Media & Entertainment Solutions

Companies in the media and entertainment industry have undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, as digital technology has enabled an increase in the variety of content, delivery methods, and viewing devices for media and entertainment. Breaking news, television shows, and movies can be streamed over the Internet. Music can be downloaded to wireless phones. Live concerts or sporting events can be seen via a multitude of devices. Consumers personalize and customize their entertainment options, and they choose when they watch or listen. As a result, content delivery companies must be able to deliver content on demand quickly, securely, and without any lag or choppiness in the images.

A Gartner Dataquest Insight report on telecom carrier opportunities in various vertical markets states that media and entertainment has been affected more than most industries by the advent of digital technology. The study goes on to say that this digital revolution will require media and entertainment companies to make significant changes at every point of their involvement in the value chain—from content creation to delivery to end users.

Content delivery companies must be able to deliver bandwidth-intensive content, on demand, to a growing number of subscribers. To meet these challenges, companies need to have a high-performance, reliable network infrastructure that can scale to Gigabit speeds and beyond. A network infrastructure for content delivery also must address crucial issues including bandwidth utilization, reliability, quality of service, traffic management, security and network visibility.

Foundry's Media & Entertainment solutions and support services can help content delivery companies meet these challenges. This proven set of sophisticated networking products, robust features and superior services provide scalability, ensure quality of service, support network-wide security and deliver a high return on investment and a lower cost of ownership for the life of the investment.

As content and technology converge, Foundry is the networking leader that can help media and entertainment companies deliver current and future content-rich services to consumers and businesses.