TalkTalk first to test enhanced capacity management of Cloud
DVR; new CDN platform improves network performance and resource
scaling to meet dynamic demands
PARIS, Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is set to boost the performance of
its cloud-based IP video storage and content delivery technologies
with the introduction of its enhanced Cloud DVR platform and the
new Elastic content delivery network. This will allow service
providers to manage network capacity more dynamically as they deal
with ever-growing customer demand.
The UK TV, broadband, phone and mobile provider, TalkTalk, has
already tested components of the enhanced Cloud DVR in a live
network environment. The enhanced Cloud DVR platform incorporates a
number of advances in storage resulting from Alcatel-Lucent's
collaboration with Intel® Corporation, and using the
Intel® Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library
(ISA-L).
With more consumers moving away from set top boxes to watch
on-demand content over their smartphones, tablets and other
connected devices, data traffic across networks is increasing
dramatically. Alcatel-Lucent has evolved its IP video portfolio to
help service providers manage this traffic, designing their data
storage and delivery networks with greater efficiency.
Cloud DVR
The Cloud DVR platform allows content to be
stored in the cloud rather than a set-top-box, enabling consumers
to access video from any connected device at home. New features
utilize community-driven applications and innovations developed in
conjunction with Intel to generate even more cost-effective Cloud
DVR storage. These include:
- Ceph, an open source project, offers a distributed object store
designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and
scalability, ensuring capacity meets variable consumer demand at
all times.
- Erasure coding, coupled with Intel® ISA-L offers
high efficiency and high availability storage, allowing data to use
half the space of other methods.
Elastic CDN
Alcatel-Lucent's Velocix content delivery network (CDN)
technologies allow service providers to optimize video content for
delivery on any device.
With functionality moved to the cloud, the Elastic CDN
allows resources to be allocated more flexibly, when and where they
are needed. During a major sporting event or incident, the provider
can dynamically provision virtualized machines in minutes rather
than weeks or months and cache popular content closer to users to
better manage video traffic over the networks. Once demand has
slowed, extra capacity can be released and used on other
applications or services. Elastic CDN will be made commercially
available in 2016.
Quotes:
Bev Crair, Vice President Data
Center Group, General Manager Storage of Intel said: ""The
digital service economy ushered in by the agility and efficiency of
cloud computing is driving great demand for innovative storage
solutions. Intel's collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent on Cloud DVR
is an example of our work with the industry to ensure that
efficient storage solutions fully optimized for Intel architecture
are fueling the next generation of digital service innovation."
Paul Larbey, head of
Alcatel-Lucent's IP Video business, said: "Our IP Video
portfolio help customers better manage the changes in traffic that
they are seeing as their subscribers move away from the set top box
to viewing on demand video over a variety of connected devices.
Using in-house expertise and working with market leaders such as
Intel, we can help providers deliver video content more
intelligently and efficiently to dramatically improve the end-user
experience in line with demand without increasing costs."
Alcatel-Lucent will demonstrate Elastic CDN and the new features
enabled in its Cloud DVR platform at IBC from 11-15th
September in Meeting Suite #25, Hall 13 of the Amsterdam RAI.
About TalkTalk
TalkTalk is the UK's leading value for money provider of TV,
broadband, mobile and home phone services.
We're committed to making Britain better off and have helped drive down
the average price of broadband since entering the market with free
broadband in 2006, benefiting not only our 4 million customers, but
driving down the price of services for everyone.
TalkTalk continues to offer Britain's lowest priced packages and is the
only UK broadband provider to offer totally unlimited broadband as
part of all its packages.
ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
Alcatel-Lucent is the leading IP networking,
ultra-broadband access and cloud technology specialist. We are
dedicated to making global communications more innovative,
sustainable and accessible for people, businesses and governments
worldwide. Our mission is to invent and deliver trusted networks to
help our customers unleash their value. Every success has its
network.
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