3 2 3 H. Streaming and Videoconferencing Experiences at Franca Fiumana - Mauro Morsiani {f.fiumana,

3 2 3 H. What CINECA is  Italian University Consortium (15 Italian Universities, plus CNR and MURST)  Supercomputing technologies for academic research and industrial applications  Design, implementation and management of computer networks and multimedia technologies  Data Mining, Information Retrieval Systems and Web-based services

3 2 3 H.  H.323-based videoconferencing  VoIP  Streaming technologies  E-Learning Fields of Interest

3 2 3 H. Network Layout for H.323 MCU H.323 Terminal LAN H.323 Terminal CISCO MCM Gatekeeper Proxy CISCO VOIP Gateway Gateway H.323/H.320 H.323/H.320 Terminal PABX Dial UP Networking Multimedia PC

3 2 3 H. Experiences on H.323  Videoconferencing project for ESA (European Space Agency) among sites across Europe  Participation and MCU for MegaConference II  Participation to Videnet  Pilot multi-videoconference service, based on CINECA MCUs, for high-profile customers of a primary Italian ISP

3 2 3 H. Streaming Technologies  Experimentation of encoding equipment, streaming servers and related applications  Windows Media Technology  RealServer  Quicktime Server

3 2 3 H. Streamed Events (Based on Windows Media)  Opening of the Academic Year at Venice University  Forum on “Information, Knowledge, Truth”  Meeting on “Business Developing by Fusions and Acquisitions”

3 2 3 H. Multimedia Lab (1)  H.323 terminals  MCUs  Streaming servers  Encoding/streaming combined units

3 2 3 H. Multimedia Lab (2)  Proxy/transparent caching and content distribution servers (NetCache)  Education-at-a-distance products (Lotus LearningSpace)  Multicasting technology applied to streaming and videoconferencing

3 2 3 H. Collaboration with Universities  Venice University:  H.323 videoconferencing with multicast  streaming infrastructure based on RealServer  Trieste University:  H.323 videoconferencing and streaming of conferences  Ancona University:  encoding and streaming infrastructure (still evaluating CiscoIP/TV and Windows Media technologies)