Digital Fountain Customer Tele2 Named 2008 InfoWorld 100 Winner.Digital Fountain's ToughStream(TM) Solution Recognized for Improving Quality of Experience for Tele2's 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. Subscribers FREMONT, Calif. -- Digital Fountain, Inc., a leading provider of advanced standardized solutions for digital media delivery, today announced that one of their IPTV customers, Tele2, has been named a 2008 InfoWorld 100 winner for their deployment of Digital Fountain's ToughStream(TM) solution on their network. The InfoWorld 100 Awards identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Digital Fountain's ToughStream is a software solution that eliminates video and audio degradation caused by packet loss, latency or out-of-order delivery. These effects are normal and prevalent conditions on all IP networks because IP is, by design, a "best effort" delivery protocol. Because it is a software-based solution, ToughStream is highly configurable, and easy to deploy on any IPTV network. An extraordinarily scalable solution, ToughStream has negligible hardware requirements while providing high QoE including fast channel change times. "Tele2 is leading the way with creative and innovative ways to improve their next generation network's performance in order to lower operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales and enhance their customer experience," said Charlie Oppenheimer, 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. of Digital Fountain. "We are pleased that Tele2's IPTV network has received the 2008 InfoWorld 100 award, and we are proud that our ToughStream solution was recognized as a key component of their network's ability to successfully deliver the very best IPTV service to their subscribers." Details on all winners of the 2008 InfoWorld 100 Awards are available online at: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/17/47FE-infoworld-100-list_10.html About Digital Fountain Digital Fountain is a leading provider of advanced standardized solutions for digital media delivery, even in the most challenging network environments. Digital Fountain solutions are currently deployed in advanced IPTV, 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. , and mobile delivery applications throughout the world, and have been adopted by leading global standards bodies Following are some of the standards bodies defined in this database. For Windows users of CDE, look up Lessons/Review/Associations. For Web users of CDE's online HTML version, review the Lessons list at the bottom of the definition. Organization Covers ANSI U.S. , including DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. , and 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol . Many other standards bodies are currently evaluating DF Raptor as a best practices standard for digital media delivery. Partners and customers include leading global companies such as Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Sumitomo Electric Networks, Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , KDDI, SK Telecom, Sirius Satellite Radio
About InfoWorld Media Group InfoWorld Media Group helps Senior IT Decision Makers choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com. |
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