TeraGlobal Hosts Nationwide `Virtual' Developers Conference Utilizing TeraMedia Communications and Collaboration Network Service
Business & Technology Editors
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1999--TeraGlobal Communications Corp. (OTCBB:TGCC), the first company with a true convergence solution for voice, video and media, hosted its first nationwide Developers Conference on a "virtual" basis this week.
Utilizing its new TeraMedia(TM) service, the four-hour "virtual" conference linked 29 engineers in eight states across the country, including California, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Utah, Washington, DC, Iowa, Florida and Texas, in an integrated real-time network with full communications and collaboration capabilities for all participants.
The conference was a working demonstration of the TeraMedia service, which was first demonstrated publicly at the Seybold Conference on August 31st and formally launched at the Motorola "Horizons `99" Conference on September 13th. The new point-to-multipoint communication technology seamlessly combined audio, video and instant messaging.
"The TeraGlobal engineering team uses TeraMedia to build the underlying technology. We do not know of any other solution that will let a distributed engineering team collaborate in real-time with voice, video, and media in a secure fashion," said Grant Holcomb, CTO of TeraGlobal. "Currently, 47% of my engineering staff works out of their home and we are seeing significantly greater productivity over a traditional office-bound commuting work force."
TeraGlobal's virtual conference contrasted with the Company's last developers conference held in San Diego, California with more than two dozen engineers traveling for up to one and one-half days each to attend the four-hour meeting at an aggregate travel and lodging cost of $55,500, not including lost labor and non-productive downtime.
TeraGlobal Communications Corp.'s new service, called TeraMedia, allows customers to share media-rich (voice/video/data) communications and collaboration across a secure, dedicated all-ATM network. TeraMedia utilizes the Motorola MPC7400 PowerPC microprocessor with AltiVec technology in the Apple Power Macintosh G4 computer system, to achieve its revolutionary speed. The service integrates the hardware, software, network, and advanced compression technology necessary to deliver real-time, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, interactive communications and collaboration solutions -- saving customers time and money while enhancing workflow efficiency and personal productivity. It has been described as revolutionary in its ability to transform the organizational communications landscape. |
