Welcome to the second issue of the ACT Newsletter. This issue focuses primarily on the Distributed Multimedia Museum Archiving System, known more briefly as the Museums project. This project constitutes the first application for the Cinemage client/server product under development at ACT. There has been considerable activity and this issue brings you up-to-date on the project. In addition there are some other items about the company as well as some general information about the industry. We hope you find this issue of interest.