NTAP--Network Appliance and eScene Networks Provide Comprehensive Streaming Solutions
eScene Provides Essential Application Layer for Network Appliance Offering
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000--Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, and eScene Networks, Inc., a leading provider of advanced streaming media applications and solutions for business, today announced a strategic relationship that includes joint marketing and sales. Network Appliance(TM) content delivery solutions and eScene's robust streaming application, StreamLine 2.0(TM), enable the next generation of streaming and content delivery networks to easily manage, distribute, and monitor rich data.
Working effectively with Network Appliance's principal products, ContentDirector(TM) software and NetCache(TM) appliances, StreamLine 2.0 enables enterprise businesses to successfully publish, manage, and distribute video and other rich media content online. Together, the Network Appliance suite of products and StreamLine 2.0 provide a comprehensive content management solution. Network Appliance and eScene will collaborate on sales and marketing activities to deliver this robust solution to the enterprise market.
Amit Pandey, director of marketing for the content delivery business unit at Network Appliance noted, ``eScene reinforces Network Appliance's end-to-end solution for content delivery by enabling rich media applications such as distance learning in the enterprise market, and adding revenue-generating services for service providers.''
``Network Appliance has experienced far-reaching success in providing leading-edge, flexible solutions to its customers,'' commented Steve Russell, chief executive officer of eScene Networks. ``The decision to use and promote StreamLine 2.0 reinforces Network Appliance's commitment to improving user experience and providing scalable and seamless data management and content delivery. The two companies together deliver a complete content management solution that the market demands and enterprise businesses welcome.''
StreamLine 2.0 is a hosted streaming application that allows businesses to focus on their core competencies rather than streaming complexities. Using StreamLine 2.0, businesses can instantly establish new means of generating revenue through e-commerce channels, build more effective marketing initiatives, and strengthen corporate training and communications. A configurable feature set and a scalable and secure platform make StreamLine 2.0 an ideal streaming solution for enterprise businesses and growing companies.
About eScene
eScene Networks is the leading provider of powerful applications and comprehensive solutions that leverage streaming media for business initiatives. StreamLine(TM), eScene's flagship product, is a robust and scalable Web-based application that enables businesses to publish, manage, and distribute rich media content for corporate training, communications, marketing, and commerce. StreamLine offers the flexibility to customize a solution that will answer specific business needs and give a leading edge in the evolving market. Working with industry leaders and Fortune 2000 companies, eScene is making the promise of streaming media a reality. For more information about eScene Networks, visit www.escene.com or call 415/901-4140.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp® solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
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