CyberLinks StreamAuthor Provides Easy-to-Use Tools to Create Rich-Media Training Presentations on Yangtian Commercial PCs from Legend
Taipei, Taiwan----May 9, 2002---- CyberLink Corp., a leading software developer of digital video entertainment applications and e-training solutions, today proudly announced the formation of a joint forces with Legend Group Limited ("Legend") (HKSE stock code: 992), to offer a complete corporate e-learning solutions with Legends latest offerings in their Commercial PC product line. CyberLinks StreamAuthor, an advanced yet easy-to-use authoring tool for creating rich-media presentations used for delivering corporate communications and e-training content, will be available on Legends new Yangtian Commercial PCs for small and medium sized enterprises.
Despite a worldwide weak economy, China is one of the fast growing country with high demand in enterprise solutions ranging from ERP, to E-learning. Legends Commercial PC with StreamAuthor will enable corporate users to easily develop training contents for mid- to large-size organizations. This solution will be sold and served exclusively in China.
StreamAuthor was chosen by Legend to provide a cost-effective and flexible e-learning solution available with our Yangtian line of Commercial PCs for small and medium sized enterprises, states David Dong, Product Manager of Commercial PCs at Legend. StreamAuthor is a perfect example of the customized applications available with our unique Commercial PC product line aimed at providing more practical and easy-to-use PC products for commercial users.
Legend has developed a broad customer base in China by providing its clients with solid hardware and applications solutions through innovative new business models, stated Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. With this selection of StreamAuthor as a strategic bundle option to enhance the value of their Yangtian Commercial PC line-up, Legend will be one of the first PC manufacturers bringing CyberLinks robust e-training solutions to the China IT market.
About StreamAuthor 2.0
StreamAuthor 2.0 offers corporations the ability to create more impactful training programs at a minimal cost. Using traditional communication to contact employees, business partners, and sales reps in remote locations can be very costly in terms of both money spent and time. With StreamAuthor 2.0, corporate users can easily create dynamic rich-media presentations and output them so they can be viewed almost anywhere and at any time. With most other rich-media authoring solutions, creating digital media content requires specialized knowledge of audio and video technologies, and the utilization of multiple tools to integrate a wide range of media types, such as digital audio and video, PowerPoint slides, HTML pages, and still images. StreamAuthor 2.0 offers a unique advantage because it is an all-in-one authoring solution that makes it quick and simple for any staff member to create dynamic rich-media presentations, incorporating video, audio, images, HTML, PowerPoint slides for creating e-training presentations, product/sales demonstrations, corporate communications that can be viewed via the Web or CD/DVD. More detailed product information is available at the StreamAuthor 2.0 Product Page
About CyberLink
Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced
digital video and audio software products to market. The products are categorized
into two major lines: Digital Video Entertainment and E-Training Solutions.
Digital Video Entertainment products focus on providing video/audio playback
and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software
applications are ideal solutions for turning todays mainstream computers
into powerful home theaters and digital video centers. The companys E-Training
Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality,
media-rich contents over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of
the companys solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public
company in October of 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange
(OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North
America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLinks
worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and its Web site is located at www.goCyberlink.com.
About Legend
Legend Holdings
Limited (HK stock code: 0992 and ADR: LGHLY) is the leading information technology
company in China. It designs, manufactures and distributes Legend computers
and provides Internet services and content. Legend has built successfully on
its customized products, widely established sales and marketing networks and
comprehensive after-sales services to achieved its major aim - to establish
its own brand of computers as the No. 1 best seller in China and in the Asia-Pacific
region (excluding Japan). During the fourth quarter of 2000, its market share
in China already exceeded 30%.
Legend is well positioned to leverage its unique understanding of the China IT market and of user demand. It has thus been able to develop a wide range of IT products meeting the specific needs of different customer groups. This strategy has brought rapid growth in turnover and profit. In the fiscal year 2000/01, Legend achieved strongly positive results with consolidated turnover and net profit of HK$27.22 billion and HK$860 million respectively.
Listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since 1994, Legend is one of the constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index and the London Hang Seng Reference Index.
CyberLink programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Manal Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 303 for more details. Additional press information is available locally in the USA and Germany through the following contacts: USA Press Contact: Kristen Stonecipher, kristen@sspr.com or by phone +1-888-275-5878, ext. 28. Germany Press Contact: Cornelie Elsaesser, c.elsaesser@konzept-pr.de or by phone +49-821-34 300-20.
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