Brix Networks Announces New Advanced Video Test Suite.Business/Technology Editors Add-on Software Test Solution Proactively Analyzes, Monitors, and Verifies IP-based Video Networks and Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. Services Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com), the trusted provider of real-time service assurance solutions for real-time networks, today introduced a new Advanced Video Test Suite for the company's BrixWorx(TM) software system. At the same time, Brix Networks also announced that Wire One Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : WONE), a leading provider of video communications solutions, has chosen the Brix System service assurance solution to enhance its ability to verify the quality of its Glowpoint(TM) video over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) network backbone infrastructure and services (see companion news release also issued today). The new Advanced Video Test Suite for the BrixWorx software engine enables network engineers and managers to proactively conduct pre-deployment testing, continuous performance monitoring, and service verification -- plus aid troubleshooting and problem diagnosis efforts -- of IP-based video networks and associated services. This add-on suite of Brix performance and quality tests supports rich media streaming services, live broadcast video, video-on-demand, and advanced, collaborative and videoconferencing applications that have gained in popularity for a wide variety of corporate uses, including: virtual meetings, training, distance learning, company communications, information kiosks, and surveillance. The Advanced Video Test Suite provides support for major streaming transmission and control standards, including RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. and RTSP (RealTime Streaming Protocol) An application layer protocol used to transmit streaming audio, video and 3D animation over the Internet. It enables the user's client software to provide remote control of the server with functions such as pause, rewind and fast , and also supports MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). and H.323-based video coders/decoders (codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
BrixWorx, together with its accompanying family of hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. , including the Brix 100(TM) Verifier, the Brix 1000(TM) Verifier, and the Brix 2500(TM) Verifier, comprise the award-winning Brix System, a seamlessly integrated software and hardware offering that is the industry's first complete solution built specially to address the IP performance management needs of network operators. "Video traffic typically places a dramatic demand on network bandwidth and resources, especially when added to pre-existing voice and data traffic," said Jamie Warter, vice president of marketing and business development, at Brix Networks. "Not only are video applications resource-intensive, but, similar to voice applications, they are also particularly intolerant to quality-impacting network effects, such as delay, jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle , and packet loss. The Brix System measures all critical factors required for high-performance video networks, including the availability and performance of video servers and caches, video quality, and the performance of the supporting IP infrastructure." Availability and Pricing The Advanced Video Test Suite for BrixWorx, which supports an unlimited number of hardware Verifiers, will be available in 90 days at a U.S. list price of $40,000. Similar to other BrixWorx plug-in test modules, like the Advanced VoIP Performance Test Suite, once the Advanced Video Test Suite has been installed on a BrixWorx server, all its video tests are immediately available for use with new and existing service level agreements (SLAs) and services. About Brix Networks Founded in July 1999, Brix Networks develops and markets real-time service assurance and performance management solutions that verify the quality of advanced, Internet Protocol-based services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Web-hosted business applications, video, and streaming media. The Chelmsford, Mass.-based company's offerings allow carriers, service providers, large enterprises, and government agencies to build, operate, and assure their IP networks and services by providing proactive, end-to-end, service level management (SLM See service level management system and spatial light modulator. ) and SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. verification. Additional information about Brix Networks can be found on the company's Web site at www.brixnet.com, and by calling 978-367-5600, or 1-888-BRIXNET. Brix, Brix Networks, the Brix Networks logo, Brix 100, Brix 1000, Brix 2500, BrixWorx, and Brixnet are trademarks of Brix Networks, Inc. Wire One and Glowpoint are trademarks of Wire One Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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