To power real-time battlefield collaboration, the US Army's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (BCT) will use Macromedia Breeze Live. Macromedia Breeze's ability to provide brigade leaders with access to fully integrated collaboration solutions, fits the 172nd Stryker BCT's objective to deliver mission-critical information such as enhanced satellite images and greater situational awareness.

Barry Leffew, vice president, government sales, at Macromedia, said, "Breeze Live is an easy-to-use collaboration tool that provides units operating either in the garrison or at the point of conflict with a better common operational picture, faster delivery, and intuitive technical interface."

The simplicity and richness of the collaboration interface, combined with the ease of accessing the solution over virtually any Internet connection, allows the Stryker BCT to rapidly disseminate information in multiple formats, including graphic-enhanced images and streaming video.

Breeze Live enables critical information to be shared amongst commanders instantaneously, without briefings or physically traveling to command posts to secure common operational pictures. Battalion commanders and staff simply log on to a secure conference to receive battlefield information as it happens.

What makes Breeze Live especially appealing is the minimal bandwidth it needs. Also, Breeze Live uses Macromedia Flash Player, which is already installed on more than 98% of Internet ready PCs, including Department of Defense computers. With the client software already installed and minimal bandwidth requirements, Breeze Live is approved by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and can be rapidly integrated with existing hardware and software solutions.