Cisco Cisco Internet Streamer Application Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
Cisco Video Distribution Suite for Internet
Streaming (VDS-IS)
Streaming (VDS-IS)
With the ever-increasing demand for online video content propelled by changes in
consumer behavior, service providers realize that delivery of multiscreen content is
strategically important and core to their business. The 2013
consumer behavior, service providers realize that delivery of multiscreen content is
strategically important and core to their business. The 2013
forecasts that Internet video will be 69 percent of all consumer Internet
traffic in 2017. The sum of all forms of video - linear TV, Video on Demand (VoD),
Internet video, and peer-to-peer video - will be in the range of 80 to 90 percent of
global consumer traffic by 2017. This demand raises a challenge to service providers
that leads them to deploy and own Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Internet video, and peer-to-peer video - will be in the range of 80 to 90 percent of
global consumer traffic by 2017. This demand raises a challenge to service providers
that leads them to deploy and own Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Factors that need to be considered when building CDNs include:
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Growth of IP video traffic and the ability of the video distribution architecture to scale accordingly
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Demand for multiscreen video experiences: managed video content to customer’s IP-enabled devices such
as PCs, tablets, game consoles, and Wi-Fi-connected mobile phones
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Demand from content providers, broadcasters, and movie studios for a secured distribution of video
content to protect copyrights
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Need for advanced service routing and delivery service management
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Low OpEx and TCO
Cisco Videoscape
™
Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming (VDS-IS) meets all of these requirements, and
augments core CDN capabilities with advanced service routing and content streaming intelligence. Cisco can help
service providers take full advantage of CDN technology to reduce costs, deliver amazing multiscreen
experiences, and capitalize on the cloud revolution.
Product Overview
Cisco Videoscape
™
Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming (VDS-IS) is an integrated system with a network-
based architecture that transcends existing streaming solutions. It allows service providers to extend their video-
managed content to their customers’ IP-enabled devices such as PCs, tablets, game consoles, and Wi-Fi-
connected mobile phones by using sophisticated service routing and content distribution intelligence.
Cisco VDS-IS software is installed on Cisco Content Delivery Engine (CDE) appliances as well as Cisco high-
performance Unified Computing System
™
(Cisco UCS
®
) servers and blades, providing a flexible and cost-effective
solution to service providers who plan to build content delivery networks.