Technology Insider: Streaming media

Streaming media is taking off as a corporate communications and training tool. We take you behind the scenes of the technology, showing you best practices, case studies and a feature on the individual streaming media champions leading the charge.

Bandwidth, video tools catch up to hype
Typically, network executives will not introduce a new application until it has been demonstrated that the app will run at peak performance. That hasn't been the case with streaming media, however. At large stock brokerages, consultancies and computer companies, individual champions have initiated streaming media projects on a shoestring and have waited for the user demand, the technology and the bandwidth to catch up.

The setup
Three distinct groups of technology must be combined when deploying streaming media in a corporation.

Case study: Video network of champions
When it comes to streaming media, General Mills has been eating its Wheaties.

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Streaming media catches the wave in 2001
Return on investment
Client software flows to the desktop

Streaming media audio primer
Learn how the technology works and if it can benefit your enterprise.

Streaming media research page
Get all the information you need to make wise decisions when implementing streaming media in your enterprise.