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How can the lessons of real-time online collaboration from the military be leveraged for citizen involvement, parliamentary decision- making, and inter-governmental collaboration? Is anyone aware of use of these type of advanced real-time tools in government? Steven Clift Democracies Online P.S. Any Groove <http://www.groove.net> fans on DO-WIRE? From: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020307/hsth011_1.html Thursday March 7, 7:50 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Ezenia! Inc. Ezenia!'s InfoWorkSpace(TM) Selected by U.S. Joint Forces Command Ezenia!'s Collaborative Software to be Fielded For Millennium Challenge 2002 BURLINGTON, Mass., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ezenia! Inc. (Nasdaq: EZEN - news), a leading provider of real-time collaboration solutions for corporate and government networks and eBusiness, today announced that InfoWorkSpace has been selected by the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) for its military exercise Millennium Challenge '02 (MC 02). MC 02 is a major military integrating experiment that will be conducted live, as a virtual field event, and is scheduled to run during July and August 2002. MC 02 incorporates elements from all military branches and special operations forces and is one of a series of operations tests that examine the Rapid Decisive Operations Warfighting concept. Ezenia! will provide secure virtual team facilities, conferencing and instant messaging capabilities to thousands of desktop participants during the MC 02 exercise. Using InfoWorkSpace as the collaborative solution, procured via the GSA schedules of Ezenia! partners such as Criticom (http://www.criticom.com/) and Science Applications International Corporation (http://www.saic.com/), personnel from U.S. and Allied military organizations will conduct targeting selections, intelligence acquisitions, distributed planning and operations management. Adopted within the federal government since 1998, InfoWorkSpace has been accepted as the standard collaboration system by the Department of Defense. The U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy as well as thousands of intelligence personnel around the world in support of intelligence and military operations have also deployed InfoWorkSpace to enable planners and intelligence analysts to communicate more effectively. In 2001, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (ASDC3I) recognized InfoWorkSpace as the only fully integrated, commercially available collaboration software that meets all warfighter functional and interoperability requirements. ``The selection of Ezenia! by JFCOM MC 02 represents a strong and significant endorsement of the security, stability, quality and effectiveness of the collaboration solution provided by InfoWorkSpace,'' said Randy Brooks, Vice President of Federal Systems - Business Development at Ezenia!. ``We continue to see increased acceptance of our technology within all areas of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.'' About InfoWorkSpace InfoWorkSpace, also available to the commercial marketplace, provides a secure virtual office where users can build online meeting places organized into virtual buildings, floors and rooms to meet and interact on projects in real-time. InfoWorkSpace allows for the establishment of user-friendly online work-groups that enhance collaboration and increase productivity among knowledge workers. Product Features: * Online Detection & Instant Messaging -- InfoWorkSpace instant messenger capability, LaunchPad(TM), enables users to locate people connected to the system, chat with them instantaneously and/or invite them to join a virtual conference. * Virtual Work Space -- InfoWorkSpace offers a complete virtual meeting facility where users can meet and collaborate, store projects and review archives. * Collaboration Tools -- InfoWorkSpace includes a full range of collaboration tools such as multiparty message chat, multiparty audio conferencing, video webcasting, advanced white boarding capability, application casting and shared viewing, persistent storage of meeting minutes, online voting and polling, and much more. * Video Conferencing -- InfoWorkSpace provides support of standards- based video conferencing (IP H.323 & ISDN H.320) and seamless integration with the Ezenia! Encounter family of MCS servers, offering "one click" access to video meetings in addition to the full suite of collaboration features. About Millennium Challenge 2002 Additional information can be found at: http://www.jfcom.mil/About/experiments/mc02.htm About Ezenia! Inc. Ezenia! Inc. (Nasdaq: EZEN - news), founded in 1991, is a leading provider of real-time collaboration solutions, bringing new and valuable levels of interaction and collaboration to corporate networks and the Internet. By integrating voice, video and data collaboration, the Company's award-winning products enable groups to interact through a natural meeting experience regardless of geographic distance. Ezenia! products allow dispersed groups to work together in real-time using powerful capabilities such as instant messaging, white boarding, screen sharing and text chat. The ability to discuss projects, share information and modify documents allows users to significantly improve team communication and accelerate the decision-making process. More information about Ezenia! Inc. and its product offerings can be found at the company's Web site, www.ezenia.com. Note To Investors Statements included herein that are not historical facts include forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual operating results to differ from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the evolution of Ezenia!'s market, dependence on major customers, rapid technological change and competition, and other considerations that are discussed further in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders, as well as risks and uncertainties relating to our ability to successfully implement our restructuring and cost reduction plan and to successfully operate thereafter and relating to the Company's recent acquisition of InfoWorkSpace (including the Company's ability to integrate the InfoWorkSpace product line and work force). Copies of the Company's 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders or other publicly available financial information may be received at no charge by contacting Investor Relations at Ezenia!. Note: Ezenia!, the Ezenia! Logo, InfoWorkSpace and LaunchPad are trademarks of Ezenia! Inc. Additional information on Ezenia! and its products are available at http:// www.ezenia.com. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies. SOURCE: Ezenia! Inc. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
