Concurrent (NASDAQ:CCUR) will showcase 4K over-the-top (OTT) video services powered by its Aquari software-defined storage and UpShift unified content delivery solutions at the SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in Philadelphia.
"Concurrent is making set-top boxes obsolete by delivering a full-featured 4K/UltraHD TV viewing experience, one that includes live streaming, video-on-demand and cloud-based digital video recording, directly to consumer-owned devices via the Internet", said James Brickmeier, CMO and GM of Concurrent's Content Delivery Solutions business. "Our OTT solution increases the number of outlets service providers can address, enables them to activate new customers instantly, and reduces the cost associated with activating a new revenue generating account."
Aquari Software-Defined Storage is Concurrent's software-defined, open-source, scale-out storage technology. It includes exabyte scaling, support for multiple workloads, and RAID-free self-healing data protection.
UpShift Content Delivery is a unified content delivery network (CDN) solution. It now features support for virtual reality and 4K/UltraHD content. The company's 100% software-based transcoding solution is designed to support both live and file-based workflows and is pre-integrated with UpShift CDN to support multiscreen OTT and cloud DVR services.