THE NETWORK CONNECTION INC. (TNCI), AN ATLANTA-BASED PRODUCER OF VIDEO SERVERS AND INTERACTIVE VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, RECEIVED A $505,000 ORDER FROM THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK FOR 30 VIDEO SERVERS, WHICH WILL BE USED AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO INSTALL MEDIA CENTERS IN 950 KOREAN SCHOOLS.
THE ORDER IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT IN A DEAL THAT MAY BE WORTH UP TO $15 MILLION FOR TNCI, SAID WIL RINER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COMPANY, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH GLOBALFAX ON AUG. 29. THE FIRST ORDER, FOR $390,000 FOR 20 SERVERS, WAS PLACED IN JUNE, HE ADDED.
ALTHOUGH TNCI DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL CONTRACT WITH THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT, THE COMPANY IS THE SOLE SUPPLIER TO THE PROJECT, AND RECEIVES PERIODIC ORDERS FOR ADDITIONAL SERVERS AS NEEDED, SAID MR. RINER. IF TNCI SUPPLIES ALL 950 SERVERS, THE TOTAL BILL WILL BE ABOUT $15 MILLION, HE ADDED.
CONHAN, TNCI’S SEOUL-BASED KOREAN REPRESENTATIVE, WILL PROVIDE THE SERVERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHILE LG ELECTRONICS, A KOREAN COMPUTER COMPANY, WILL SUPPLY COMPUTERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
LG ELECTRONICS IS ALSO A CUSTOMER OF THE COMPANY, AND USES A TNCI SERVER IN ITS CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAM, AS DOES THE KOREAN COMPUTER GIANT, SAMSUNG, ADDED MR. RINER.
“THIS PROGRAM IS THE KIND OF THING THAT SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING,” SAID MR. RINER ABOUT THE VIDEO SERVERS WHICH ENABLE THE STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF VIDEO DATA TO LOCAL AREA NETWORKS. TNCI HAS SOLD SIMILAR SERVERS TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND WASHINGTON D.C., BUT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NOTHING LIKE THE FULL-SCALE OPERATION BEING UNDERTAKEN IN KOREA, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHEETAH SERVER, TNCI ALSO PRODUCES THE IN-FLIGHT INTERACTIVE VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, AIRVIEW. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE COMPANY MADE ITS FIRST CORPORATE SALE OF AIRVIEW TO ALLEGIS SYSTEMS LTD., A SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINE BROKER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, TNCI CAN BE REACHED AT (770) 751-0889; FAX, (770) 751-1884, OR VISIT THEIR SITE AT HTTP://TNC.WWW.COM.