| Features |
Benefits |
| Faster-Than-Real-Time™
delivery |
Serves more
simultaneous clients with the same infrastructure, due
to more efficient utilization of bandwidth. |
| Intelligent
client-side caching |
Takes caching
model to the desktop, completing the "last-mile" and
providing unprecedented video quality. |
| Application-level
Quality of Service |
Guarantees
reliable delivery of video and audio over any network,
ensuring that playback is exactly as the file was encoded. |
| Resilience
to multiple hops between client and server |
Allows complete
geographic coverage with minimal POPs, resulting in
reduced infrastructure costs. |
| Resilience
to average bandwidth |
Allows delivery
of content encoded at average bandwidth rather than
minimum bandwidth, resulting in higher quality video
and richer multimedia. |
| Complete fail-over
solution |
Guarantees
a smooth, quality viewing experience even in
the face of network outages and server failures. Provides
an application with no single point of failure. |
| Dynamic, intelligent
load-balancing |
Avoids overloading
any given server, routes play requests to the most appropriate
server, and allows for quick and easy server expansion
based on demand. |
| Extensive and
dynamic controls over bandwidth and network traffic |
Permits network
administrators to shape traffic, limit bandwidth on
a per-stream, per-server, or per-domain level as necessary. |
| Extensible
access control |
Provides selective
and secure access to content based on definable policies,
e.g. pay-per-view, subscription-based access, corporate
access levels, etc. |
| Fully customizable
log analysis and reporting tools |
Allows extensive
analysis of usage patterns and network conditions; reporting
tools with automated billing and error notification
capabilities. |
| Full-spectrum
delivery |
Permits delivery
of all CODECs and bit-rates to all Burst-Enabled players
using a single Burstware server, reducing administrative
costs and complexity. |
| Burst-Enabled
Players |
Supports major
industry-standard players, facilitating advancements
in player technologies and avoiding "proprietary player
syndrome." |
| Remote monitoring |
Allows entire
Burstware deployment to be monitored from a single Network
Operations Center (NOC). |
| Highly portable
software-only solution |
Provides choice
of server operating systems-any server OS can deliver
any file format to any Burst-Enabled player. Supports
cutting edge hardware technologies, including multi-processors,
storage area networks, and wireless technologies. |
