New Generation Web Video Delivery Solution from Velocix supported by Industry Giants – Adobe, Microsoft and Sun
Velocix Metro provides quantum shift in quality of service & cost of delivery for video
Cambridge, UK - December 10, 2008
Velocix™, provider of provider of a leading worldwide Digital Asset Delivery Network, today announced Velocix Metro, a next-generation Web video delivery solution that offers radical improvements in quality of service and a dramatic reduction in cost of delivery. Velocix Metro is a new deployment alternative for the Velocix Digital Asset Delivery Network, adapted and optimized specifically for operation within Internet Service Provider (ISP) access networks.
Industry leading hardware and software technology providers have already lined up behind Velocix Metro. Velocix has built strategic relationships with Adobe and Microsoft to provide streaming technologies for the Velocix Metro platform. Sun Microsystems is the preferred equipment provider to Velocix Metro.
"We are delighted to be included in this revolutionary new initiative from Velocix," said Bill Rusitzky, senior director of strategic alliances at Adobe. "With Adobe Flash Media Server software, Velocix Metro deployments can deliver a rock-solid high quality video stream from the edge of ISP networks directly to their subscribers."
"Our support for Velocix Metro enables the creation of a cost-effective, reliable video delivery platform for Microsoft Silverlight," said Chris Knowlton, Senior Program Manager in Microsoft's Web Server Platform Group. "Hosting Windows Server inside ISP networks provides a highly efficient, scalable platform for delivering Windows Media (VC-1) content to both Silverlight and Windows Media clients."
"Sun is delighted to team with Velocix to provide a robust and highly scalable hardware platform for Velocix Metro," said Mauricio Arango, CTO, Communications and Media Practice at Sun Microsystems. "Our collaboration combines industry leading server and storage technology, with advanced digital delivery capabilities from Velocix to provide a world-class platform that helps customers meet the increasing demand for a high quality on-line video experience."
"Fundamentally, the infrastructure and economics of the Internet were defined in a time when the web was predominantly text and image based," said John Dillon, Chief Marketing Officer at Velocix. "Today, these models are outdated and creaking at the seams as the web of the past attempts to deliver the video web of today. With this announcement, Velocix is responding to the need for a new generation digital delivery solution that redefines web video performance levels at dramatically reduced costs."
The globally deployed Velocix Digital Asset Delivery Network offers a comprehensive suite of delivery services and options available on the market today. Velocix is designed to enable content owners, studios, and broadcasters to deliver video and other large digital assets, such as software, games and audio over the web, with unprecedented performance, breakthrough economics and an asset delivery lifecycle management system that provides content owners the control, analytics and reporting they need to manage their asset libraries through the digital distribution chain.
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- Velocix is a world leading provider of Digital Media Delivery Platforms, a new generation CDN (Content Delivery Network) infrastructure solution for network service providers, designed to meet the rich media needs of the 21st century Internet. Velocix offers service providers one of the broadest and most innovative ranges of content delivery technologies in the industry, tailored specifically to delivering large media files that will continue to be the driving factor behind the exponential growth in consumer IP traffic. A wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, Velocix was founded in 2003 in Cambridge, UK and is a leading authority and innovator in the field of digital content delivery over the Internet. The company has a proven track record of bringing unique and exciting technologies to market that provide intelligent digital media delivery, in particular for large multi-GB media assets.