Lucent's new MMCX enabled by DataBeam's T.120-based technology.LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 1997-- Companies Collaborate to Extend Flexibility of Multimedia Communications Product DataBeam and Lucent Technologies today announced that Lucent will be shipping its new MultiMedia Communications eXchange (MMCX MMCX Multimedia Communications Exchange (Lucent) MMCX Micro Miniature Coaxial MMCX Multi Media Communication Exchange ) Server with data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. capabilities based on DataBeam's T.120 technology. DataBeam's Collaborative Computing Toolkit Series enables Lucent's MMCX Server for T.120-based application sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. , whiteboarding and file transfer. DataBeam's Collaborative Computing Toolkit provides third-party developers with building blocks for adding real-time multipoint, data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. capabilities to new or existing applications, based on the T.120 standard. The standard is an International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) recommendation that provides protocols for interoperable, multipoint data communications products and services. The building blocks contain C++ code, C-level application programming interfaces, and supporting utilities and documentation. Lucent's MMCX system extends telephony calling features to mixed media conferencing sessions over local and wide area corporate networks. With the MMCX, users can take advantage of familiar office telephone features-such as conferencing, or transferring calls to another extension on mixed media calls involving any combination of voice, data and video. The server works with existing private voice and data networks, enabling customers to conveniently add mixed media communications to their networks. The MMCX supports UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows 95 and NT clients. "Lucent's first release of their MMCX Server was a breakthrough product for bridging private voice and data networks," said Dave Panos, vice president of Marketing at DataBeam. "Now with the addition of T.120 technology, MMCX will provide more flexibility in bringing dynamic voice, video and data to an ever increasing number of desktops." "We are pleased to be teaming with DataBeam and their standard-based conferencing initiatives," said Joy Pinsky, general manager of mixed media servers at Lucent Technologies. "The MMCX leverages DataBeam's T.120 technology to provide seamless mixed media calling to T.120 standards-based data conferencing Sharing data interactively among several users in different locations. Data conferencing is made up of whiteboards and application sharing and are often used in conjunction with an audio or videoconferencing connection. systems." The T.120 standards suite has been endorsed by more than 100 international vendors. The T.120 series of standards for multipoint communications enables interactive data sharing and transfer among videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems users worldwide. T.120 provides an infrastructure that allows conferencing products from multiple vendors to seamlessly communicate. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for Lucent. DataBeam Corp., headquartered in Lexington, Ky., is the leading supplier of standards-based collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. and developers' tools for the Internet, corporate intranets, and telecommunications networks. The company's award-winning software applications, FarSite and the neT.120 Conference Server, are used by Fortune 500 companies and major organizations worldwide. DataBeam's multipoint toolkits enable communications, networking, telephony, conferencing and gaming products with real-time collaboration capabilities. DataBeam was founded in 1983 and is privately held. Company news and product information is available at World Wide Web site http://www.databeam.com . -0- FarSite and DataBeam are registered trademarks and neT.120 and CCTS CCTS Combat Crew Training Squadron CCTS Combat Crew Training School CCTS Contractor Cost Tracking System CCTS Conseil Canadien sur le Tabagisme et la Santé (Canadian Council on Smoking and Health) are trademarks of DataBeam Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Karla Young DataBeam Corp (606) 245-3567 kyoung@databeam.com or Ryerson Schwark Lucent Technologies (908) 953-7528 rschwark@lucent.com |
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