Wave Issue 0354 03/11/04 Article 3-01

*** NXN to launch alienbrain Studio 7 at the Game Developers Conference
in San Jose
(March 10)

NXN Software, which was acquired by Avid Technology, Inc. in January
2004, announced alienbrain Studio 7, the next-generation of its digital
asset management software.

The new version will be on display in booth no. 423 at the Game
Developers Conference in San Jose, California, on March 24-26.

Version 7 provides more than 40 new features including:

-Change set functionality allows users to unite all files that are
associated with a single change request in one logical change set
instead of making changes to the software product on individual files.
Once all required modifications are completed, the change set is
submitted to the server in an "atomic" transaction, either transferring
all changes at once or not at all.

-Multi-threading support to leverage hardware resources and balance the
workload in peak times.

-An integrated Reference Manager that provides an overview of
3D scenes and their related files directly in alienbrain Studio.

-A Windows Integration Framework that integrates third-party and
proprietary tools into the alienbrain workflow.

-A Central Configuration Server that uses existing directory services,
such as Windows NT domains or LDAP, to enable a single sign-on solution.

Scripts and batch procedures can now use 70 commands in the command-line
client.

For customers that run their productions on multiple operating systems,
alienbrain Studio 7 offers near feature parity of Mac OS X, Linux and
Windows clients.

The new version is expected to be available in mid-April.