Sun Microsystems Announces Broad Alliance With VisionTech
04/19/1999
PR Newswire
(Copyright (c) 1999, PR Newswire)
VisionTech's MVCast, First Certified 'Solaris Ready' MPEG -2 Encoder, Delivers
Unparalleled Price-Performance on the Robust Sun(TM) Platform
LAS VEGAS, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Paving the way for the new digital media millennium with end-to-end broadcast solutions, at NAB '99, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced an alliance with VisionTech, Ltd., a leader in high-quality MPEG -2 video encoding and decoding solutions. Sun and VisionTech will collaborate on optimizing current and future VisionTech products for the Sun platform, as well as participate in joint marketing and sales activities.
The joint marketing alliance builds on VisionTech's leadership in high-quality MPEG video encoding and decoding solutions on the highly scalable, reliable and robust Sun platform for video storage, management and distribution. Together, these best-in-class solutions will deliver outstanding price-performance to the broadcast, cable and telecommunications industries.
"Broadcasters and other demanding MPEG -2 customers are hungry for a high-quality, reasonably-priced MPEG -2 solution," said Samuel Turcotte, market segment manager for entertainment technology, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "By combining VisionTech's new Kfir encoder chip with their MVCast PCI card on a Sun workstation or server, MPEG -2 customers can now have a reliable, scalable, powerful and high-quality solution at a fraction of the typical price. Quite simply, we see this as a revolution in MPEG -2 technology."
VisionTech's MVCast is the first MPEG encoder to pass the rigorous Solaris Ready(TM) certification program, providing complete compatibility with Sun's workstations and servers running Sun's Solaris operating environment(TM) and Sun StorEdge(TM) Media Central software platforms. Solaris Ready products such as MVCast meet Sun's stringent standard for platform support, ease of use, ease of installation and interoperability.
"MVCast is the ideal solution for MPEG -2 video streaming," said Didier Aubert, product marketing manager at Temex Telecom France. "The quality, cost, strength and stability of VisionTech's hardware and SDK, combined with their meticulous support, solidified our decision to use the MVCast for interactive video streaming."
As a leading Internet server operating system, Sun's robust and scalable Solaris operating environment is engineered to support high-volume enterprise and network environments. Combined with the just-announced StorEdge Media Central open software platform, Sun can now extend these benefits to the broadcast and digital media industries.
"We're excited to join forces with the leader in network computing to bring high-quality video capabilities to the next level in the convergence of broadcast, telecommunications and the Internet," said Ezra Morad, President, VisionTech, Ltd. "By leveraging our respective strengths, VisionTech and Sun can deliver next-generation MPEG -2 video systems on a scalable, reliable and open computing platform, with the best price-performance, for the rapidly changing digital media industry."
VisionTech Ltd.
Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, VisionTech is a leading developer and manufacturer of digital video compression products. The company's core technologies are chip/board and software architectures for digital video/audio compression. The company designs and produces digital video encoding chips and boards for a broad range of professional and consumer applications. VisionTech's products are recognized for being highly functional, low-cost, high-quality solutions. VisionTech's website can be found at visiontech-dml.com .
Sun Microsystems
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Contact: /CONTACT: Andrea Fleming of Sun Microsystems, Inc., 650-786-8075, or andrea.fleming@sun.com; or Brian Lemelman (U.S.), 561-691-9000, or Amir Morad (Israel), 972-9-9512-877, both of VisionTech/ 08:03 EDT
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