Stratacache Brings Reliable Multicast Content Delivery to Amino IPTV Set-Top Boxes.

OmniCast Integration Makes Amino STBs a Simple, Cost-Effective Solution for Bringing Corporate IPTV and VOD Content to Branch Locations

DAYTON, Ohio -- Stratacache today announced that it has integrated its OmniCast content distribution software on the Amino family of set-top boxes (STBs), enabling the use of market-leading Amino devices as distribution points for corporate video in branch locations. With OmniCast integrated on Amino STBs, enterprises, banks, and retailers have a simple, plug-and-play solution for enabling live or on-demand corporate video access from branch locations. The solution powers applications such as distributed e-learning, corporate communication, and associate training.

Amino is an emerging leader in set-top boxes used by service providers. Enterprises that use OmniCast for distributing content from the corporate data center can now use Amino STBs as effective branch video access or storage unit. As simple auto-configuring devices, Amino STBs can easily connect to existing in-store display devices or branch office televisions and do not require a complex installation process. Users can simply power up the unit and be ready to go.

"OmniCast extends our enterprise appeal to retailers, banks, and other enterprises that need to bring video to hundreds or thousands of branches," said Roy Kirsopp, VP & General Manager of Amino Communications. "With OmniCast built in, Amino STBs become simple, plug-and-play devices that bring low-cost video to any business location."

From the data center, enterprises can use OmniCast's point-and-click portal interface to schedule video distribution jobs. With features such as site-specific bandwidth controls and timed job activation, companies can deliver videos to branches overnight, thereby saving network bandwidth costs and eliminating congestion during operating hours.

"OmniCast client software has already been proven on hundreds of thousands of PCs and servers in branch locations around the world." said Chris Riegel, CEO of Stratacache. "With our partnership with Amino, we are able to extend the value of delivering video to the branch by providing a cost effective, turnkey video on demand system for the branch that is simple to set up and easy to use."

OmniCast support for Amino STBs is available October 30, 2006.

About Amino

Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET[TM] series of set-top boxes, renowned for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.

The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than 500 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50 countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by another additional 700 customers. Amino Communications' principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct[TM] IPTV software stack pre-loaded.

Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta Georgia and Hong Kong.

About Stratacache

Stratacache is the world leader in efficient, scalable and cost effective content distribution and application acceleration solutions for highly distributed, network connected organizations. Serving Global 2000 customers and mid-tier organizations in the retail, finance, service, manufacturing and government markets worldwide, Stratacache's products transparently solve large-scale content distribution and application performance challenges while immediately providing tangible return-on-investment and dramatically improved user satisfaction. Stratacache is based in Dayton, Ohio USA and is privately held. For more information please visit www.stratacache.com or e-mail [e-mail]