Allows Organizations to Reduce Web Server Costs by Delivering Streaming Video and Synchronized Graphics in a Single Stream

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., February 17, 2009 - Accordent Technologies today announced that its Accordent Multicast In-Stream Technology (Accordent MIT) was lauded with a Streaming Media Magazine “2009 Editor’s Pick” for being one of the year’s top streaming innovations.

Announced in November, Accordent MIT is a technology breakthrough that enables large organizations to leverage multicast-enabled networks to deliver high-quality streaming video with synchronized slides and graphics as a single, compressed stream.

Already deployed at several global enterprises, Accordent MIT substantially reduces the bandwidth and infrastructure required to distribute live, rich media webcasts and allows corporate IT and media services departments using Accordent’s line of rich media creation products – including the Accordent Capture Station™ and Accordent PresenterPRO™ – to provide a very high-quality, live, rich media experience with almost no impact on their web server architecture.

“This technology is HOT,” writes Nico McLane in her Splice of Life blog. “It sounds so simple but it is brilliant - the ROI in an Enterprise can be measured easily if you do some simple math and, of course, the larger the audience the greater the ROI. In short, one slide is passed through the same multicast stream to the 15,000 audience members rather than 15,000 calls to a webserver for a jpg to load in the users' browsers.”

This is the second consecutive year Accordent has received a Streaming Media Magazine Editor’s Pick, having also been honored last year for its Accordent Media Management System™.

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About Accordent Technologies, Inc.
Accordent Technologies provides enterprise-wide rich media communications solutions that enable world-class organizations to inform, train and engage their audiences online. More than 1500 customers worldwide, including Unisys, JPMorgan Chase, Ford, Harvard and National Institutes of Health, rely on Accordent solutions to create, manage, distribute and measure the effectiveness of their multimedia presentation assets. Accordent has earned distinction for its award-winning products and long-standing commitment to the success of its customers and partners. Learn more about Accordent’s exceptional solutions at www.accordent.com.

Accordent Capture Station, Accordent PresenterPRO, Accordent Engage and Accordent Media Management System are trademarks of Accordent Technologies. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

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