AGNOSTIC MEDIA -- PARNERS -- OUR PARTNERS
Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device. www.microsoft.com
Sun
"Eventually every man, woman, and child on the planet will be connected to the network. So will virtually everything with a digital or electrical heartbeat -- from mobile phones to automobiles, thermostats to razor blades with RFID tags on them. The resulting network traffic will require highly scalable, reliable systems, from Sun." www.sun.com
Voltaire
Voltaire develops and markets industry-leading interconnect solutions for high performance grid computing. Voltaire began with the mission to provide the high performance computing (HPC) and enterprise markets with extraordinary standards-based interconnect technology for clustering and I/O. Today, as compute clusters evolve into grid computing architectures, our solutions have reached a level of maturity and advanced functionality to make high performance grid computing a reality. www.voltaire.com
SAVVIS Communications
SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a leading Managed Services Provider that delivers private IP VPNs (virtual private networks), hosting, IP voice and application services to businesses. SAVVIS solutions are designed for industries with demanding IP requirements, including legal, media, retail, professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. With its recent acquisition of the commercial business of WAM!NET, the company now delivers fully managed media services that enable organizations to share, collaborate, store and manage content with their partners and clients, and accelerate their workflows in the process. For more information about SAVVIS, please visit www.savvis.com.
AMD
Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD provides microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for our customers in the communications and computer industries worldwide. www.amd.com
Isilon
Isilon is the premier provider of intelligent clustered storage systems. Isilon's award-winning family of Isilon IQ products consists of high-performance clustered storage systems that combine an intelligent distributed file system with modular industry-standard hardware to deliver unmatched simplicity and scalability. Isilon IQ was designed for digital content and use in data-intensive markets such as media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, oil and gas and government. For more information, please visit: http://www.isilon.com.
Omneon
Omneon Video Networks is the leading provider of cost-effective and flexible networked standard (SD), high (HD) and mixed definition media server solutions for the broadcast and video industry. The company's unique strategy integrates a strong foundation in broadcast with the best practices of information technology - giving its customers the best of both worlds. Because Omneon Spectrum media server systems are based on an open and advanced architecture, broadcast and video professionals are able to minimize both upfront and ongoing expenses, while gaining the flexibility to capitalize on emerging opportunities. Omneon pioneered the use of open systems in broadcast and, as a result, receives wide support from the application developer community. Visit Omneon on the Web at www.Omneon.com.
IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.
Hewlett-Packard
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally.
The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices,
global services and imaging and printing. For the fiscal year ending on Oct. 31, 2003,
HP revenue totaled $73.1 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.
SGI
Celebrating its 20th year, SGI (NYSE: SGI), also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is the world's leading provider of high-performance computing, complex data management and visualization products, services and solutions that enable its technical and creative customers to gain strategic and competitive advantages in their core businesses. Whether being used to design and build safer cars and airplanes, discover new medications and oil reserves, predict the weather, entertain us with thrilling movie special effects or provide mission-critical support for government and defense, SGIÆ systems and expertise are empowering a world of innovation and discovery. The company, located on the Web at www.sgi.com, is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and has offices worldwide.
Digital Fountain
Based in Fremont, California, Digital Fountain develops and licenses advanced FEC (forward error correction) technology to enhance the quality of communications over data networks. Digital Fountain's patented DF Raptor FEC technology improves multimedia streaming quality, ensures timely delivery of data, and enables the creation and development of new communications services. DF Raptor is used today in a variety of enterprise, military, and consumer devices and applications, supporting both wired and wireless telecommunications networks. For more information, visit Digital Fountain's Web site at www.digitalfountain.com.
Avid
Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation, games, and broadcast news professionals to work more efficiently, productively, and creatively. For more information about the companyís award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com.
AAF
The AAF Association Inc. is a broadly based trade association created to promote the development and adoption of AAF technology. AAF technology allows content creators, editors and rich media authors to exchange video, audio, images, text and metadata between applications. For more information, please visit: www.aafassociation.com.