Ramp Launches Ramp(R) Multicast Engine at Microsoft Ignite - Seite 2

"Many large companies and international organizations rely on multicast to stream live video content across the enterprise and around the globe, and the industry has long been waiting for a follow-on path to Microsoft Windows Media multicast," said Erik Herz, Vice President of Business Development at Ramp. "Ramp Multicast Engine provides this solution and will save companies millions of dollars by allowing them to leverage their existing multicast network rather than purchasing dozens or even hundreds of new, proprietary caching appliances."

"The future of multicast is murky," said Steve Vonder Haar, senior analyst with Wainhouse Research. "As Windows Media and Silverlight draw closer to 'end-of-life' status, real questions exist regarding the alternatives that multicasting organizations will employ to distribute online video on their corporate networks. Moving forward, any vendor that develops a standards-based approach to enable multicast in the enterprise will likely have many interested prospects."

Ramp Multicast Engine (RME) Product Features Overview:

Broadcast HLS over multicast - In combination with Ramp Video Live, RME combines the benefits of multicast with the ubiquity of HTTP Live Streaming or "HLS" and is uniquely able to broadcast standard HLS streams via multicast. This enhances the accessibility, stability and security of traditional multicast broadcasting in important ways versus any other solution on the market today.

Universal accessibility - RME ensures that videos will have maximum reach and compatibility across all platforms with the most accessibility. Unlike any other WAN or CDN solution, RME broadcasts to any device, on any platform including desktop, tablet and mobile devices, Wi-Fi enabled devices, HTML5 enabled browsers, and thin clients. In addition, Ramp's solution offers state-of-the-art DVR capabilities so that users can pause, stop, and rewind a live video stream on-demand.

Class-leading reliability - Reliability and stability are critical when streaming video, and Ramp's implementation of HLS Multicast has leading- edge, built-in support for Forward Error Correction. This ensures that video streams remain rock solid, even on an unstable connections. This is especially important with HLS video, which can be particularly sensitive to packet loss.