Kasenna takes VOD delivery to another level

By Susan Rush
From The August 28, 2002 Edition Of CED Broadband Direct

With the help of Broadcom Corp., Kasenna Inc. is pushing the performance envelope for video-on-demand delivery on Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

The streaming media provider says it has achieved throughput of 910 Mbps output on a Gigabit Ethernet interface from its MediaBase XMP video delivery platform. The high-performance networking option was developed in conjunction with Broadcom Corp., using Broadcom's NetXtreme line of Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

HPN is a software-based real-time delivery accelerator optimized for transferring audio or video data from a storage subsystem to a network interface, Kasenna said in a statement. The HPN driver negates the need for proprietary hardware, according to the company.

"When you are able to extract high-performance out of open computing platforms, you can also let Moore's Law work for you and lower the present and future cost of systems by using commercial, volume hardware," said Satish Menon, Kasenna's chief technology officer.

The HPN option will be available with MediaBase XMP in the fourth quarter of this year.

In June Kasenna closed a second financing round of $22 million, led by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. The company said it would use the fund to further develop its software.