ADVISORY/3Com and Microsoft Bring Videoconferencing Into the "Limelight" With ZDTV and Bloomingdales
Business Wire - June 16, 1999 12:55
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Join 3Com and Microsoft to celebrate their achievements in videoconferencing on the Internet. The event is taking place during PCExpo '99 in New York at The Limelight nightclub located at 47 W. 20th Street (corner of 20th and 6th Avenue) on Tuesday June 22, at 7:00 p.m. Please RSVP at 207.207.66.223.
Come see how Internet video is making peoples' lives easier and more productive. 3Com's HomeConnect(tm) PC digital camera and Microsoft's NetMeeting(r) teams invite you to experience the latest in consumer-based videoconferencing technology for today with live demonstrations. Hear how ZDTV and Bloomingdale's have deployed videoconferencing, giving them a competitive advantage in their markets and changing the way they do business -- using video technology on the Internet.
This year, ZDTV and Bloomingdale's have been among the most companies to deploy technology from 3Com and Microsoft to make simple desktop videoconferencing a reality. ZDTV, America's first 24-hour television network focused on computing and the Internet, made history over a year ago when it put its audience on TV with the first ever netcam network using 3Com's Bigpicture(r) video phones and Microsoft's NetMeeting videoconferencing software. Since then, thousands of viewers have dialed into ZDTV daily via 3Com(r) netcams using Microsoft NetMeeting.
Bloomingdale's also made history last year as the first department store ever to feature its holiday windows "live" on the Internet through 3Com Bigpicture video technology. The holiday window displays was just one of the four times 3Com and Bloomingdale's have collaborated to leverage video technology at the flagship Manhattan store. Past efforts included a Father's Day window display featuring live videoconferencing over the Internet, a back-to-school promotion showcasing Teletubbies powered by 3Com Bigpicture video technology, and Bloomingdale's/Cosomopolitan Magazine swimsuit fashion show broadcast live over the Web.
About 3Com
With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com--More connected(tm). For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox.
3Com and Bigpicture are registered trademarks and HomeConnect and More connected. are trademarks of 3Com Corporation. Microsoft and NetMeeting are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations
Mike Beltrano, 847/262-2331
mike_beltrano@3com.com
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