Cheetah Announces Latest Release of V-Factor Source Monitor

Cheetah Technologies recently announced the release of V-Factor Source (News - Alert) Monitor (SM) 150, which will be able to process and monitor three times more on the network than the older versions. This new version will also help cable operators to analyze up to 12 HDTV channels at one time.

Tasks dependant on human observation, like qualifying video equipment or carrying out viable analysis between existing video services, have now been automated by V-Factor SM. An improved insight into the network is available to service providers as the processing density of V-Factor SM 150 has been improved. As more channels can be viewed together, V-Factor SM 150 offers service providers an energy proficient screening solution.

In a release, Steve Day, Senior Vice President for Marketing and Strategic Planning at Cheetah Technologies, said, "V-Factor technology is a hybrid between deep packet inspection (DPI) and deep content inspection (DCI), which Cheetah believes is essential to ensuring accurate root cause analysis for video service providers. However, monitoring video streams with this level of detail has never been trivial. Our former product line analysis capability was two HDTV channels per appliance due to the complexities of reviewing every pixel of the video stream in real time."

Video feeds on hundreds of important video streams can be effectively screened by operators with the compact and energy-efficient SM-150. Video concerns on the network can be also identified, isolated and solved by service providers with the complete V-Factor suite from Cheetah Technologies.

Jeremy Bennington, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development at Cheetah Technologies, said, "The competitive landscape for service providers is incredibly fierce and a high quality of experience is now a must have for any subscriber. With Cheetah Technologies V-Factor, service providers and content developers will be empowered to manage the quality of experience, monitor the network in real-time and understand how its subscribers receive video content."

The product development for V-Factor Source Monitor is in full swing at Cheetah Technologies, with the company currently working to enhance the next-generation density. Cheetah plans to convert its main technology into a service delivery platform or SDP application, which can be used in video operations and customer service workflows.