The Oracle media server for nCUBE massively parallel systems

Author

Buck, Ron

Author_Institution

nCUBE, Foster City, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

26-29 Apr 1994

Firstpage

670

Lastpage

673

Abstract

Information users today are hampered by inadequate access to the information they want and need broadcast and cable TV offer inflexible scheduling, while dial-up services are still fairly primitive, offering poor visual quality and arcane user interfaces. Videotape rental is time consuming and frustrating, and on-line shopping is in its infancy. The network infrastructure now exists to deliver vastly improved versions of these services. What has been lacking is a server system sophisticated enough to cost effectively pump information to the delivery networks. Together, Oracle and nCUBE provide a high-performance, cost-effective solution that enables information providers and users to realize the benefits of interactive multimedia services

Keywords

ISDN; multimedia systems; network servers; parallel machines; special purpose computers; telecommunication services; Oracle media server; cable TV; custom publishing; delivery networks; dial-up services; home shopping; information services; interactive multimedia services; massively parallel processing; nCUBE massively parallel systems; network infrastructure; online shopping; personalized newspapers; server system; video conferencing; video on demand; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Costs; Educational institutions; Home computing; Libraries; Motion pictures; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Processing Symposium, 1994. Proceedings., Eighth International

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5602-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPPS.1994.288232

Filename

288232