Alcatel-Lucent (Hall 13, MS40a/41a) will launch its new Velocix CDN to pay-TV operators at IBC.
The Velocix Virtual CDN decouples the software that controls and routes traffic on a network from the physical infrastructure that provides compute and storage resources.
According to the vendor, this greatly reduces the time needed to install or expand the CDN.
Virtualisation also gives operators the agility to instantly create a new CDN cache in case of a hardware failure, minimizing any potential disruption in quality of service.
The Velocix Virtual CDN will use automatic resource allocation to create an ‘elastic CDN’ capable of adjusting capacity to both planned and unexpected changes in demand, for example during a popular sporting event or due to a viral video. After the peak, computing resource can be released for other applications.
Velocix is part of the Alcatel-Lucent network functions virtualisation portfolio announced earlier this year.