Starburst is giving it's technology to the Internet2 project.
Maybe someday there'll be a place for Divicom's hardware?Internet2 would want MPEG2 wouldn't it?
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StarBurst Named First Independent Software Vendor Corporate Partner
in Internet2 Project to Develop IP Multicast-enabled Network
Technologies
StarBurst is Donating more than $1 Million of its Reliable Multicast
Software
to Help Leading Academic Institutions Advance Internet Networking and
Applications
Concord, MA, November 3, 1997-StarBurst Communications today became the
first independent software vendor corporate partner in the Internet2
project. The company is donating more than $1 million of its reliable
multicast software to help Internet2 develop advanced, IP
multicast-enabled network technologies that will accelerate the
development of next generation, Internet-based information distribution
applications.
StarBurst will collaborate with other Internet2 members - which include
more than 100 U.S. research universities, non-profit affiliations,
government agencies and high-tech companies - to develop
multicast-enabled, leading-edge applications, in areas such as
telemedicine, interactive distance learning, and online collaborative
research. Internet2 members will develop and deploy these new
applications and network technologies over the next three years.
"We welcome StarBurst as an Internet2 corporate partner. As innovators
in multicast technology, StarBurst's contribution greatly supports
Internet2's multicast efforts," said Douglas E. Van Houweling, CEO of
the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID).
UCAID provides a formal organization that supports Internet2 members as
they develop the broadband applications, engineering and network
management tools for next generation Internet use in research and
education.
StarBurst Multicast is the first reliable multicast file transfer
application for efficiently distributing information to thousands of
receivers simultaneously over local and wide area networks. StarBurst
Multicast's reliability and speed stem from its true server-push
technology, which enables a server to send a single stream of traffic to
any number of clients by replicating information in the network rather
than at the server. This reduces server and network congestion.
"IP multicast is emerging as a mission-critical way of relieving
Internet congestion and enhancing information delivery. We are pleased
to offer our reliable IP multicasting technology to educational
institutions, and work with them to create a new, high-speed generation
of Internet applications," said C. Kenneth Miller, StarBurst Chairman of
the Board and Chief Technical Officer. "The Internet2 initiative gives
us an exciting chance to combine our corporate expertise with leading
universities' research knowledge."
About Internet2
Announced in October 1996, Internet2 has grown from 34 U.S. research
universities to more than 100. Internet2 is developing advanced network
applications that will be better served by gigaPoPs capable of providing
scalable high-speed connection points for universities. Internet2
participants also plan to broaden their research and development
expenditures to help create these gigaPoPs. Member universities, working
with private member companies and non-profit organizations, are
developing tools for scientific research and higher education in the
21st century. The Internet2 homepage is located at
internet2.edu.
About StarBurst Multicast
StarBurst Multicast is the first highly scalable IP multicast file
transfer solution that guarantees 100-percent reliable, one-to-many data
delivery in a highly efficient manner. While current point-to-point file
transfer methods use a bandwidth-consuming approach to delivering
information, StarBurst Multicast, based on StarBurst's multicast file
transfer protocol MFTP), enables servers to push data over the network
simultaneously to all recipients, using bandwidth much more efficiently
and significantly reducing the load on the sending servers.
StarBurst Multicast is a multi-platform, cross-platform, client/server
application available on the following platforms: Sun Solaris, SunOS,
HP-UX, IBM AIX, Digital UNIX, SGI IRIX, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows,
DOS, OS/2, VAX VMS, SCO OpenServer, and SCO UnixWare.
About StarBurst Communications
StarBurst Communications Corporation is the leader in developing
innovative solutions for electronic information delivery via multicast
networks. StarBurst's products and services are targeted at users in a
broad range of industries, including financial services, multimedia,
retail, hospitality, and automotive markets. StarBurst customers include
many industry leaders, such as General Motors, Toys `R Us, Thomson
Securities Information Services and Promus Hotel Corporation. The
Concord, Mass.-based company is privately held and venture
capital-funded. More information can be found at StarBurst's World Wide
Web site: starburstcom.com. |
