Macromedia Ships Breeze 5 For On-Premise Deployment

Macromedia Ships Breeze 5 For On-Premise Deployment

Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of a new, licensed version of Macromedia Breeze 5, the high-impact online conferencing and collaborative web communications solution that everyone can access instantly. The new, licensed version complements the existing hosted solution launched on May 2 and allows enterprise organizations to install a complete web communications solution behind their firewalls.

Breeze 5 harnesses the ubiquity of Macromedia Flash Player. More than 500 million Internet users have Flash Player installed and can instantly enter an online meeting or access rich on-demand presentations without the frustrating experiences and painful downloads associated with other web communications systems. To immediately experience a Breeze presentation, please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/breezeoverview. For more information on the latest version of Breeze, to view customer testimonials, or to access a free trial, please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/breeze.

The Academy of Art University has graduate students around the world who need to communicate and collaborate remotely with professors and other students. With Breeze, graduate students in Hong Kong are able to seamlessly present their final projects, in areas ranging from 3D animation, fashion merchandising, and interior architecture and design, to review panels in the United States.

“Macromedia Breeze delivers immersive online experiences for the Academy of Art University’s online education courses, allowing graduate faculty and staff to deliver personalized, exceptional instructional experiences; to collaborate with industry professionals; and to facilitate presentations to students and faculty around the world,” said Jason Riis Shaeffer, synchronous learning coordinator, Academy of Art University. “Before Breeze, we conducted the remote reviews via the phone. With Macromedia Breeze, we’re able to extend these capabilities with interactive presentations and live discussions, making the experience more personal, collaborative, effective, and much more of a ‘real world’ experience for our students.”

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