IneoQuest Technologies,
the global leader in video quality and service assurance solutions,
today announced its successful participation in the first Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) Interoperability test conducted by the New IP Agency (NIA), Light Reading and EANTC.
IneoQuest was the sole analytics and service assurance vendor to
participate in this watershed event, marking a major step in the
evolution of marketable multi-vendor NFV solutions. The interoperability
test represents the culmination of IneoQuest's multi-year research and
development focus on solutions which will meet the evolving needs of
network operators.
With the advent of new internet-based video
distribution models, and the shift of viewers from traditional linear TV
to VoD and OTT content, operators require a highly flexible network
architecture that can meet the needs of both traditional and online
viewing, where viewers can rapidly shift from one screen to another – or
use both simultaneously – depending on the content. NFV initiatives
promise to offer the ability to set up and tear down network resources
based on real time demand. As important as the ability to dynamically
allocate network resources is, the real-time intelligence to know where
resources are strained and what new resources are required will be
critical to successful NFV deployment. IneoQuest recognizes this need,
and has been developing the virtualized analytics tools to meet it.
During the course of these tests,
IneoQuest demonstrated interoperability between a Network Function
Virtualized infrastructure (NFVi) element and virtualized Network
Function (VNF) versions of its award-winning video quality solutions.
This result was achieved in part due to IneoQuest's collaboration with
leading equipment providers to validate solution support for industry
leading virtualization platforms. As part of these collaboration
initiatives, IneoQuest also pioneered multiple proof-of-concept
activities with Intel as part of the Intel Network Builders
initiative. The emerging virtualized solutions have been extensively
tested against various Intel-based blade and server platforms.
"When Light Reading sent out the
invitation for this interoperability test, we jumped at the opportunity
to show what we have been doing in support of NFV evolution," said Calvin Harrison,
CEO of IneoQuest. "We could not be more pleased at the results of the
testing, which further validates that we are on the right path to
provide the pervasive video analytics that will form the essential
real-time video feedback loop needed for the future of NFV and SDN video
deployments."