RC, Stephens came out with new earnings estimates for CNGR today. Have you seen them ? I don't know the specifics.
Also, did you see this report on VGCP ?
Viking Systems, Inc. Announces Under $500 Video Conferencing Technology
That Millions Can Afford to Purchase Over the Internet
Viking E-Commerce Website to Offer MAXpc Technology as First Product
March 4, 1999-- Viking Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Viking
Capital Group, Inc. (OTC: VGCP - news), has completed an agreement with
MAXpc Technologies, Inc. of Dallas and will begin selling products over the
Internet.
The deal gives Viking the right to sell all MAXpc products, including a card
with patented embedded technology for parallel processing. This contract
gives Viking one of its first products to be sold via their e-commerce
transaction area soon to be available on the Viking Capital Financial
Network web portal. The first product, an IP video conferencing card, will
sell for $499 (U.S., retail). Slated for retail availability by the end of
March, Viking Systems is adding this tool to their suite of technologies
which it believes will encourage use of the Viking Capital Financial
Network, a virtual private network established to facilitate a wide range of
secure, high-speed transactions via the Internet.
The agreement was signed with MAXpc Technologies, Inc. of Dallas. MAXpc is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Voxcom Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: VXCH). Terms of
the deal give Viking the right to sell the MAXpc technology, capable of
transforming most PCs into video communication stations. The MAXpc processor
technology operates at 3.6 billion operations per second and takes the
burden of video processing away from the system CPU. The technology offers
full-motion, 2-way video communications over high speed Extranet/Intranet
connections, and is compliant with MPEG and streaming video/DVD standards.
The technology can operate over standard telephone lines, (analog) but is
intended to enable the use of digital (IP) video on emerging standards such
as ISDN, ADSL, satellite and cable modem technologies.
"Using conferencing and application sharing utilities that ship with the
product and are also freely available via the Internet, our customers will
be able to leverage their connection to our virtual private network with
video to potentially every desktop." said Garry Millar, President, Viking
Systems, Inc.
"When we announced our e-commerce plans earlier this year, we were astounded
at the volume of inquiries from companies interested in using our network to
sell their products. An analysis of our cost structure and business model
proved to us that Viking Systems could add this e-commerce capability to our
overall endeavors on a very competitive cost basis. MAXpc made perfect sense
as the place to start, because it encourages use of the underlying network.
"We're already looking at a range of other products Viking could offer to
users of our network, which was established to facilitate secure financial
transactions over an IP network. This could prove to be an unexpected bonus
in terms of our e-commerce plans."
Viking Systems expects to sell the card as well as a complete turnkey
package as a multimedia PC built around the card. While pricing for the PC
solutions will vary according to options selected by the customer, the card
alone may be purchased for $499.00 (U.S.). The complete turnkey package will
be priced to remain competitive with other PCs even though they do not
utilize MAXpc technology.
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About Viking Capital Group, Inc.
Viking Capital Group, Inc., head office in Dallas, is creating a group of
streamlined companies to provide specialized administration services, using
proprietary technology to reduce costs and improve quality of service to
insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions. Simultaneously,
the Company plans to purchase and manage its own portfolio of insurance
Company assets. The Company's strategic goal is to acquire $1.5 billion in
insurance managed assets through the purchase of existing life insurance
companies. Viking is a fully reporting SEC Company and is traded on the
OTC - BB market under the symbol VGCP.
Contact Viking on the World Wide Web at - HYPERLINK vcgi.com
About MAXpc Technologies, Inc.
MAXpc is a revolutionary, one-of-a-kind accelerator card for IP video
communications and processing. The product was designed specifically to
equip the desktop computer with the power required for full-motion video
communications via the Internet. It is the first product of its kind to
utilize the cutting edge VLIW Supercomputer technology. MAXpc Technologies
include MAXconference (a true-motion desktop video communication system over
the Internet), MAXvideo (a high-quality desktop media accelerator that
provides audio and video recording, editing and playback, DVD, MPEG-1, and
streamed video viewing over the Internet or LAN, plus positional and
wavetable audio and surround sound.)
Contact MAXpc on the World Wide Web: www.maxpc.com
Media contact: Robert Cathey, 423/584-0550 or rcathey@ackermannpr.com
Investor contact: Matthew W. Fossen, CFO
Viking Capital Group, Inc. 972/386-9996 or mfossen@vcgi.com
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