Arroyo's Paul Sherer and TWC's Glen Hardin Co-author Technical Paper for NCTA's National Show in San Francisco, April 5.PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Paper Addresses Next Step in Evolution of VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand Server Architectures; Arroyo Exhibits First Time at National Show Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc., developer of a unique video platform that enables operators to deliver advanced video applications, today announced that its Co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Paul Sherer and Glen Hardin Glen D. Hardin is an American musician/piano player who was born on April 18, 1939 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He began his career with fellow Texan Buddy Holly as a member of his band The Crickets. , Time Warner Cable's Director of Digital Video Services, will present a joint paper at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association) NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) ) upcoming National Show in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Arroyo also announced that it is exhibiting for the first time ever at the National Show. The Hardin/Sherer paper, entitled "VOD Servers - Equations and Solutions," will be presented on Tuesday, April 5, from 2:00PM-3:15PM in Room 309 at the Moscone Convention Center during a panel entitled, "Everything On Demand: Enabling Customer Control Through Next-Gen On Demand Services." This paper will address the next step in the evolution of VOD server architectures, including topics related to content, streaming, ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. , ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. to GigE, transport, edge vs. central storage, core switching, software infrastructure, proprietary hardware solutions vs. commodity, caching servers, and new testing paradigms. "It was a pleasure working with Glen to develop this whitepaper, which explores breakthrough approaches for achieving new levels of on-demand performance and scalability," said Arroyo's Paul Sherer. "As VOD continues to gain mass-market appeal and as more advanced on-demand services gain traction, performance requirements will continue to grow, which will require operators to harness new approaches and advances in server technologies and architectures to respond to their growing need for increased speed, performance and scalability," said Time Warner Cable's Glen Hardin. "This paper will explore all the new possibilities in on-demand server capabilities." Arroyo will also be exhibiting for the first time at this year's National Show. In booth #6680, Arroyo plans to demonstrate Arroyo OnDemand, its next generation solution that addresses operators' needs for new VOD services, dramatically increased scalability and operational ease and efficiency. Arroyo OnDemand is based on the Arroyo Video Platform, which drives industry leading performance of up to 5,000 streams from a single 3RU (rack unit A unit of measurement of the height of a rack-mounted device. One rack unit, or RU, is 1.75". See rack mounted. ), 100% industry-standard server. For more information about Arroyo and its open video platform solutions, or to set-up a meeting during next month's National Show, please contact ncta@arroyo.tv or call 925.225.2111, extension 210. About Arroyo Video Solutions Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Arroyo Video Solutions' first product is Arroyo OnDemand, which offers video operators a unique, network-centric, on-demand architecture that uses 100 percent open-standard hardware platforms. Arroyo OnDemand employs Arroyo Video Accelerator(TM) technology to drive industry leading performance of 5,000 3.75Mbps streams per industry-standard server. Arroyo is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by leading Silicon Valley venture firms Matrix Partners, DCM- Doll Capital Management and Foundation Capital; and by Time Warner Investments and Comcast Interactive Capital, the investment arms of two of the nation's largest media companies. For more information, please visit http://www.arroyo.tv. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion