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Digital Rapids Clears Hurdles Behind Unprecedented Summer Games Streaming Experiences

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:18:29 EDT

is one of the key enablers of the unprecedented live Internet coverage of the Summer Games currently being enjoyed by U.S. audiences.

iCrossing and Toyota Enhance New Web Site with Microsoft Silverlight

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:23:46 EDT

ToyotaFishing.com Built with Silverlight to Increase Natural Search Optimization in a Rich Media Environment

Inlet Technologies Pioneers HD H.264 Video Streaming to Flash Technology

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:39:37 EDT

Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, continues its tradition of innovation in digital video with the availability of live, high definition H.264 video streaming to Adobe® Flash Media Server to reach solutions built on Adobe Flash technology and Adobe AIR™.

Democrats Unveil 'Countdown to America's Future' Daily Convention Webcasts to Offer Exclusive Previews of Programming From Denver

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:57:11 EDT

Complete With Rising Political Stars, Inside Access from Key Campaign Officials, Exclusive Programming Details You Won't See or Hear Anywhere Else During Convention Week

Welcome to Beijing 2008: The First Olympics Where Viewers Are in Charge

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:52:58 EDT

everything from laptops to mobile phones and television on demand. Defying the limitations of conventional broadcasting, they'll fit the games into their lives when and where they want.

Visit NBCOlympics.com on MSN and Watch the Summer Games You Want, When You Want

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:10:48 EDT

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Anystream Selected for On-Demand Operations for NBC Universal's Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:50:01 EDT

Anystream has been selected by NBC Universal as a media production and publishing partner to NBC Universal during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China, August 8-24, 2008.

ChinaCache to Provide CDN Services to Support the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:26 EDT

ChinaCache, a leading content delivery network (CDN) service provider in China, today announced that it is ready to provide CDN services to support the upcoming 29th Olympic Games due to open on August 8. Through its commercial contracts with a number of domestic media, Internet web portals, and online entertainment companies, ChinaCache is expected to carry a total of 5,400 hours of online content delivery services for the Games.

Joel Neubeck, Director of Technology for Terralever, Named Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft Corp

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:04:09 EDT

Terralever, a leading full-service interactive marketing agency announced today that its Director of Technology, Joel Neubeck was named one of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) for Client Application Development. Microsoft MVPs are an elite group of the most highly skilled and experienced technology champions in the world.

The Weather Network Now Offers Free Traffic Widget for PC Desktops

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:29 EDT

Editors Note: A video is included with this press release.

AVIcode Introduces Client Side Application Monitoring

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:30:27 EDT

AVIcode, Inc., the leading provider of real-time, always-on application monitoring solutions, today announced a Client Side Monitoring (CSM) add-on for Intercept Studio. The product extends the end-to-end application health monitoring capabilities of Intercept Studio by enabling the ability to detect and diagnose problems with browser-based applications.

Panopto Releases Next Generation Lecture Capture Platform CourseCast(TM) 2.0, Delivering Enhanced Recording, Publishing and Search Capabilities

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:38 EDT

Panopto, Inc. announced today the general availability of the latest version of the CourseCast lecture capture software.

DoubleClick Serves Into Silverlight to Power Video Advertising for NBC Universal Digital Media

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:02:37 EDT

Today, DoubleClick, a premier provider of digital marketing technology and services, announced the new capability to serve video ads into Microsoft Silverlight 2 video environments. The move is part of DoubleClick's ongoing effort to help clients maximize the yield on their advertising inventory as they deliver content into emergent online, video and mobile channels.

Sybase iAnywhere Targets Web Developer Community With New Version of SQL Anywhere

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:09:34 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere today announced its new initiative to deliver SQL Anywhere®, its industry-leading data management system and powerful synchronization solution, for the web developer community. In addition to a number of web development features found in SQL Anywhere Version 11, its newest release (see related announcement), the company has also unveiled a new Web Edition that allows developers free SQL Anywhere Server database deployment.

Telerik Announces Landmark Q2 2008 Release

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:38:22 EDT

Telerik, a leading vendor of tools and components for .NET, is excited to announce the Q2 release of its RadControls suites for ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Forms, WPF, and Silverlight, and its .NET Reporting solution. Telerik introduces two new suites, optimizations across all products, and valuable training resources. Leveraging the power of Microsoft platforms, Telerik reinforces its position as an industry leader.

Drawloop Technologies Launches LOOP Exchange with Silverlight, Allows Companies to Automate Document Creation Online

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:13 EDT

Drawloop Technologies today announced the successful launch of LOOP Exchange with Silverlight, its first offering in support of Microsoft's new Silverlight technology.

KBB.com Launches Photo Edition of Its New-Car Perfect Car Finder(R)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:16 EDT

Kelley Blue Book's http://www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, today announces the launch of Perfect Car Finder(R): Photo Edition. This enhanced version of Kelley Blue Book's new-car Perfect Car Finder allows the consumer to explore and view new vehicles using Microsoft Silverlight Deep Zoom technology, providing a more visually engaging experience to help shoppers find their next new vehicle.

Limelight Networks to Provide Content Delivery Services for NBC's Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:16:11 EDT

Limelight Networks, Inc. today announced that the company (Nasdaq: LLNW) has been selected to provide live and on-demand video streaming services to NBCOlympics.com on MSN during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China, 8-24 August.

Symphoniq Announces TrueView, ADC Edition Real User Monitoring Solution for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:31:24 EDT

Symphoniq Corp., a pioneer in real end user performance monitoring, today announced the immediate release of TrueView, ADC Edition. Designed for use with F5 Network, Inc’s BIG-IP systems, TrueView, ADC Edition enables businesses to manage the Web application performance experienced by real users while leveraging their existing BIG-IP infrastructure. Powered by Symphoniq’s TRUE (The Real User Experience) technology that uniquely addresses the performance issues associated with complex Web architectures, TrueView, ADC Edition reveals previously undetectable end user performance issues for any Web application and correlates them with BIG-IP device statistics and other infrastructure and network parameters.

Swarmcast Passes Seventy-Five Minute Live Streaming Milestone

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:31:11 EDT

Swarmcast, the leader in high-quality online video delivery, today revealed that the average length of its live content streams delivered in 2008 has surpassed seventy-five minutes. Companies such as Major League Baseball (MLB.com) and iClips.net, the leading provider of free online concert streams, have deployed Swarmcast’s Autobahn Platform to offer their customers full screen, high-quality live content over standard broadband.

RIA Thought Leader, Web Spiders, Identifies Key Industry Developments Following Microsoft Partner Conference in Houston

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:36 EDT

Web Spiders, Inc. (www.webspiders.com), the premier global Web 2.0 rich Internet and rich mobile application (RIA) product development company for entrepreneurs and independent software vendors (ISVs), today offered perspective on trends and the future of RIA and applications development following this month's Microsoft Partner Conference. Web Spiders showcased its enterprise-scale RIA offerings at the conference, and solidified its leadership as among the first to launch a full-fledged Silverlight practice.

Granicus Announces National Digital Governance Award Winners

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:30:28 EDT

Granicus, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of solutions for government webcasting and public meeting management, announced the winners of the Digital Governance Awards today. The awards honor public agencies that:

WebTrends Video Tracking Breaks New Ground in Online Audience Engagement

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:30:46 EDT

WebTrends Inc., a leading provider of web analytics and online marketing solutions, has introduced an innovative method of online tracking that uncovers visitor patterns and trends related to web site video across all major media formats.

High Growth Forecasted for the Silverlight Mobile 2008: Developing the Platform for the Future of Mobile Content

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:21 EDT

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Wireless industry is available in its catalogue.

Liquid Compass Adds Greater Media to Streaming Network

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:52 EDT

Liquid Compass, a premier provider of streaming and web services to the radio industry, announced that it signed Greater Media, Inc. to its growing list of streaming radio networks. Greater Media is the parent company of 23 radio stations in major markets throughout the U.S., including Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Philadelphia and New Jersey.

LSI Expands Support for Microsoft Silverlight

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:14 EDT

LSI Corporation , a Microsoft Gold Technology Innovation award winner, today announced the expansion of its offering to include content processing solutions for the Microsoft(R) Silverlight(TM) platform. Initially based on video acceleration technology, the offering will now include the LSI(TM) Tarari(R) family of content processor solutions. This family is a comprehensive set of solutions providing security, quality of service, content-based billing and bandwidth management functions. The addition of these hardware acceleration technologies enhances Silverlight to provide high-performance networking, storage, audio and video capabilities in various Microsoft operating systems as well as for Linux(R) and the Mac OS(R).

Cynergy Continues Expansion; Opens Boston Office to Support Growing RIA Practice

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:30:37 EDT

Cynergy Systems, Inc., a global leader in Rich Internet application (RIA) software design and development, today announced the opening of its Boston office. Located at 34 Farnsworth Street in the popular Seaport area, Cynergy's newest office is in the heart of Boston's growing digital media community.

Ektron and VML Partner to Deliver a Proven Integration Between Ektron CMS400.NET and Microsoft's Silverlight

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:43 EDT

Ektron Inc., a technology and market leader in Web content management software, and VML, one of the world’s leading digital marketing agencies, announced today that they have established proven integration between Ektron’s CMS400.NET content management solution and Microsoft’s Silverlight.

magnify360 Brings Personalization to Citrix-Microsoft Website, OneGreatPartner.com

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:55 EDT

magnify360 (www.magnify360.com), the leading provider of 1-to-1 personalization technology, has been tapped to build OneGreatPartner.com, a Citrix community site for premier partner, Microsoft.

Mondo Announces The "Mondo Solution Selling(R) Accelerator" With "Focused Social CRM" for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:00:19 EDT

Mondo (COPN: MONDO), Denmark's largest provider of Microsoft-based solutions and services, today announced the availability of its new Mondo Solution Selling® Accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, an integrated CRM plug-in designed to boost sales effectiveness with proven sales management methodologies. The Solution Selling® Suite of planning, management, execution methodologies and skills, developed by Sales Performance International (SPI), is now available directly within Microsoft Dynamics CRM exclusively via the new Mondo Solution Selling® Accelerator. The new Accelerator also provides Microsoft Business Partners with a robust foundation to extend the Mondo Solution Selling® Accelerator with industry specific knowledge about buying and selling processes, key player roles, pains and capability visions, resulting in improved CRM relevance and adoption by sales professionals and managers.

Strategy Analytics: Nokia Makes Mobile OS a Commodity

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:30:44 EDT

The Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologiesreport, “Nokia Makes Mobile OS a Commodity: Symbian, Android and LiMo to Fight It Out,” analyzes the announcement of the Symbian Foundation by Nokia, and how this deal will impact Symbian partners, as well as the competitive offerings of Android, LiMo and Windows Mobile.

Cynergy Develops New Silverlight Version of Popular LineRider Game

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:30:35 EDT

careening down the course. The game enjoys a cult-like following that has been created virally, through its online community where players save their tracks, set them to music and share them over YouTube.com.

Schematic Brings NBC'S Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to Millions of Americans With Development of Silverlight-based Online Video Channel for NBCOlympics.com on MSN

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:37 EDT

Schematic, a WPP Digital company, announced today its development of the groundbreaking Web video player anchoring NBC’s online coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on NBCOlympics.com on MSN. The announcement was made today by Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics, and Trevor Kaufman, CEO of Schematic. The player debuts this week with live, streaming coverage of the U.S. Olympic trials.

FastVDO Extends Patent Offer Invitation!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:30:38 EDT

On June 5, 2008, FastVDO, a worldwide leader in developing image/video compression technologies, announced the unprecedented availability for sale of intellectual property believed to be pertinent to a variety of mainstream media codecs. Due to third party interest and time needed for due diligence, FastVDO today extends the Closing Date for offers; it also expands the set of patents in the portfolio. This is a unique, one-of-a-kind opportunity to acquire patents bearing on some of the most popular multimedia technologies and services worldwide. These include high-definition DVD (Blu-Ray), digital television, mobile video, internet publishing, and a host of mainstream applications. Among the vital codec technologies to which the FastVDO patents are believed to be relevant are:

Quilogy Invited into Highly Exclusive Microsoft Partner Program

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:31:15 EDT

Quilogy, Inc., a leading nationally-recognized IT professional services and certified training firm specializing in applying innovative emerging technologies to solve complex business problems, has been invited by Microsoft to join its exclusive Mercury Partner Program.

ViewCast(R) Joins Partner Initiative to Deliver Next Generation Cross-Platform Media

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:30:22 EDT

ViewCast Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VCST) , a leading global provider of streaming hardware and software solutions, today announced it has joined the Microsoft(R) Silverlight(TM) Partner Initiative to deliver the next generation of .NET-based media over the Internet.

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, Studio for WinForms, Studio for Mobile, and Doc-To-Help Recognized for Excellence With 2008 Readers' Choice Award From Visual Studio Magazine

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:18 EDT

ComponentOne, the provider of the most comprehensive suite of visual components available anywhere, today announced that its Studio for Mobile has been honored with a Readers' Choice Award and Studio Enterprise, Studio for WinForms, and Doc-To-Help have been honored with the Readers' Choice Merit Award from Visual Studio Magazine. The 2008 winners, which will appear in an upcoming issue, are chosen by Visual Studio Magazine's readers and honor excellent software products in 22 categories.

Cynergy Announces Platinum Sponsorship of Adobe MAX 2008 North America Annual Conference - San Francisco

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:18 EDT

Cynergy Systems, Inc., a global leader in Rich Internet application (RIA) design and development, today announced its platinum sponsorship of the Adobe MAX 2008 North America Annual Conference, which will take place November 16-19, 2008 in San Francisco. As a platinum sponsor, Cynergy will spotlight their award-winning applications and growing Adobe practice that helps companies from software startups to Fortune 50 market leaders build powerful, stunning and engaging enterprise-class software.

Aplana Software Wins Microsoft's 'Development Partner of the Year' Award

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:43 EDT

Aplana Software Inc., a Moscow-based software services company and a member of I.T.Co Group, has won the prestigious Microsoft ‘Smart Client Development Partner of the Year’ award for development of an online e-shop for digital music. This is the third Microsoft award received by Aplana, having previously won two similar awards in 2004.

ComponentOne Wins SD Times 100 Award Continuing its Reign as the Industry Leader

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:30:20 EDT

ComponentOne's innovation and long standing commitment to the development community has once again been recognized by being named a winner in the 2008 SD Times 100. The 6th Annual SD Times 100 also marks the sixth consecutive year ComponentOne has won the SD Times 100. ComponentOne's flagship product, Studio Enterprise is the industry's broadest and most complete suite of development components with five development platforms in one.