Digital Fountain Appoints Software Industry Veteran to Lead New CDN Business Unit.New General Manager to Drive Global CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. Sales and Pursue New Market Opportunities FREMONT, Calif. -- Digital Fountain, Inc., a leading provider of advanced standardized software solutions for optimizing digital media delivery, today announced the appointment of software industry veteran Scott Monson as General Manager of Business Development and Sales for its Content Delivery Network (CDN) business unit. In this role Mr. Monson will be responsible for coordinating strategic plans with key partners, distributors and customers to promote the unique advantages of Digital Fountain's CDN offering. "Scott has extensive experience in creating new opportunities and implementing sales strategies. He will be instrumental in driving the company's new CDN solution through strategic partnerships and customer acquisitions," said Jim Bennette, Digital Fountain's Vice President of Business Development. "We are excited to have Scott on board." With more than 14 years in the software and services industry with experience in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , Internet, Consumer, Telecommunications and Media markets, Monson brings a wealth of talent to the team. Most recently he served as Vice President of Business Development for Orb Networks where he drove sales and the creation of strategic worldwide partnerships for Orb's streaming media platform with Content Providers, OEMs and Major Operators such as Vodafone, Orange, Hutchison Whampoa, and Sprint. Scott also served as General Manager of Orb Europe, overseeing all of Orb's European business activities. Prior to Orb Networks, Scott held various senior management positions at Phoenix Technologies, E-Color, Insignia Solutions and SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. . Scott has a BA in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State . About Digital Fountain Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network, even in the most challenging environments. The company's proprietary DF Raptor technology redefines the science of forward error correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. (FEC) and sets the standard for efficient and reliable transmission of digital media. Digital Fountain solutions and services are used today in advanced mobile broadcast, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , streaming video, file transfer, and national defense applications, and are recognized by leading international standards bodies including DVB, 3GPP and IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force . Partners and customers include leading global companies such as Cisco Systems, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Scientific Atlanta, Northrop Grumman, Pioneer, KDDI, Sirius Satellite Radio
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