Sonic Foundry Introduces Platform to Automate Rich Media Communication and Management Across the Enterprise

MADISON, WI —

Sonic Foundry-- Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leader in automated rich media solutions, today announced the availability of the Mediasite[TM] LX Rich Media Server, a powerful new platform that gives organizations unprecedented, automated control over the entire lifecycle of their rich media content. As the newest addition to the award-winning Mediasite line, the Mediasite LX Server expands any stand-alone Mediasite Recorder into a complete rich media communications system with live broadcasting, Web publishing and content management capabilities.

As the demand for rich media communications continues to accelerate, Sonic Foundry's Mediasite line provides a highly automated turnkey approach that lets organizations create, manage, distribute and grow their rich media assets. Whether broadcasting critical information live or cataloging presentations and video conferences for re-use on-demand, the fully integrated Mediasite LX Server platform delivers the flexibility, scalability and ease-of-use organizations require for customizing, cataloging, archiving, securing and sharing rich media content.

The newly introduced Mediasite LX Server supports both the Mediasite RL, a compact rackmountable rich media recorder for presentation and conferencing rooms, and the Mediasite ML, a portable rich media recorder designed for mobile applications, such as tradeshows and conferences. In the three years since it was first introduced to market, Mediasite has set the standard as the premier rich media communication system in the industry. With this latest product addition to the Mediasite family, Sonic Foundry continues to grow and strengthen its foundation of platform-independent rich media communication solutions. Newly expanded browser support, which now includes Mozilla Firefox, makes Mediasite content compatible with all leading desktop operating systems including Microsoft[R] Windows[R], Mac OS[R], Unix and Linux.