http://www.microsoft.com/advtech/businessbenefits/bizbenmain.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)|
Microsoft is committed to providing businesses with a wide range of products and services to allow them to utilize the full power of the Internet.
ActiveMovie provides a single component model for manipulating all multimedia data, enabling developers to program to one set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for both streaming and non-streaming data. ActiveMovie technology will be available over the Internet later this year. Additional information is on the ActiveMovie Stream home page.
Microsoft's new merchant solution is the easiest and most cost-effective way to build and operate a comprehensive online retailing system. Designed as electronic retailing software for the Windows NT platform, the merchant solution will enable retailers to create their own online store operations, focusing their business resources on merchandising, rather than on creating their own technology solutions. Microsoft's approach behind the merchant solution is to provide a combination of software and software tools that integrate consumers, merchants and their suppliers. Be sure to visit the Electronic Retailing home page.
Microsoft Media Server is a crucial component to realizing the potential of the Internet and Interactive Television services (ITV). As an integrated software solution, the Microsoft Media Server offers scalable, flexible interactive audio, graphics and video independent of both hardware and network restrictions. In the today's world, the vast majority of consumers are accessing information through narrow and midband networks, while many corporate end-users enjoy a superior level of access through broadband networks. Microsoft Media Server is ideal for corporate and public narrow, midband and broadband networks, moreover it will grow and change as new user demands are realized. Given this level of capacity, Microsoft Media Server will open an immense opportunity for rich communication. The Microsoft Media Server will perform on narrow and midband networks as well as provide a smooth transition to broadband technology. This will result in far-reaching interactive applications for consumers as well as the communications, government manufacturing, retail healthcare, education and general business communities. Product release date is to be announced.
Based on Windows NT, the Microsoft interactive technology platform is able to provide guarantees for performance and quality of service because it is able to dynamically and intelligently schedule system-wide computing and bandwidth resources. It is this capability that allows Microsoft interactive technology to be scalable, reliable, secure, comprehensive, and a general-purpose platform for personal computers and televisions.
Additional Microsoft interactive technology information:Microsoft interactive technology brochure
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