MEANS Telcom selects VideoServer for statewide educational network.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1997-- Marks the Deployment of the Largest Distance Learning Network in Minnesota VideoServer, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VSVR), the leader in networked conferencing, today announced that MEANS Telcom, a subsidiary of MEANS, Inc. (Minnesota Equal Access Network Services) has selected the VideoServer 2020 Multimedia Conference Server (MCS) for a statewide distance learning network. VideoServer's multimedia conference servers will allow students and teachers across the state to participate in multipoint video, audio and data conference calls. The Learning Network of Minnesota was established by the state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. through a high-speed digital network. MEANS Telcom will utilize six VideoServer MCSs to interconnect remote school districts, enabling the State of Minnesota to provide expanded educational resources across the state -- regardless of distance constraints. Through the Telecommunication Access Grant (TAG) project, Minnesota residents will be ensured access to advanced technology. To date, the Minnesota legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a bicameral legislature located at the Minnesota Capitol in Saint Paul and it consists of two houses: the lower Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. has appropriated $15.2 million to the TAG project. MEANS Telcom and its partnering local independent telcos were selected by over 75% of the grant recipients to plan the network infrastructure and deliver the telecommunications technology required to connect them to the Learning Network of Minnesota. "One of the most talked about areas in using technology in education is distance learning. Fostering live interaction between the student and instructor is the key to promoting participation, enthusiasm and a high-caliber learning environment," said Jack O'Neil, vice president of marketing at VideoServer. "We are proud to partner with MEANS Telcom to provide top-notch education to remote communities throughout the State of Minnesota." "Continuous Presence was a critical factor in our selection of VideoServer's MCS. Educators were concerned about supervision and control in the classroom as older conferencing systems allowed teachers to only see the person who was talking. With Continuous Presence teachers can see several classrooms at the same time," said Rob Sigmundik, sales engineer for MEANS Telcom. VideoServer recently announced that it has been granted a United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. patent for technology that enables Continuous Presence, multipoint conferencing Same as teleconferencing. This is a rather redundant phrase, because conferencing implies three or more participants, rather than point-to-point between two people. with different transfer rates, and transcoding between different audio and video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. technologies. Continuous Presence has dramatically enhanced the multipoint conference experience by allowing many remote sites to be seen simultaneously, making conferences more interactive and natural. VideoServer was the first multimedia conference server (MCS) vendor to introduce Continuous Presence into its product line, and the feature has been enthusiastically received by the user community. About VideoServer VideoServer, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSVR) is the leader in networked conferencing, providing hardware and software networking solutions for multipoint and multimedia conferences, enabling users to communicate over a variety of networks and allowing them to interact as a group. The company's Multimedia Conference Server (MCS) products provide multipoint conferencing, as well as applications for conference control, network management and bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. . The company is extending its technology to offer easy connectivity of existing and new conferencing solutions, expected to enable wide deployment of real-time conferencing to the desktop and over corporate networks and the Internet. VideoServer sells its products to leading suppliers and integrators of videoconferencing equipment, telephone carriers, conferencing service providers, network equipment companies, computer companies and others. Substantially all traditional videoconferencing vendors OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and or resell VideoServer's equipment, including PictureTel, Compression Labs, British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , GPT GPT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; see alanine transaminase. GPT abbr. glutamic-pyruvic transaminase GPT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase. Video Systems, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Sony, Panasonic, and SAT. Telephone carriers and others providing conferencing services using the company's products include AT&T, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , and Sprint, six of the seven regional Bell operating companies, and many emerging private service bureaus. Partnerships with computer companies, including Intel and Compaq, and networking equipment companies, including Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. and Siemens/Rolm, position VideoServer to meet the needs of the evolving conferencing market. More information regarding VideoServer and VideoServer products can be found at http://www.videoserver.com . CONTACT: VideoServer Inc. Neva Group, Inc. Mary M. Campbell Jane Hiscock/Susan Shelby (617) 505-2188 (617) 441-4000, ext. 224/252 mcampbell@videoserver.com jhiscock@neva.com sshelby@neva.com or MEANS Telcom Andrea Johnson 612-230-4419 asjohnson@means.net |
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