Sun teams with Tektronix
Sun Microsystems Announces Strategic Video Relationship With Tektronix
Alliance Delivers Best-of-Class Video Capabilities on Robust Sun(TM) Platform And Using Tektronix' High-Quality, Low-Cost-Per-Channel Video Solutions
LAS VEGAS, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating its commitment to deliver end-to-end digital media solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) announced a strategic video relationship with Tektronix, Inc., a leader in broadcast-quality digital video solutions, to jointly deliver an optimized solution targeted at broadcasters, cable operators and other network services providers. The announcement was made today at NAB '99 (National Association of Broadcasters).
The joint effort will integrate the Tektronix' broadcast-quality M2Trillium encoder board with Sun Microsystems' Sun Enterprise(TM) server products running Sun's Solaris(TM) operating environment and new Sun StorEdge(TM) Media Central software platform, providing real-time MPEG encoding, streaming and outstanding store and forward file performance.
''Based on their mutual legacies of innovation, both Tektronix and Sun have formed a strategic relationship to bring broadcast-quality video capabilities to the next level in the convergence of the Internet, telecommunications, and video,'' said Tim Thorsteinson, president, Tektronix Video and Networking Division. ''By co-promoting our respective strengths, Tektronix and Sun provide broadcast and network service providers with next-generation video systems on a scalable, reliable and open computing platform.''
As a leading enterprise server platform, Sun's robust and scalable Solaris operating environment is engineered to support high-volume enterprise and network environments. Sun StorEdge Media Central software takes advantage of Sun's highly scalable, network-enabled line of Sun Enterprise servers and high-performance Sun StoreEdge solutions. Combined with tools designed by third parties, Sun StorEdge Media Central delivers a broad set of flexible, customizable content management and audio/video distribution solutions.
''Tektronix' leadership in broadcast-quality video solutions, combined with Sun's expertise in enterprise computing, position both companies to deliver new levels of performance and reliability to broadcasters and providers of broadcast networking services,'' said Bill Correll, group manager, worldwide digital media market, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ''This alliance is further evidence of Sun's increasing momentum in the broadcast and digital television industry.''
The Tektronix M2Trillium encoder board can produce either full broadcast-quality single program transport streams, or scale back to deliver Internet quality MPEG1 system streams in real-time. A standard encoder board, the M2Trillium is available with either analog or digital inputs. The M2Trillium can be deployed in mission-critical broadcast applications where high performance and reliability are paramount, including video and near-video-on-demand services, video storage and retrieval, commercial broadcast, computer-based training, and the distribution of advertising content.
About Tektronix
Long known for its video expertise, Tektronix offers the best video quality at every bandwidth, from MPEG-1 on a corporate intranet, through uncompressed high-definition signals over standard ATM networks -- and the lowest cost per channel for broadcast-quality video. The company's MPEG technologies scale from MPEG-1 @ 400 kb/sec to MPEG-2 4:2:2 @ 50 Mbits/sec. Tektronix has also played an important role in the video standards movement, having led the development of the MPEG2 4:2:2 ML@MP specification. Of the more than 2,500 patents held by Tektronix, one-fifth are related to video.
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.
About Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ''The Network Is The ComputerTM,'' has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $10.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com.
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SOURCE: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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