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Technology Stocks : Ezenia! (VSVR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: General Crude who wrote (659)	11/4/1997 2:41:00 PM
From: General Crude	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 890

Kinda Quiet out there considering VSVR at 14 up 15/16ths. Dow up only 1 point. Good Luck. Doug

To: General Crude who wrote (659)	11/19/1997 3:07:00 AM
From: Bill Gerring	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 890

What advantages does a VideoServer MCU have over a software product like White Pine's Meetingpoint (see below) running on an appropriately configured NT box? Any comments? Bill /****************************************************************/ White Pine Announces Launch of Meetingpoint Conference Server Breakthough Group Conferencing Technology Connects H.323 Conferencing Applications, Including CU-SeeMe, NetMeeting, VideoPhone and Others NASHUA, N.H., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- White Pine Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:WPNE), a leading provider of group conferencing software solutions for the Internet and corporate intranets, today announced the launch of MeetingPoint, the industry's first H.323 multimedia conference server software. White Pine is the first to provide a complete client/server solution for real-time group conferencing and collaboration over IP networks, the Internet and corporate intranets. ''Conferencing is increasingly being accomplished with cost-effective software solutions utilizing existing IP networks,'' said Killko Caballero, President of White Pine Software. ''MeetingPoint converges two very important and fast-growing industry segments, the Internet (IP-based networks) and videoconferencing. This technology will be the catalyst for mass videoconferencing communications and a new revenue model for Network Service Providers (NSPs).'' MeetingPoint is the first conference server software to implement the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) H.323 standard for conferencing over packet networks. This will enable the millions of users of Microsoft's NetMeeting, Intel's Internet Videophone, White Pine's CU-SeeMe, and any other standards-based client to participate in full multi-point group conferences. For the first time, users will be able to work, learn, and socialize together regardless of whether or not they use the same desktop conferencing software. ''White Pine's MeetingPoint conference server expands the group conferencing possibilities for NetMeeting users. It add standards-based multi-point audio/video capability to NetMeeting's T120 multi-point data sharing capability. This is a big win for NetMeeting and Internet Explorer users,'' said Blake Irving, Microsoft General Manager, Internet Client and Collaboration Division. Corporate Solutions With MeetingPoint, corporations will be able to utilize their existing network infrastructure for real-time group conferencing. The cost and complexity of traditional conferencing systems has meant that the benefits of low-cost, real-time decision making via group conferencing have been limited to only a small minority of decision-makers. In addition to bringing remote decision-making and collaboration to a wider audience, low-cost software conferencing solutions open a variety of new applications, from corporate training to customer sales and support via the Internet. ''Combined with growing implementation of IP Multicasting, video conferencing will likely become commonplace on LANs over the next two years,'' said Michael Goulde, Sr. Consultant and Vice President, Patricia Seybold Group. ''Being able to conduct business face-to-face quickly across campus will be easy to sell, and White Pine's MeetingPoint will make it easy to manage.'' Availability and Pricing MeetingPoint will be available in late October for the Windows NT platform, and in December for the Solaris platform. Pricing in the United States will range from $1,995 for a 10-user license for corporate intranets to about $35,000 for a 100-user license for NSPs. Specific pricing is dependent on the number of simultaneous users. About White Pine Software White Pine develops, markets and supports multi-platform browser-based internetworking software that facilitates worldwide video and audio communication and data collaboration across the Internet, intranets, extranets and other networks that use the Internet Protocol. White Pine's videoconferencing software products, CU-SeeMe(R) and MeetingPoint(TM), create a client/server solution that allows users to participate in real-time, multi- point video, audio and data conferences over the Internet and intranets.