FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2000
Division of Financial Services, Inc.
Contact: Charlie Taylor
703-409-3559
info@vidnet.org
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White Pine's MeetingPoint Named
Multimedia Conferencing 'Product
Of The Year' By Network Magazine
May 2000 Issue to Profile MeetingPoint Version 4.0 as
Product That Has
Made IP-based Videoconferencing 'Ready for Prime Time'
NASHUA, New
Hampshire - April 17, 2000 - White Pine Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPNE), a
leading provider of multimedia conferencing applications for the Internet and
intranets, today announced that its MeetingPoint™ 4.0 conference server has
been named Network Magazine's 'Product of the Year' for multimedia
conferencing. The Product of the Year 2000 awards, to be featured in the May issue
of Network Magazine, profile the best products and services in
categories related to enterprise networks.
The 2000
'Product of the Year' titles were awarded to products that according to
Editor-in-Chief, Steve Steinke, "Make a difference to the readers-the
enterprise networking and IT individuals who manage, administer, and support
enterprise networks." In relation to the multimedia conferencing category,
the magazine states that with MeetingPoint, "H.323 is pretty much ready
for prime time."
MeetingPoint
was selected as the 'Product of the Year' in the multimedia conferencing
category for its software-based solution and the comprehensive set of features
that it offers to enterprises for conferencing and collaboration, including its
Streaming Media and Continuous Presence plug-ins and its ability to bring users
into a conference on the fly.
"MeetingPoint
is making multimedia conferencing accessible throughout the enterprise,"
said Roger Wallman, director of product marketing for White Pine Software.
"The flexibility and advantages of a software-based solution meet the
needs of network administrators for deployment and scalability, while a
well-rounded feature set meets the needs of individual conferencing users."
About
MeetingPoint
MeetingPoint was the first conference server software to implement the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) H.323 standard for conferencing
over packet networks. It enables the tens of millions of users who have
installed H.323 desktop clients such as Intel ProShare, Microsoft NetMeeting,
PictureTel LiveLAN, and White Pine CU-SeeMe® Pro to participate in
full multi-point group conferences for departmental meetings, partner support,
corporate training, and other business-critical applications. MeetingPoint has
been awarded several industry awards, including previous 'Product of the Year'
awards from both CTI and Internet Telephony magazines. Along with
White Pine's CU-SeeMe software or CU-SeeMe Web (a fully web-based client),
MeetingPoint provides a complete conferencing and collaboration solution for
any IP network.
About White Pine
Software
White Pine Software develops, markets and supports multi-platform browser-based
internetworking software that facilitates worldwide video and audio
communication and data collaboration across the Internet, intranets, extranets
and other networks that use the Internet Protocol. White Pine's
videoconferencing software products, CU-SeeMe Pro and MeetingPoint, create a
client-server solution that allows users to participate in real-time,
multi-point video, audio and data conferences over the Internet and intranets.
White Pine’s ClassPoint provides a complete solution for corporate training and
distance learning.
About WWW.VIDNET.ORG
WWW.VIDNET.ORG, a division of
Financial Services, Inc. is a factory authorized distributor and Certified
Alliance Partner of White Pine Software, Inc.'s interactive video conferencing
communications products, including the MeetingPoint conference server and
CU-SeeMe Pro user/client software, and an authorized reseller for leading
manufacturers of color digital PC cameras, microphones and headsets, computers,
and printers.
All trademarks are recognized.
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