Oceanic Time Warner Cable is First to Debut Concurrent's Next Generation MediaHawk(R) 4500 Video-On-Demand Server.Concurrent and Hawaii's Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. System Team for More VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand Firsts: the First Ever VOD Launch Featuring Gatling Resilient Streaming Technology[TM] and First Deployment of the MediaHawk 4500 ATLANTA -- Concurrent (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 :CCUR CCUR Center for Crops Utilization Research ), a worldwide leader of on-demand technology that is shaping the future of television, today announced that Oceanic Time Warner Cable has chosen Concurrent's newest and most innovative product, the MediaHawk 4500 On-Demand platform, for the expansion of VOD services for their Hawaii division. The MH4500 platform supplements Oceanic's MH4000 based VOD architecture with Concurrent's Gatling Resilient Streaming Technology[TM] and adds RAM caching features designed to accommodate the increased stream demands associated with Time Warner Cable's StartOver application. The new VOD system can support up to 105 real-time 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. channels boasting near-instantaneous playback versus live broadcast. The MH4500 deployment at Oceanic is unique in that it is the world's first VOD deployment featuring Gatling Resilient Streaming Technology. Named after the innovative gun which combined rapid fire power with reliability, Concurrent's Gatling Resilient Streaming Technology automatically detects failures and instantly routes stream demands to alternate resources in order to prevent any loss of VOD sessions. This feature will allow operators to realize the four to five nines reliability figures they have long pursued. "Concurrent has been a great partner for us in Hawaii. Their cutting edge technology and expertise in launching new applications has enabled us to offer our customers a more reliable and more interesting VOD experience," said Mike Goodish good·ish adj. 1. Somewhat good. 2. Somewhat large or big; goodly. Adj. 1. goodish - moderately good of its kind; "a goodish wine" , vice president of engineering, Oceanic Time Warner Cable. "It is part of our heritage to be a pioneer in launching new applications, so this was a great opportunity for us to take the lead once again." Concurrent and Oceanic Time Warner Cable pioneered the first commercial launch of VOD services in 1999 and became the first system to offer time shifted events on VOD using Concurrent's MediaHawk 1000. In December 2006, Time Warner Cable successfully concluded the "Video Server Acceptance Testing (programming) acceptance testing - Formal testing conducted to determine whether a system satisfies its acceptance criteria and thus whether the customer should accept the system. " of the MediaMatrix 4500 platform, citing failover and the 10GigE output as the two most attractive features of the solution. The Oceanic deployment marks another milestone for the two companies, being the first to deploy the MediaHawk 4500 and the third system to launch Time Warner Cable's StartOver application, behind Concurrent's deployments at Time Warner Cable's Columbia and Greensboro divisions. Time Warner Cable's on-demand rollout will expand their system by 4,800 streams and will add 105 Real-Time ingest channels to be used in conjunction with Time Warner's StartOver application. The system utilizes Concurrent's RedHawk Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . "As our first VOD customer back in 1999, it makes sense that Oceanic Time Warner Cable signed up to be the first customer for our new MH4500 platform. We are proud to have partnered with them once again for this pioneering launch. It is clear that our next generation MediaHawk server offers unparalleled performance and reliability, which is Concurrent's legacy," said Gary Trimm, 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 Concurrent. Trimm emphasized that even a few percentage points can significantly impact VOD revenue. "In an average VOD system, improving the session success rate from 97% to 99% can increase VOD annual revenue by as much as 10%," he stated. "The MediaHawk 4500 has proven success rates of five nines. By reducing subscriber churn, Concurrent customers can increase revenue and improve ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for on-demand products." Raising the bar in on-demand server performance, the MediaHawk 4500 will allow video service providers to store in excess of 25,000 hours of on-demand content and enable VOD ingest rates exceeding 2,200 hours per day, two key requirements in the rapidly expanding VOD environment. Stream density has been dramatically improved to 1,600 streams per 2RU enclosure, enabling both small and large scale deployments with minimized footprint and power consumption. Concurrent expects that density will increase to 1,920 streams in future releases. The MediaHawk's multi-level cache approach and economical commercial hardware design allows service providers to employ scalable, pay-as-you-grow deployment models. About Concurrent Concurrent (NASDAQ:CCUR) is a leading provider of high-performance, real-time Linux software and solutions for commercial and government markets. For over 40 years Concurrent's best-of-breed products have enabled a range of time-critical solutions including: modeling and simulation, high speed data acquisition, visual imaging, low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and on-demand television. Concurrent's on-demand television applications are utilized by major service providers in the cable and 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. industries to deliver video-on-demand (VOD) and, through subsidiary company Everstream, measure the effectiveness of interactive television. Concurrent is a global company with regional offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and Australia, and has products actively deployed in more than 24 countries. Concurrent's products and services are recognized for being uniquely flexible, comprehensive, robust and reliable. 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Important risk factors are discussed in our Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 2, 2005 and may be discussed in subsequent filings with the SEC. The risk factors discussed in such Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors" are specifically incorporated by reference in this press release. Our forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information, or otherwise. Concurrent Computer Corporation Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . its logo and Everstream and it's logo are registered trademarks of Concurrent Computer Corporation. 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