SGI may be having trouble deciding what to do with its individual business units, but one thing is for sure, they have announced a very interesting version 4.0 of their Mediabase software which includes support for QuickTime 4.0 and RealNetworks G2 streaming formats. For the managers: “With a user-friendly interface, SGI MediaBase 4.0 reduces the time and effort required to create, store and deploy media applications.” And for the techies: “MediaBase supports a full range of bit rates - from narrowband streaming such as QuickTime and RealNetworks to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams up to 15 Mbs - making it an ideal solution for Internet, enterprise, and broadband applications. In addition, SGI MediaBase is scalable from one to thousands of streams to multiple clients, whether desktops or set-top boxes, regardless of bit-rate or format.” Yup I’ll take seven please.“SGI MediaBase 4.0 is the ideal solution for both narrowband and increasingly, broadband networks,” said Greg Estes, who would say that as he is the vice president of marketing for broadband and Internet solutions at SGI. “By offering support for the broadest range of formats in the industry, SGI MediaBase customers can view streaming files via modem, digital cable or xDSL.” But he does have a point.