Company Press Release
InnovaCom to Provide Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment, Compaq
Computer, and Sun Microsystems with MPEG-2 Video Encoding at Interop
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--InnovaCom Inc.
will supply MPEG-2 video encoding over Gigabit Ethernet networks to
Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment, Compaq Computer
and Extreme Networks at the Networld+Interop Convention in Atlanta, Oct.
8-10, 1997.
``Selection of InnovaCom to supply video to Hewlett Packard, Sun
Microsystems, Digital Equipment, Compaq and Extreme Networks reinforces
InnovaCom's growing position as the MPEG-2 technology of choice in the
development of high quality video networks using local area network and
wide area network infrastructures,'' said Mark C. Koz, InnovaCom
president and chairman.
``We expect to utilize the bandwidth provided by Gigabit Ethernet to
move high quality video to the desktop workstation from these companies
utilizing our DV2100 MPEG-2 encoder,'' Koz said. ``We will be supplying
program content as well from our Sierra Vista Entertainment Division.''
Last week Extreme Networks announced that it, 3Com Corp., Compaq
Computers and Netcom Systems will be providing the first multi-vendor
Gigabit Ethernet backbone at the Interop show floor and Network
Operations Center. The systems will utilize InnovaCom's DV2100 MPEG-2
encoders, 3Com and Extreme Gigabit Ethernet switches, servers from
Compaq, and traffic generators from Netcom.
``This live backbone demonstration is a tremendous step forward for the
Gigabit Ethernet technology,'' said Tony Lee, chairman of the Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance and product line manager for Extreme Networks. ``It
demonstrates that although the Gigabit Ethernet standards is not yet
final, the current draft is quite solid and products can already
interoperate.''
``The use of InnovaCom's MPEG-2 encoding technology in these exhibits is
an example of the extreme flexibility of InnovaCom's encoding products
for networking,'' Koz said, ``and further evidence of InnovaCom's
ability to identify and penetrate new markets.''
Networld+Interop, now in its eleventh year, is a SOFTBANK forum and
attracts over 50,000 network and Internet professionals from around the
world.
InnovaCom is also designing and developing a single-chip MPEG-2 encoder
that is anticipated to begin deliveries during the first quarter of
1998.
InnovaCom is located at 2855 Kifer Road, Suite 100, Santa Clara, Calif.
95051. Telephone is 408/727-2447 (CHIP) and Fax is 408/727-6625.
InnovaCom Investor Relations contact is Ben Gibson at 888/464-6734.
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Contact:
Carter Elliott Public Relations (Media)
Carter Elliott, 408/395-1161
or
InnovaCom (IR)
Ben Gibson, 888/464-6734
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