Concurrent announces Cache Xpander for MediaHawk VX

Concurrent, a company that deals in multi-screen video delivery and media data intelligence solutions, announced that it will be utilizing Cache Xpander, a scalable caching solution for its MediaHawk VX Unified Content Delivery Solution, a cutting-edge software platform designed to address the challenges of delivering video to every screen, including computers and televisions.

With Cache Xpander, a user can seamlessly deploy larger video content libraries and better manage Content Delivery Network (CDN) traffic.  To avoid any impact on CDN cache efficiencies during maintenance of the servers, Cache Xpander features automated fault resiliency which enables servers to be taken off-line easily. Moreover, the features like solid-state media or disk drives make the system ideal for an application.

 “As service providers expand their video content libraries to accommodate Network DVR content, cable series programming and a growing array of video-on-demand content, they are seeing changes in consumer viewing patterns that decrease the efficiency of their CDNs,” said James Brickmeier, Concurrent’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. “As content variety increases, consumers watch a more diverse array of content, which in turn causes demand curves to flatten and cache hit ratios to fall. Concurrent’s Cache Xpander allows operators to independently scale the size of their edge cache, enabling them to dial-in the right amount of cache to accommodate flattening demand curves and tune the CDN to ensure the most efficient use of core network resources.”

MediaHawk VX supports video delivery over managed or unmanaged networks to a wide variety of consumer electronic devices including televisions, PCs and mobile devices. It is designed around independently scalable software modules that can be applied in concert to support a broad array of deployment scenarios and commercial video applications. By using a modular software approach, MediaHawk system components can be easily configured to support multiple formats and protocols simultaneously. MediaHawk supports HTTP and UPD delivery of MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and the most common HTTP adaptive bit rate content formats.