Equilibrium Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards in Communications Sector Partner of the Year

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:04am EDT

MediaRich for SharePoint Propels Equilibrium Forward as Finalist for Partner of
the Year
SAUSALITO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Today, Equilibrium announced it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide
Partner Conference Awards finalist in Communications Sector Partner of the Year.
Equilibrium (www.equilibrium.com), a software company with more than fifteen
years experience in automated media processing, worked closely with Microsoft to
enhance the value of Microsoft SharePoint by bringing higher levels of
collaboration, functionality and visual imaging and video capabilities as well
as a self-service Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution to Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server (MOSS). 

Equilibrium MediaRich® for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a highly
effective management and deployment tool for digital media that features a
scalable, high-volume media distribution and repurposing engine. It enables
companies to control the costs involved, in terms of both time and money, to
upload, ingest, enhance metadata, manage, visualize, find, modify, discover,
export and deploy media assets in a secure self-service portal. With MediaRich
for SharePoint, Microsoft SharePoint's powerful capabilities are extended to
include the automated visualization and dynamic processing of Office documents
as well as image and video assets. This is a necessity to meet the pace of
demands in the advertising, manufacturing, retailing, publishing,
communications, entertainment and government market sectors. 

"We are honored to accept this high accolade from Microsoft," said Sean Barger,
CEO of Equilibrium. "Equilibrium provides automated media production and
delivery solutions for the enterprise and businesses of all sizes, creating
efficiency and delivering significant labor savings. We are proud to be
recognized by Microsoft for our contribution to the communications sector." 

Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a
pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide. The Microsoft Communications Sector
Partner of the Year Award is given to a Communications Sector Partner that has
added business value to customers by deploying new and innovative solutions
based on Microsoft technologies in hosting, media and entertainment, or
telecommunications industries. The award recognizes a partner whose solution has
targeted a customer`s business or technical challenge either by identifying a
new opportunity or by using technology innovation to address the need. 

"Partners are the key to igniting business innovation through great technology
as well as helping customer drive down costs," said Allison L. Watson, Corporate
Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "Congratulations to the
2009 WPC Award finalists who have demonstrated a superior level of expertise as
well as a focus on delivering customer value. We look forward to seeing these
partners fulfill their limitless potential as they continue to provide customers
with world-class Microsoft solutions." 

The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards recognize Microsoft partners
that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the
past year. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide
Partner Conference 2009, the company`s premier annual event for industry
partners, being held July 13-16 in New Orleans. 

About Equilibrium

Equilibrium, the world leader in media processing since 1992 when it released
the first automated graphics processing software, DeBabelizer, now leads the
monetization of the next-generation Internet and mobile video revolutions. The
patented, high-powered MediaRich® engine enables real-time personalization and
delivery of music, images and video to website, wireless and portable devices.
Equilibrium offers breakthrough cross-platform technology solutions featuring
interoperability and integration for the workgroup, enterprise and web-server,
delivering the same CORE technology for cross-platform interoperability and
integration virtually anywhere. The EQ Network can automate personalized video
delivery and monetization via advertising from any web video. Equilibrium is a
Microsoft Gold Partner. To learn more about Equilibrium and its products, please
visit www.equilibrium.com, www.eqnetwork.comor our
blogatwww.equilibrium.com/blog.

Equilibrium and MediaRich are registered trademarks of Equilibrium. Patent
Numbers 6,792,575 and 6,964,009, other patents pending for automated media
processing and dynamic multi-platform delivery 

Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners. 





Equilibrium
Frank Colin, +1-415-332-4343
pr@equilibrium.com
or
Rogers & Cowan for Equilibrium
Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124
solmsted@rogersandcowan.com
Amy Gubman, +1-310-854-8194
agubman@rogersandcowan.com

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