InfoLibria Debuts New Versions Of ProductsInfoLibria Debuts New Versions Of Products

Content-delivery vendor InfoLibria Inc. this week will release version 5.0 of its Content Commander streaming-media appliance, as well as an updated version of its Content Operating System and a scaled-down line of MediaMall edge delivery devices. The Content Commander, installed at a central site on a company's network, and the MediaMall devices, located in a company's remote offices, work in tandem to deliver multimedia content such as training materials and presentations to remote workers.

The E-Class MediaMall appliances include the $11,000 E100 and the $17,000 E200. The E100 supports 90-Mbps on-demand streaming, 170-Mbps live streaming, and dual 10/100 Ethernet. The E200 supports on-demand streaming at up to 200 Mbps, live streaming at up to 300 Mbps, and dual 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. Both products, along with the new versions of the Content Commander and Content Operating System, will be available next month. A bundled offering, the Rich Media Starter Kit, will be priced at $25,000 and includes Content Commander 5.0 and one E100 appliance.

Other streaming vendors recently have realigned their products to attract business customers. Inktomi Corp. launched corporate versions of its products in July. They appealed to financial-services company CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wis., which wants to deliver training and communications materials to its field offices via its intranet. Don Conley, a multimedia specialist at CUNA Mutual, says using streaming media to deliver the content costs less and is more timely than sending out videos on CD-ROMs.