Allain held a number of product design and marketing positions within AT&T's consumer products group and began his career with Bell Labs in the early 1980s as a systems engineer. "We are energized by Brian's presence - his wide range of skills and experience greatly complement GeoVideo's mission to provide broadcast-quality IP video straight to the desktop," said Clifford J. Schorer, co-CEO of GeoVideo Networks. "Brian will provide an aggressive product roadmap for GeoVideo as we move into the enterprise network environment and, later, the consumer markets. His work in product areas as diverse as consumer hardware, home networking, internetworking, and service provider equipment make him an ideal technology leader for our company's next phase of development." Allain holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , where he received a Palmer Scholar award. He also holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. GeoVideo Networks GeoVideo Networks will deliver real-time bi-directional Internet Protocol (IP) video as well as full compressed and uncompressed HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates over an international fiber network, consisting of both core ATM and IP services, for a host of business-to-business Internet video applications, in the financial, medical, government, news, and entertainment industries. GeoVideo Networks will also serve consumer applications, including video-on-demand and digital cinema, in the near future. Top public television stations, affiliated as the CSRG CSRG Computing Systems Resource Group (Berkeley) CSRG Combat Support Requirement Guidance (US DoD) CSRG Country Reconstruction and Stabilization Group CSRG Civil Support Readiness Group Digital, L.L.C., a group of 28 stations in major markets, in the U.S. have formed an alliance with GeoVideo Networks to jointly market and sell GeoVideo Networks services and make their production studios available to GeoVideo Networks customers. The CSRG group includes Thirteen/WNET-TV in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and KCET-TV in Los Angeles and covers 50% of the U.S. broadcast audience. In July, 2000, GeoVideo Networks completed the industry's first transcontinental fiber-optic video network links, transmitting real-time HDTV over fiber, between Thirteen/WNET in New York and KCET-TV in Los Angeles. In addition to New York and Los Angeles, GeoVideo will connect Chicago, Dallas, and Philadelphia in the first quarter of 2001. GeoVideo Networks also markets its GeoVideo Browser software, which will enable network customers to handle up to sixteen simultaneous real-time video windows at 30 frames per second to the PC desktop over the GeoVideo network. Designed as a taskbar An on-screen toolbar that displays the active applications (tasks). Clicking on a taskbar button restores the application to its previous appearance. Windows 95 popularized this feature. See Win Taskbar. that sits directly on users' Windows desktops, the GeoVideo Browser enables users to manipulate real-time, bi-directional TV-quality video, and conduct multi-party conference sessions. Based on patented Bell Labs technology, the GeoVideo Browser will act as the general-purpose client device for the GeoVideo network, enabling users to view any type of video, regardless of encoding scheme. Lucent Digital Video, the leading manufacturer of MPEG-2 encoders, is the preferred supplier of video encoding and gateway equipment for GeoVideo Networks. GeoVideo Networks will store customer content, ranging from full-length feature films to corporate training material, for a monthly fee. In addition, the company will provide videoconferencing services and high-speed video transfer services. The GeoVideo Network will support optical speeds of OC-3 to OC-192 and beyond, and will also support T1/T3 and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary configurations. Standard definition and high-definition (HDTV) video, both streamed and stored, will be supported. The GeoVideo Networks offer enables any standard business 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. to offer secure, private video communications directly to the desktop. GeoVideo Networks, headquartered in New York City, is building a global fiber-optic network for the delivery of broadband Internet Protocol (IP) video and visual communications services for a wide range of business customers. GeoVideo Networks is owned by the Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) New Ventures Group, Thomas Weisel Partners Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG), often shortened to just TWP or TWeisel, is a U.S. middle-market and growth focused investment banking firm based in San Francisco, California. , the Ocepek Group, Crest Communications Holdings, and East River Ventures. For more information, please visit www.geovideo.net. Editor's Note: Color photographs of Brian Allain are available upon request. |
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