New RealOne Enterprise Desktop, RealOne Desktop Manager, Media Content
Creation Tools, and Outsourcing Services Provide Easy-To-Use and Customizable
Solutions
LOS ANGELES, Streaming Media West/Internet World, April 24
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealNetworks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) (Booth #404),
the global leader in Internet media delivery, 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."
"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(TM), 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 on RealNetworks enterprise products and services
please visit - http://www.realnetworks.com/info/enterprise
Organizations Benefiting From RealNetworks Enterprise Solutions
Oracle Corporation is using RealNetworks rich media solutions to
communicate with employees, customers, prospects, partners, and developers.
Streaming media offers Oracle the flexibility to produce and distribute
thousands of hours of original programming in a cost effective manner in line
with corporate objectives, including "Cooking with Code," "Dr. DBA" and
Ebusiness@Work.. For example, by delivering seminars via streaming, Oracle
has significantly cut the delivery cost per attendee and the programs generate
thousands of sales leads every week.
"Utilizing RealNetworks enterprise solutions has completely changed the
way we look at event planning and marketing at Oracle," said Mark Jarvis,
Oracle chief marketing officer. "Streaming media solutions have helped us to
slash travel costs for in-house meetings and seminars, streamlined product and
systems training and substantially cut acquisition costs through new lead
generation models."
MasterCard's operations center in St. Louis, MO is the nerve center for
MasterCard's transaction processing -- on a single day as much 30 million
authorizations and $4 billion pass through the facility. "With three shifts,
2,200 people and a meeting room that holds only 500, not to mention the other
company locations around the world, we needed a solution to connect our
employees and keep us all working toward the same goal. RealNetworks'
RealSystem provided both the technical ability to execute on our network and
the robust media experience we needed for our employees," said Linda Locke,
vice president, Communications, MasterCard.
Businesses are not the only ones incorporating RealNetworks technology
into their operations. In fact, leading educational and government
institutions are utilizing rich media solutions for everything from recruiting
to teaching online.
"Streaming media from RealNetworks is quickly making the transition from
desirable option to vital tool at Cal State Long Beach. Almost anywhere you
look on campus you'll find innovative applications that enhance learning,
provide valuable online resources, and help us get out the university's
message," said Matt Kaplan, senior director of advanced technology, California
State University Long Beach. "We've been using RealNetworks' technology for
five years here at University College and Extension Services, where it has
played a role in making us one of the most successful extended education
divisions in the twenty-three campus CSU system."
Rich media solutions from RealNetworks are also helping the U.S. Army go
high tech in its recruitment efforts. With RealNetworks' technology,
potential recruits can go to the U.S. Army website and read a current
soldiers' testimonies and interviews, providing them with essential
information about pursuing an Army career.
"One of the challenges of recruiting is the unknown quality of what
happens at basic training. We have used RealNetworks' digital media on our Go
Army website to open up the lives of six ordinary recruits and allow them to
tell their story. Being able to see and hear soldiers tell about their
experiences helps us to better inform and educate young Americans and help
them overcome those fears," said, CPT David Connolly, U.S. Army Recruiting,
Public Affairs.
About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc. is the global leader in Internet media delivery. It
develops and markets software products and services designed to enable users
of personal computers and consumer electronic devices to send and receive
audio, video and other multimedia services using the Web. Consumers can access
and experience audio/video programming and download RealNetworks' consumer
software on the Internet at http://www.real.com. RealNetworks' systems and
corporate information is located on the Internet at
http://www.realnetworks.com.
NOTE: RealNetworks, RealSystem, Real Broadcast Network, PresenterOne and
RealOne are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All
other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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