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LizardTech Introduces Educational Licensing Program For GeoExpress with MrSID and Express Server
Students and Faculty of Higher Education Institutions Now Have the Opportunity to use LizardTech’s Technology in a Research/Teaching Environment
Seattle, WA – November 18, 2004 – LizardTech, Inc., a leader in software solutions that make it significantly easier to manage, distribute and access digital content such as aerial photography, satellite imagery and scanned color documents, today announced the kick-off for the Educational Licensing Program.
With the Educational Licensing program, students and faculty will be able to use GeoExpress with MrSID to produce high quality geospatial imagery for research and learning. With the help of Express Server, they will be able to stream raster images across the Internet making them available to other research and student populations around the world. This program offers two educational licensing bundles.
The first LizardTech Educational License bundle includes GeoExpress with Networked Cartridge (unlimited encoding), two GeoExpress Multi User Seats (for three total users) and Express Server with 10 CALs (Concurrent Access Licenses). With this bundle, the first year of support/maintenance is required at $1,499. Years two+ annual support/maintenance fee will be $1,499/year.
The second LizardTech Educational License bundle includes GeoExpress with Networked Cartridge (unlimited encoding), nine GeoExpress Multi User Seats (for 10 total users) and Express Server with 10 CALs. The first year of support/maintenance is required at $1,999. Years two+ annual support/maintenance fee will be $1,999/year.
The software will be provided at no cost to the educational institution as a right-to-use license. The license will be valid for one year from date of purchase and will be renewed on an annual basis upon receipt of payment for technical support/maintenance.
“LizardTech is pleased to offer GeoExpress and Express Server to institutions of higher education for learning and research purposes,” said Brian L. Soliday, LizardTech’s Vice President of Global Sales. “The bundles will help faculty members and students manage, access, distribute and view massive geospatial imagery and distribute via the Internet to any device. We look forward to supporting academic institutions in their training of the next generation of geospatial professionals”.
To take advantage of the Educational Licensing Program, contact your LizardTech sales manager by clicking here: http://www.lizardtech.com/purchase/other.php.
About LizardTech
Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution geospatial data such as aerial and satellite imagery and LiDAR data. LizardTech pioneered the MrSID technology, a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, Denver, London and Tokyo. For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.
About Celartem
Celartem Technology Inc. http://www.celartem.com develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, JASDAQ: 4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. d.b.a. LizardTech with headquarters in Portland, OR.
