Mpeg-2 video over ATM. 1600 broardcast stations in the US. By 2002, they all broadcast HDTV..............................
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-TEKTRONIX: Tektronix, FORE Systems team to deliver high-end professional video communications solutions
Presswire - September 22, 1998 13:40
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 September 1998-TEKTRONIX: Tektronix, FORE Systems team to deliver high-end professional video communications solutions (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
-- New partnership to provide MPEG-2 video communications solutions over ATM networks
Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK), a market leader in broadband video communications, and FORE Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORE), a global supplier of networking solutions based on an Intelligent Infrastructure, today announced a partnership to jointly market and sell broadcast-quality MPEG-2 based video communications solutions.
Through integrated solutions designed with products from both companies, customers will have access to specialized applications, including remote video collaboration (used in distance learning, telemedicine, court arraignments, and videoconferencing) and video trunking (for the transport of broadcast-quality video). Under terms of this agreement, Tektronix VideoTele.com, a business unit within the Video and Networking Division, will provide standards-based streaming video communications solutions. FORE Systems will offer the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and internet protocol (IP) network infrastructure capable of supporting such applications.
"Service providers and IS managers have been searching for a way to deploy multimedia applications and services on their networks," said Ron McKenzie, vice president of strategic marketing for FORE Systems. "The combination of Tektronix' expertise in MPEG solutions and FORE Systems' ability to support high bandwidth network transactions is enabling high end, professional video solutions."
"These two best-in-class companies, working together, will enable customers to deploy high-quality streaming video communications solutions over their existing data network infrastructure," said Tim Thorsteinson, president, Video and Networking Division, Tektronix. "Tektronix brings Emmy award-winning video expertise and years of video application knowledge to the video communications market, providing the best broadcast-quality video at any given bandwidth."
Together, Tektronix and FORE have already begun working with mutual customers. Florida News Channel has chosen to deploy a combined solution from Tektronix and FORE Systems through their service provider DeltaCom.
This new partnership serves to strengthen the existing Tektronix/FORE relationship. Tektronix is also a ForeThought partner in conjunction with FORE Systems' ForeThought Partner Program. ForeThought is the intelligent internetworking software from FORE Systems that allows a network to configure, tune, heal and secure itself.
About the Companies
FORE Systems is a leading global supplier of networking solutions based on an Intelligent Infrastructure designed to handle the networked applications of today and tomorrow.
FORE's Networks of Steel deliver the increased capacity, reduced complexity and unparalleled flexibility and scalability necessary to build networks that last. Thousands of enterprise and service provider customers worldwide have put FORE Systems' solutions at the heart of their networks.
For more information on FORE's Networks of Steel, call (888) 404-0444 or visit the FORE Systems web site at fore.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to products, partners, customers, future growth and other matters., Please refer to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by FORE Systems with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June, 1998, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by FORE Systems in August, 1998, for a discussion of risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.
Tektronix is a portfolio of measurement, color printing and video and networking businesses dedicated to applying technology excellence to customer challenges. Tektronix is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, and has operations in 26 countries outside the United States. Founded in 1946, the company had revenues of $2.1 billion in fiscal 1998.
FORE Systems and ForeThought are registered trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc. Intelligent Infrastructure and Networks of Steel are trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc.
Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Laura Barber, Tektronix Tel: +1 503 627-6240 Fax: +1 503 627-5801 e-mail: laura.barber@tek.com Rich Borden/Jim Blew, FORE Systems Tel: +1 724 742-4444 Fax: +1 724 742-7742 e-mail: rborden@fore.com e-mail: jblew@fore.com
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