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Axonix's new video server costs little more than a deluxe video projector, is the size of a home VCR, and plugs into any Internet-ready network jack

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Oct. 22, 2002 -- Axonix Corporation announced today the availability of SuperView(TM), a revolutionary video server appliance that the company feels will change the way we learn.

Axonix's new video server costs little more than a deluxe video projector, is the size of a home VCR, and plugs into any Internet-ready network jack. Simply load all of your videotapes and DVD discs into the SuperView, and anyone with Internet access can use a standard Web browser to call up a video show or lecture to watch, at anytime, day or night.

This super convenient server can hold hundreds of full screen, full motion videos and deliver them on demand to hundreds of users, simultaneously, with quality equal to VHS or DVD levels. The SuperView is the world's first totally integrated video server appliance that records, stores and delivers on demand hundreds of high quality videos to hundreds of users on any Internet accessible network.

The company foresees a large demand from schools, libraries, businesses, institutions and government agencies that need to share purchased and custom videos for education and training. The plug and play network appliance allows for easy use and maintenance by non-technical personnel. Eliminating the purchase of multiple copies of videos, TV sets and VCR/DVD players further reduces total cost of ownership. No longer is it necessary to spend time and money checking out and tracking videotapes and discs.

In 1996, Axonix Corporation introduced a network appliance product called the SuperCD server. Operating without technical support in thousands of sites, the SuperCD stores and shares hundreds of CD-ROM images to hundreds of users while eliminating the cost and administration of multiple copies.

The SuperView server extends the low cost, network appliance, CD-ROM information-sharing concept to videos.

Existing video server systems require a complex array of encoding and decoding hardware plus require special software to be loaded on every client computer. These video systems also produce high quality images but are two to three times more expensive to purchase and maintain than a totally integrated network appliance. The SuperView integrated video server appliance produces high quality images at a significantly lower total cost of ownership.

Now, users can afford to watch any lecture, training class, or edutainment when it is most convenient -- even from home at midnight via the Internet. Users can instantly stop and review material, or jump ahead with the click of a mouse. SuperView delivers compelling full screen, full motion video that enhances productivity and retention. In addition, its video capture and storage capability allows the attachment of a video camera for viewing live presentations or recording thousands of hours of surveillance video.

SuperView addresses the growing demand for affordable "distance learning" appliances that deliver free video material to any connected student, trainee or customer independent of place or time. MIT's President Charles Vest recently characterized "open knowledge systems" as the wave of the academic future. In MIT's annual report, Vest stated, "We must create open knowledge systems as the new framework for teaching and learning."

"SuperView fulfills our need to deliver to patrons instant access to our extensive in-house library of video tapes, discs, recorded lectures and satellite content," states Scott Jones, Technology Director at the Weber County Library. "SuperView allows us to dramatically reduce our satellite costs by sharing internally stored content across our WAN versus deploying expensive satellite installations at all of our buildings."

SuperView is the world's first completely integrated video server appliance. It does not require users to purchase, install or support any additional hardware or software. It is available for purchase starting at $3,595 for the desktop version and $3,995 for the rackmount model.

Company background

Axonix Corporation is a private corporation that has been delivering affordable IT solutions since 1983. Axonix pioneered SuperCD, the world's first caching, network-attached CD/DVD sharing appliance. The SuperView server is the company's newest network appliance and is the world's first integrated video server appliance that records, stores and delivers video content for anywhere, anytime learning.

Contact information. Douglas Kihm, Vice President at 800.866.9797 x 213 or dkihm@axonix.com Axonix Corporation 800.866.9797 http://www.axonix.com

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