April 7, 2003

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Unique E-Series Technology Developed to Fulfill Operational and Business Needs of the Entertainment Industry

Las Vegas, NV, April 7, 2003

The ADAM Systems Group of Advanced Software Resources, Inc. will introduce the newest addition to its line of Digital Asset Management solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2003 Show in Las Vegas, April 7-11. ADAM Systems technology has been on the leading-edge of high performance solutions for processing, managing and preserving high value digital assets worldwide for nearly two decades. Now the ADAM Systems Group will debut its revolutionary ADAM 1000, a remarkable desktop sized intelligent media processing and management engine built upon the core software and hardware functionality found in its ground-breaking enterprise level ADAM Systems solutions.

Efficient and secure processing and management of digital video, audio and imagery files is critical for fast moving media and entertainment enterprises dealing with proliferating files and formats. ADAM Systems are designed to address not only massive storage and processing needs, but also security and preservation concerns. The ADAM 1000 meets all of these requirements in an amazingly small footprint and at minimal cost.

“We began many years ago by designing and building several of the largest, fastest, and most advanced digital processing and management systems ever conceived,” states Robert Schreiner, Chief Technology Officer of the ADAM Systems Group. “Our customers had extremely demanding volume requirements and very complex processing challenges. Recently, we achieved success with one of our most ambitious development projects, refining the technology to provide our robust asset management functionality much more compactly and at a fraction of the cost. The result is our newest offering, the ADAM 1000. For the first time, this desktop sized system makes the best of our features available to those whose needs are currently more modest than global enterprise operations. With the ADAM 1000 we offer an affordable, intelligent digital media processing engine that can be integrated, customized and expanded as our customers add new revenue generating services and increase their storage and processing needs.”

The ADAM 1000 is part of a family of ADAM E-Series solutions that address the content creation and delivery requirements of the entertainment industry, while scaling to handle thousands of terabytes and providing the highest level of asset security and preservation. The pioneering E-Series technology melds cutting-edge hardware and software components with an exclusive set of advanced processing algorithms that can enable the ultra-fast conversion of film and video formats, processing of special effects, mixing of sound and video, generation of DVDs, assembly of broadcast features, or preparation of high definition cinema exhibitions – all while ensuring the permanent preservation of millions of motion picture and television properties.

“The ADAM 1000 is an amazing breakthrough. Through unique innovation and technical wizardry we have been able to maximize performance of the hardware platform, while packing a dazzlingly diverse collection of processing algorithms into the scalable and extensible architecture,” continues Schreiner. “The modular structure of the system enables it to address all components of the digital media processing and management chain by bridging content sources, encoding technology, editing software and output devices.”

The ADAM 1000 is engineered for scalability. As a facility’s content creation, aggregation, repurposing, transformation and distribution needs increase, additional processing power and storage can be added to manage rising workloads and increasing quantities of digital imagery, video and audio files. Designed to seamlessly integrate with a virtually unlimited variety of archiving media, the ADAM 1000 can, where required, provide sophisticated tools that invisibly link online, near-line and off-line storage for massive archiving. In addition, the ADAM 1000 software can be tailored to suit specific workflow and user interface needs and is adaptable to inevitable changes in formats and standards.

Schreiner concludes, “As the industry moves toward automated, shared processing and storage solutions for digitized media, there will be a need for architectures that provide continuous secure accessibility, multi-level processing, global network capabilities and efficient access to multiple files by different users, often remotely. Digital asset processing and management technology will become an increasingly crucial element in posting content for initial release or distribution, re-purposing that content for markets like VOD and DVD aggregation, and finally preserving that content for future generations. ADAM Systems is committed to enabling the realization of all these objectives and looks forward to establishing a benchmark in the development of advanced digital asset management technology.”

> ADAM 1000 data sheet Brochure
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About ADAM Systems Group

The ADAM Systems Group of Advanced Software Resources Incorporated develops robust digital asset management technology for the entertainment, geospatial and medical markets. The highly-experienced Group develops software and provides comprehensive technical engineering services as well as customized turnkey hardware/software solutions for secure processing, management, preservation and distribution of complex high resolution, high value digital imagery, video, and audio assets and related files. Based in California’s Silicon Valley, the ADAM Systems technologies represent nearly two decades’ experience in the development, integration and deployment of advanced digital media processing and management technologies. The Group has successfully transferred technologies developed under strict government standards and in challenging 24/7 environments to the most demanding commercial applications. The ADAM Systems E-Series provides dynamic and versatile asset processing and management technology to meet the unique needs of users across the broadcast, film, and post-production communities.
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