IneoQuest releases virtualised video QA for NFV/SDN deployments


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Michelle Clancy

| 28 February 2016




IneoQuest Technologies has released three of its video quality-assurance products for use in networks built around network function virtualisation (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN).



As the demand for any time/anywhere/any device video viewing intensifies, NFV/SDN architectures will be the key to the success of future networks. And, as NFV continues to evolve, such scalable virtualised end-to-end video quality assurance and analytics solutions are part of the equation.

"NFV and SDN enabled deployments require real-time information in order to be rapidly scalable and successful,” said Calvin Harrison, CEO, IneoQuest.

“In the case of video delivery, real-time quality metrics will be critical in order to catch a consumer before they get frustrated and drop the stream.

Providing the necessary real-time analytics is non-trivial, and is an area that IQ has excelled at for years. Our virtualised solutions are aimed squarely at meeting this analytics need and are ideally suited for the real time needs of NFV deployments."

The products are: Expedus DVA IP for verifying the quality of Adaptive Bitrate Content preparation; iQDialogue ASM for monitoring the QoS across the delivery infrastructure; and iVMS ASM for providing a cohesive portal to understand and manage the video assets across the assurance platform.

Coupled with IneoQuest's content delivery network (CDN) video availability testing service and the latest client player analytics, these virtual advancements provide advanced customer experience management and analytics.