Incite Introduces the Multimedia Manager Server for for Voice, Video and Data Connections.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1995--Incite Monday introduced the Multimedia Manager to provide connection and feature management within the local area network (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. ) making the convergence of voice, video and data to the desktop a reality. This Windows NT-based software for the client/server environment A networking environment that is made up of clients and servers running applications designed for client/server architecture. See client/server. gives users the necessary signalling, database management, call processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
The software relocates the functions of the traditional private branch exchange (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). ) with its proprietary functionality to a standard platform that is hardware independent. Because the Multimedia Manager is standards-based, it uses standard databases, interfaces and management protocols. The PBX becomes part of the client/server network with hubs acting as the transport mechanism. The Multimedia Manager also provides the necessary signalling to the wide area network (WAN). "This Multimedia Manager does to the PBX what innovations such as the PC, the LAN and NetWare(TM) did to the mainframe - it opens up true multimedia capabilities for an unlimited number of users," said David Tucker, general manager of Incite. "Technologies such as CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. haven't matured very quickly because they still require expensive, proprietary equipment. Now developers simply need a PC running our software to have voice, video and data convergence on the desktop." With the Multimedia Manager as a key element of Incite's Conversational Media system, users can implement technology to have video conferencing and collaborative application capabilities throughout their network. The Multimedia Manager is compliant with Telephony Application Programming Interface (programming, communications) Telephony Application Programming Interface - (TAPI, or "Telephone Application Program Interface") A Windows 95 Application Program Interface enabling hardware independent access to telephone based communication. (TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. ) standards and is Windows NT-based. "Windows NT is ideal as a platform for telephony applications because it provides a robust and scaleable applications platform with great connectivity to the desktop," said Charles Fitzgerald, product manager in the Personal Systems Division at Microsoft Corporation. "Incite is one of the first to deliver the distributed, server-based switching environment that will characterize the next generation of voice and video communications infrastructure." The Multimedia Manager is available in license groups ranging from four to 500 with an average per user rate of $200, and is available 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). . It includes the server software and the client software for desktop video, collaborative applications and network management. The Multimedia Manager will be available with rollout of the Conversational Media system Sept. 25. CONTACT: Incite David Tucker, 214/447-8565 or MCCommunications Inc. Mike Crawford, 214/480-8383 |
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