Network Appliance Simplifies Enterprise Streaming Media Application Deployments With Industry's First Certified Camera-to-Viewer Solution

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001

Yahoo! Broadcast Solutions, Virage Inc, Vingage, Sliq Media, and

Presenter Inc. Team with Network Appliance to Provide Total Solution

for Creating, Managing, and Delivering Streaming Content

Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today expanded its enterprise content delivery network (ECDN) applications suite with its Camera-to-Viewer solution. Camera-to-Viewer(TM) is the industry's first integrated, blueprinted ECDN solution that enables businesses to create, edit, publish, deliver, and manage rich media and communications applications over existing corporate intranets. The solution is based on the expertise of the industry's leading streaming media solutions companies including Yahoo! Broadcast Solutions, Virage (Nasdaq:VRGE), Vingage, Sliq Media, and Presenter, and built upon the NetApp(R) ECDN solution platform.

Camera-to-Viewer simplifies the global deployment of streaming media applications that enhance supplier, partner, employee, and customer communications and results in a more competitive business that is prepared for the challenges of today's knowledge and information economy.

From internal e-learning applications to external Webcasts and live, interactive PowerPoint presentations, Camera-to-Viewer includes the blueprinted tools that provide customers with the flexibility to purchase a comprehensive total solution. Customers can manage ECDN deployments in-house, or purchase the modular feature set that meets their specific needs, enabling them to outsource their streaming projects. Both options include the following key features:

-- Comprehensive content authoring, publishing, and editing tools

-- Complete set of streaming management and reporting tools

-- Live and on-demand streaming components, video indexing, and digital asset
management

-- Ability to benefit from partners' extensive expertise in enterprise
broadcast streaming services

-- Highly available and easy to manage ECDN infrastructure

-- Network Appliance certification

The Camera-to-Viewer certification is based on rigorous tests evaluating the reliability and seamless interoperability of the partners' applications and services with NetApp ECDN architecture, assuring customers they have purchased a dependable solution.

"We're constantly striving to take advantage of cutting-edge communications technologies like streaming media to better service our member community," said Terrence O'Hanlon, publisher, ReliabilityWeb.com. "Rather than piece together technology from a variety of different streaming technology vendors, we were looking for a complete solution that allows us to quickly and easily deliver information and training to a wide audience. Presenter's iPresentation solutions enable us to instantly create and deliver timely, consistent streaming media communications that keep our members informed, and help them to not only keep up with the rapid pace of today's business environment, but to outrun it."

"Companies are looking to minimize travel expenses, conduct more frequent, all-inclusive global corporate meetings, and improve employee training," said Amit Pandey, senior director of marketing for the content delivery business unit, Network Appliance. "The use of streaming media for corporate communications and distance learning enables companies to achieve this goal. With NetApp Camera-to-Viewer, enterprises can be assured of seamless and flawless streaming application development and performance from the camera to their target viewers at the lowest total cost of ownership. Essentially, Network Appliance and its partners have greatly simplified the development and delivery of streaming applications in the enterprise."

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in network data storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo! utilize NetApp global data management solutions.

The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(R) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This Center-to-Edge(TM) solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance(TM) product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.

NetApp and NetCache are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, Camera-to-Viewer, Center-to-Edge, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc . All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.