BTI Systems, PeerApp Connect on OTT

Thursday, 03 February 2011 12:01

BTI Systems, the company that redefines metro service delivery, today announced it has entered into an agreement with PeerApp, the leading provider of Transparent Internet Caching and content delivery platforms, to manage the flood of content streaming onto access networks. With this agreement, BTI Systems can maximize the effectiveness of its transparent caching solution within its WideCast platform, including the ability to accelerate the delivery of Flash video, YouTube, Facebook video and other Over-the-Top Internet content for network operators and their subscribers. The growth of popular video protocols like Flash and adaptive bitrate solutions like Microsoft Silverlight are simultaneously creating new revenue opportunities while also placing unprecedented stress on access networks. Service providers can tackle this exponential growth by caching popular content closer to the edge and reduce their bandwidth growth curve by up to 60%. WideCast uses transparent caching to increase the resolution and performance of video delivery to the consumer while dramatically reducing the “re-streaming” of large files across both access and peering networks – dramatically improving quality and attracting new subscribers while shrinking service provider transit costs and containing exploding bandwidth growth rates. “BTI Systems and PeerApp are working together to ensure that Internet video and content services are supported with the latest advances in Transparent Caching and delivery technologies,” said Rich Blatt, VP of Strategic Alliances for PeerApp. “By ensuring popular content can be cached closer to subscribers, we allow service providers to maximize end-user QoE and re-gain control on CapEx and OpEx expenditures associated with this exploding traffic growth.” BTI Systems Inc.