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IBM Global Services Teams With StarBak Communications to Deliver an End-to-End Integrated Network Video Solution

Posted on: Monday, 13 December 2004, 09:00 CST

Strategic Alliance Extends IBM's Digital Media Offerings in Banking, Financial, and Insurance Markets

StarBak Communications, the leading provider of integrated network video solutions that allows organizations to simply and easily create, manage, deliver and display video-based applications over IP networks, today announced a strategic partnership with IBM Global Services, the world's largest information technology services and consulting provider. With this alliance, IBM Global Services will offer StarBak's Integrated Network Video (INV) products worldwide as part of IBM's Digital Media product suite. This partnership follows StarBak's recent announcement of a similar alliance with SPL Integrated Solutions, the leading nationwide integrator of audio and video systems. Both deals complement StarBak's initiative to deliver end-to-end network video solutions to the fast-growing enterprise video market.

As banks, financial institutions, and insurance agencies increasingly move to digital media as a way to meet today's growing communication requirements and challenges, the combination of IBM's Digital Media solution and StarBak's Integrated Network Video (INV) platform enables enterprises, agencies and institutions to create, manage, deliver, and display digital media, including live video, utilizing their existing IP-network infrastructure. Furthermore, the addition of StarBak's INV platform leverages other IBM software brands, including IBM's Content Manager(TM), DB2(R), and the WebSphere Commerce Suite(TM), and further extends IBM's ability to offer a comprehensive solution to meet the stringent requirements of the banking, financial, and insurance industries.

"The world's largest banking, financial, and insurance institutions rely on IBM Global Services for their Digital Media systems and services," said Gregory Casale, president and CEO of StarBak. "This alliance creates synergies that will both deepen our vertical expertise and significantly expand our footprint across these services industries. We are excited to work with IBM and its customers to provide a complete integrated network video solution."

About StarBak Communications - Where video applications converge.

StarBak Communications provides a complete IP-based video communications platform that allows organizations to simply and easily create, manage, deliver and display their video applications. StarBak's award-winning Integrated Network Video (INV) solutions are used by hundreds of companies worldwide, including many of the Fortune 500, several government agencies, and a variety of educational institutions. StarBak solutions are available through a network of value-added resellers and full-service integrators, including IBM Global Services, SPL Integrated Solutions, CBIZ, and others. StarBak is a fully authorized, licensed and certified partner for Microsoft Windows Media. StarBak technology is also available to OEMs requiring Windows Media streaming capabilities in Linux and UNIX-based devices. For more information, visit www.starbak.com.

About IBM Global Services

IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services and consulting provider. Some 180,000 professionals in more than 160 countries help clients integrate information technology with business value -- from the business transformation and industry expertise of IBM Business Consulting Services to hosting, infrastructure, technology design and training services. Leveraging IBM's unequalled scope and scale, IBM Global Services delivers integrated, flexible and resilient processes -- across companies and through business partners -- that enable clients to save money and transform their businesses to be more competitive. For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com/services/.

StarBak Communications, Inc.(R) and StarBak(R) are registered trademarks of StarBak Communications, Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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