New PC-based Video Communications Applications to Anchor DVC'98
Spring Conference and Exhibition in April
Conference Will Show Business and IT Managers Solutions for Multimedia Communications
Over Intranets and the Internet
HINSDALE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1998-- Live demonstrations of new, PC-based video communications will
anchor the DVC'98 Spring Conference and Exhibition this April in Santa Clara, Calif. DVC is the leading venue for business
executives and information technology managers looking to enhance communications between employees and customers over
corporate intranets and the Internet. The event will convene April 27 - 30 in the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Computer-based video and other multimedia communications have moved beyond novelty and become important business
productivity tools for widely dispersed workgroups. Applications include collaboration, training, customer service, marketing
and promotion.
Videoconferencing, for example, is popular among travel managers who see it as a replacement for face-to-face meetings in a
time of rapidly rising airfares. Video communications technology traditionally required expensive videoconferencing centers
that allowed limited use. Now, networked PCs provide a convenient and economical platform for visually linking employees
and business partners.
''The new medium is the network,'' said Jerry Goldstone, publisher of DVC Magazine and event sponsor. ''Businesses are
expanding the role of corporate networks and unleashing the power of the Internet to create new, visual communications
tools.''
Networked multimedia promises to be a key technology of the new millennium, according to industry analysts. Technology
innovations and hundreds of recently developed communications applications offer dramatic changes in the way companies do
business. Industry giants such as Cisco Systems, Inc., Intel Corp. [Nasdaq:INTC - news] and Microsoft Corp.
[Nasdaq:MSFT - news] are putting their combined weight behind business- critical applications of networked multimedia
communications.
DVC'98 Spring features a digital multimedia communications extravaganza:
Conference program developed by the leading researchers, developers and users of networked multimedia communications.
Three keynote addresses by executives of Disney Imagineering, Microsoft and Cisco.
Utterly fantastic live demos, including a virtual jam session of live musicians.
State-of-the-art multimedia show network - DVCnet -with Internet Protocol LAN and WAN premises systems provided by
Cisco and global ISDN services by MCI Telecommunications.
Videoconferencing Shoot-Out Corral - separate ''shootouts'' of H.323 (LAN), H.324 (POTS), H.310 (ATM) and H.320
(ISDN) videoconferencing products.
DVC Live! - an Internet multicast of DVC '98 Spring, hosted by Microsoft and supported by MultiMedia Access Corp -
accessible through www.bcr.com.
Real World Solutions Pavilion featuring distance learning, corporate training, business event broadcasting, telemedicine,
surveillance, customer support, advertising and promotion, video mail and many other business applications.
International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC) Interoperability Pavilion, demonstrating how different video
communications products work together.
Picture This! - up to 16 videoconferencing cameras working side-by-side, letting you judge the quality, price and performance
that best suits your needs.
NMC Multimedia Theater where Networked Multimedia Connection partners Intel, Cisco and Microsoft will present
overviews of the hottest business solutions for use on company intranets and on the Internet.
FREE Voice-Over-IP Phone Calls, to anyone anywhere in the world using fully featured telephones provided by Selsius
Systems and switched digital services from MCI.
MCI + Global ISDN Applications and Events Pavilion, featuring video conferences and ISDN solution demonstrations
coming from Germany, the U.K., Japan, South Africa, Canada, Australia, the Middle East and other locations around the
world.
Prizes Galore! Including videoconferencing systems, thousands of dollars worth of bridging services, videophones, digital
video cameras, director's chairs, software, books and more. You must be present to win.
For information contact DVC '98 Spring at (800) 227-1234 or visit the Web site at www.bcr.com.
Contact:
Buerger Media & Marketing, Inc.
Maggie Buerger
770-449-1666
maggie@buerger.com |
