Talk: "The PointCast Business Network Technology, Information Broadcast in the Internet"

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1 total messages Started by Wladimir Minenko Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:00

Author: Wladimir Minenko
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:00

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The International Computer Science Institute
                   is pleased to present a talk:

          Thursday, February 19, 1998  2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

                  LEV BELOW & SATISH RAMAKRISHNAN
                           PointCast, Inc.
            levb@pointcast.com, satish@pointcast.com

            "Information Broadcast in the Internet -
            The PointCast Business Network Technology"

PointCast Incorporated  is the inventor and  leader  in broadcast news
via the Internet and corporate  intranets. PointCast, Inc. was founded
in 1992 to  provide current news and  information services to  viewers
and  corporations via the  Internet   and corporate intranets.   Since
PointCast launched the PointCast Network in February 1996, the Company
has won more than fifty industry awards and honors.

The PointCast Business  Network, introduced last  year, was the  first
news   and information    service to  broadcast  up-to-the-minute news
directly to  viewer's computer screen. The  company also pioneered the
concept of  broadcasting personalized  news,   stock quotes and  other
information tailored to the interests of each individual viewer.

The talk will discuss

        - PointCast's mission and position in the marketplace;
        - Client-side technology and development process;
        - Technical issues of the PointCast client, concentrating on
        using Microsoft Internet Explorer as the development platform
        for the future PointCast products;

        - Server-side technology. PointCast is one of the highest
        bandwidth sites on the internet. The talk will describe the
        technology that keeps it running and makes it more efficient 

concluding with:

        - Information about career opportunities;
        - Open discussion, questons and answers.

After the talk: a coffee break and further discussions.

        This talk will be held in the Main Lecture Hall at ICSI.
       1947 Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA  94704-1198
       (On Center between Milvia and Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
             [http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/location.html]
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