24th Oct 2006 14:00
Stratacache today announced that it has integrated its OmniCastcontent distribution software on the Amino family of set-top boxes(STBs), enabling the use of market-leading Amino devices asdistribution points for corporate video in branch locations. WithOmniCast integrated on Amino STBs, enterprises, banks, and retailershave a simple, plug-and-play solution for enabling live or on-demandcorporate video access from branch locations. The solution powersapplications such as distributed e-learning, corporate communication,and associate training. £ Amino is an emerging leader in set-top boxes used by serviceproviders. Enterprises that use OmniCast for distributing content fromthe corporate data center can now use Amino STBs as effective branchvideo access or storage unit. As simple auto-configuring devices,Amino STBs can easily connect to existing in-store display devices orbranch office televisions and do not require a complex installationprocess. Users can simply power up the unit and be ready to go. £ "OmniCast extends our enterprise appeal to retailers, banks, andother enterprises that need to bring video to hundreds or thousands ofbranches," said Roy Kirsopp, VP & General Manager of AminoCommunications. "With OmniCast built in, Amino STBs become simple,plug-and-play devices that bring low-cost video to any businesslocation." £ From the data center, enterprises can use OmniCast'spoint-and-click portal interface to schedule video distribution jobs.With features such as site-specific bandwidth controls and timed jobactivation, companies can deliver videos to branches overnight,thereby saving network bandwidth costs and eliminating congestionduring operating hours. £ "OmniCast client software has already been proven on hundreds ofthousands of PCs and servers in branch locations around the world."said Chris Riegel, CEO of Stratacache. "With our partnership withAmino, we are able to extend the value of delivering video to thebranch by providing a cost effective, turnkey video on demand systemfor the branch that is simple to set up and easy to use." £ OmniCast support for Amino STBs is available October 30, 2006. £ About Amino £ Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET(TM)series of set-top boxes, renowned for their low-cost and reliability.The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capitalexpenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required;MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV,personal video recording and home networking. The high performancecoupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, havebrought the series industry accolades and the company a leadingposition within the IPTV market. £ The AmiNET series of IPTV set-top boxes has been used by more than500 customers in commercial deployments and trials in over 50countries worldwide. The set-top boxes have also been sampled byanother additional 700 customers. Amino Communications' principalcustomers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality serviceoperators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct(TM)IPTV software stack pre-loaded. £ Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of AminoTechnologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO.Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta Georgiaand Hong Kong. £ About Stratacache £ Stratacache is the world leader in efficient, scalable and costeffective content distribution and application acceleration solutionsfor highly distributed, network connected organizations. ServingGlobal 2000 customers and mid-tier organizations in the retail,finance, service, manufacturing and government markets worldwide,Stratacache's products transparently solve large-scale contentdistribution and application performance challenges while immediatelyproviding tangible return-on-investment and dramatically improved usersatisfaction. Stratacache is based in Dayton, Ohio USA and isprivately held. For more information please visit www.stratacache.comor e-mail [email protected] Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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