Here's more George. Was that question about other players with a streaming video card rhetorical? I don't know of any...
This release has started some volume and up move on our little stock. I saw 3 3/16 as our last quote with over 300,000 volume.
Tuesday July 7, 2:50 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SNT & Sigma Join Forces to Offer Complete Networking
Solution for Microsoft NetShow Theater Server
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1998--Switched Network Technologies (SNT)
and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM - news) today announced that the companies will jointly market
complete turn-key systems for the Microsoft NetShow Theater Server. The announcement is
coincident with today's release of NetShow Theater Server by Microsoft. Joining the previously
announced SNT/Compaq partnership, Sigma Designs completes the end-to-end system proposition
by providing the best of breed NetShow Services PC video decoding and display boards for MPEG
networked video.
''Every NetShow Theater Server system we've installed includes Sigma's REALmagic NetStream
cards at the desktop'' said Rich Mavrogeanes, SNT VP of Marketing.
''SNT provides the end-to-end network infrastructure that makes spectacular digital video possible, and we're happy to
be working with Sigma to insure customers continue to receive the best possible video quality''.
SNT is an acknowledged leader in ATM connectivity solutions for Windows NT Servers. SNT's
EntraSERV network adapters leverage the value of servers by maximizing the number of NetShow
Theater Server video streams available from a single content server. Drivers tuned to the server OS
and optimized performance of the server CPU and PCI bus are key attributes that EntraSERV
brings to video streaming networks. SNT's ESX series of NetShow Theater Server -optimized
multimedia switches add value as well with configuration flexibility, reliability and scalability provided
by the 5.8Gbps ESX-6000 or 11.6Gbps ESX-8000, and concurrent support for 622Mbps,
155Mbps, 25Mbps ATM, as well as 10/1000 Ethernet. This combination of high performance
server connectivity, core/backbone and workgroup switching, client adapters, and industry leading
GUI-based management provide an achievable end-to-end networking proposition for users.
''SNT is a real leader in network Quality of Service in this market with its high performance
networking solutions. Working with Microsoft, we have optimized REALmagic NetStream 2 MPEG
playback cards for NetShow Theater Server, and we look forward to providing our customers with
a complete system solution,'' said Marshall Goldberg, Sigma Designs Product Marketing Manager.
SNT previously announced a complete turn-key Microsoft NetShow Theater Server ''starter kit''
developed with Compaq (formerly Digital), and has been a Microsoft NetShow Theater Server
industry partner throughout the NetShow Theater Server Beta period. SNT is very pleased that
Microsoft is today releasing a well-tested application that takes advantage of the power and
capabilities of ATM.
''We depend on vendors like SNT to provide high quality networks with real Quality of Service to
make end-to-end, high quality video possible,'' said Gary Schare, Lead Product Manager at
Microsoft Corporation [Nasdaq:MSFT - news]. Today, Microsoft is delivering one of the first
native ATM applications and Switched Network Technologies, in conjunction with their Compaq
and Sigma partners, is uniquely positioned to provide a total end-to-end system solution for
NetShow Theater Server.''
About SNT
Switched Network Technologies, a leader in delivering true QoS-based networking systems and
specialists in video and multimedia networking, is a private-held company based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. SNT products offer a full range of multiservice switches for backbone, server area
network, multimedia and workgroup networks; server and client network adapters optimized for
best server and client performance; and GUI-based management tools that take the complexity out
of managing multi-protocol networks. For additional information, call (612) 519-9732, fax
612-519-9701 or visit SNT's web site at sntc.com |
