Communications

Mediaroom ecosystem gets partner boost

17 June 2008

Agilent Technologies and IneoQuest Technologies have joined the Microsoft Mediaroom ecosystem as Internet Protocol television (IPTV) quality of service (QoS) solution providers.

Service assurance solutions enable up-to-the-minute monitoring and analysing of Microsoft Mediaroom-powered services. With the Agilent and IneoQuest solutions, service providers have a more effective way to quickly detect and resolve QoS issues, which can ultimately help reduce operating costs.

“As world-class leaders in QoS solutions, Agilent and IneoQuest bring exceptional service assurance solutions to the Microsoft Mediaroom ecosystem,” said Joe Seidel, director of global partner ecosystems for Microsoft Mediaroom. “Through these collaborations, Mediaroom service providers will be able to more easily prevent, identify and troubleshoot issues and help ensure the seamless delivery of next-generation TV offerings.”

Agilent’s service assurance solution for Microsoft Mediaroom is its J6900A Triple Play Analyzer. It is a complete test solution for network equipment manufacturers and communication service providers that develop, install, maintain, troubleshoot and monitor IP-based voice, video and data systems. It is an ideal tool for detecting and resolving signalling, transport, platform and general quality of experience problems before customers can be affected.

IneoQuest’s IQPinPoint is a video quality and service assurance solution, integrating the IneoQuest iVMS video management system with the multi-interface Cricket family, the 1 GigE and 10 GigE Singulus family, and 1 GigE and 10 GigE Geminus family of intelligent hardware probes. iVMS, with strategically placed hardware probes throughout the network, provides end-to-end quality monitoring from video source to subscriber.