ZDNet to Offer SoftwareWow's Groundbreaking Streaming Software Service.Business & High Tech Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 ZDNet is First to Tap into SoftwareWow's Streaming Technology to Access Productivity, Graphics, Educational, Gaming, and Business Software SoftwareWow.com, Inc. (SoftwareWow(R)), a pioneer in the development of streaming software technology that revolutionizes how software is distributed and used over networks ranging from LANs to the largest of all networks - the Internet, today announced that ZDNet (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ZDZ, www.zdnet.com) will be the first Web property to offer its groundbreaking SoftwareWow Service aimed at portals and e-retailers. ZDNet is the leading Web destination for people who want to buy, use, and learn about technology. The SoftwareWow Service, utilizing SoftwareWow's industry leading streaming software technology, will enable ZDNet's visitors to be the first to stream educational, gaming, and small business software titles in the same simple way they currently listen to audio and view video over the Internet. To run the software, visitors will be able to simply click on a SoftwareWow-powered title and the application will automatically launch as though it was installed on the computer. SoftwareWow stores its library of certified See certification. software titles on its own network of streaming servers Refers to a dedicated computer system delivering streaming media or to a streaming service within a Web or application server. See streaming audio and streaming video. and only delivers the relevant application pieces, with additional code streamed as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . SoftwareWow's network enables software to be launched by the server closest in location to the user, eliminating data bottlenecks caused when software is forced to travel through multiple networks. SoftwareWow's Service also manages its customer's bandwidth and usage transactions. "The SoftwareWow Service will revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the way people use software in their everyday lives," said Harry Ruda, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SoftwareWow. "Our streaming software technology will liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999. business users and consumers from the complications of purchasing, downloading, and installing software, and empower them to make software as much a part of their lives as radio and television. We expect ZDNet's large and loyal audience of technology-users to quickly embrace this innovative service." ZDNet began beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the the SoftwareWow Service in February and plans to make it available to its visitors this summer. To date, SoftwareWow has certified more than 100 software titles, including games and education software from leading software publishers like Multimedia 2000 and Tom Snyder Tom Snyder (May 12, 1936 - July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the late 1970s and '80s, and The Late Late Show Productions. New SoftwareWow-powered titles are being added every day. "Integrating this kind of innovative technology into ZDNet underscores our commitment to offering our visitors the best possible experience," said Pete Deemer, general manger manger cattle trough which served as crib for Christ. [N.T.: Luke 2:7] See : Nativity of ZDNet's Help, Downloads & Services Division. "We know our visitors will be very excited by the convenience and speed that the SoftwareWow technology promises to deliver." The first time a ZDNet visitor clicks on a product, the 500K SoftwareWow Player(TM) will be automatically downloaded onto his or her PC. The Player can be used at any Internet connection speed and does the technical homework for users, ensuring that they have the right operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and system extensions (e.g., Quicktime, DirectX, and DLLs) for each title. If SoftwareWow detects that a program cannot run on a system, or that a specific system extension is missing, that information is displayed for the consumer. After a user quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin an application, SoftwareWow cleans up, removing any registry settings, desktop icons, and other system-level components (e.g. DLLs and fonts) generated by the software. SoftwareWow's streaming software technology is the core of its Distributed Software Delivery Architecture, which will be fully incorporated in software distribution services and products aimed at software publishers, e-retailers, portals, and Application Service Providers (ASPs), as well as enterprises seeking to distribute software across private networks. The SoftwareWow Service gives portals and e-retailers the ability to offer visitors cutting-edge, sticky content (World-Wide Web) sticky content - World-Wide Web pages that refer only or mostly to pages on the same website. This is important to some commercial sites who want users to keep accessing pages from their site because they receive advertising income from each hit. , since users remain on the e-retailer's site while the software is running. This creates opportunities for new services and new revenues, including new advertising revenues, timed demos for try-before-buy services, software subscriptions, and pay-per-use services. Pricing and Availability The SoftwareWow Player is currently available at www.softwarewow.com. The Player is free to consumers and will be available on ZDNet this summer. Businesses interested in SoftwareWow should contact SoftwareWow at (617) 695-0336 x102 for additional details or visit the SoftwareWow Web site at www.SoftwareWow.com. About ZDNet ZDNet (NYSE: ZDZ) operates the leading Web destination (www.zdnet.com) for people who want to buy, use, and learn about technology, part of a worldwide network of technology-focused sites produced through local operations in 22 countries, on 6 continents, in 14 languages. ZDNet Sites consistently ranks among the top 20 Web properties in unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. , and the top 15 among the Media Metrix "At Work" audience. Its technology-interested audience - ranging from consumers to IT professionals - comes more often and spends more time on ZDNet Sites than on any other technology content property, a testament to its enormous depth and breadth of original, fresh content and services. ZDNet's headquarters are in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . About SoftwareWow.com, Inc. SoftwareWow is a pioneer in the development of streaming software technology that will revolutionize how software is distributed and used over networks ranging from LANs to the largest of all networks--the Internet. SoftwareWow enables corporations and consumers alike to run software online in the same simple way they listen to audio and view video over the Internet--through the power of streaming technology. SoftwareWow's Distributed Software Delivery Architecture (DSDA DSDA Defence Storage & Distribution Agency (UK Ministry of Defence) DSDA Danish Securities Dealers Association DSDA Doomed Speed Demos Archive DSDA Debt Service Deposit Agreement DSDA Document Storage and Data Archiving ) can be fully incorporated in software distribution services and products aimed at portals, e-retailers, software publishers, Application Service Providers (ASPs) as well as enterprises seeking to distribute software across private networks. The flexibility of SoftwareWow's DSDA allows it to be incorporated across the Internet, WAN-and LAN-based networks as well as wireless and satellite networks. ZDNet plans to introduce the service this summer. In addition, leading publishers such as Multimedia 2000 and Tom Snyder Productions will be offering their diverse title libraries on their own as well as other partner portal Web sites. SoftwareWow, based in Boston, has raised funding from various sources, including Prism Ventures Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, and Hikari Tsushin. |
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