RealNetworks Updates its Streaming Video Format
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LOS ANGELES (Apr. 24, 2002) -- RealNetworks, Inc. today announced rich media corporate communications and sales training solutions for businesses, educational institutions and government organizations. With end-to-end content creation, publishing, delivery, playback and network management solutions as well as integration services and outsourcing services, RealNetworks is providing these solutions to a diverse group of organizations including Boeing Corporation, California State University - Long Beach, MFS Investment Management, MasterCard, Oracle, UCLA Medical Center, and the US Army.

"RealNetworks rich media delivery solutions address the most critical business problems facing organizations, such as increasing sales force performance by creating compelling and immersive training experiences, and aligning employees and partners around key strategies," said Martin Plaehn, senior vice president, Media Systems, RealNetworks. "The breadth of services and products from RealNetworks means we can get organizations up and running quickly with digital media, while providing the most powerful media delivery and management platform available." [an error occurred while processing this directive] "RealNetworks' streaming media really has revolutionized the way we think about communicating, both internally and externally," said Jerry Potts, senior vice president of marketing communications, MFS Investment Management, which has 6 million customers and 3,000 employees worldwide. "Though originally brought in for outbound communications, we now use it for HR benefits and internal policy communication as well as internal business reviews. We know that our business is able to generate more powerful, impactful communications by leveraging RealNetworks products and services."

Solutions for Today's Organizations

RealNetworks Corporate Communications Solution and Sales Training Solution include new desktop player and configuration applications, authoring tools, media delivery software, integration services and outsourcing services.

  • RealOne(TM) Enterprise Desktop and RealOne Desktop Manager: RealNetworks today unveiled two powerful new products for customizing and managing the enterprise media experience. RealOne Enterprise Desktop is a fully customizable and configurable version of RealOne Player, targeted to maximize productivity while offering the most
    compelling user experience. RealOne Desktop Manager is a web-based tool for centrally creating, managing and updating RealOne Enterprise Desktop applications. It ensures consistency of players across the entire organization and provides IT managers with flexibility, the ability to manage the network impact of rich media, and power to update
    desktop components and settings without requiring full player downloads or access by users to the public Internet. These products will be available in preview form shortly.

  • Authoring Products: Syncing audio, video, PowerPoint slides, graphics and web pages for live and on-demand delivery to the RealOne Enterprise Desktop is easy with tools from RealNetworks and partners. These tools are an important component of integrated solutions, unlocking the ability for decentralized content creation within enterprises. RealNetworks PresenterOne, powered by Accordent, offers a full authoring environment including interactive features for polling, surveys and more, perfect for educational and training settings. RealNetworks Presentation Maker, powered by sofTV.net, offers a full authoring environment complete with a library of three-pane templates to help enterprise professionals create the most compelling presentations possible. Camtasia RealSystem(R) Edition offers the ability to easily record movements on the desktop, especially useful for training applications, while Enounce's 2xAV client plug-in puts users in charge of the speed of playback.

  • Media Delivery Solutions: RealSystem Server Intranet and RealSystem Proxy deliver unparalleled broadcasting capacity and reliability for reaching an entire organization with the highest possible quality but without impacting the network.

  • Integration Services: RealNetworks Professional Services and Enterprise Platinum Services offer integration and support for organizations developing their solutions or in need of dedicated support.

  • Outsourcing Services: Real Broadcast Network(TM) offers end-to-end services for a quick start or a completely outsourced solution - from content creation to management of servers on the organization's network to conference webcasting complete with e-commerce services. Additionally, Real Broadcast Network can serve as an overflow outlet for temporary high bandwidth usage needs.

    For more information, visit www.realnetworks.com/info/enterprise






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