* Allot announces first commercial deployment of Service Gateway Platform at DSL-based ISP
By Brian Santo
Deep packet inspection (DPI) specialist Allot Communications announced the first commercial deployment of its Service Gateway, Omega Series (SG-Omega). The Service Gateway provides a platform for broadband providers to build secure and intelligent networks, optimized to deliver Internet-based content and services. The Service Gateway has been deployed at an unidentified DSL Internet service provider in the Asia Pacific region.
* TVN deploys Harmonic’s CLEARcut software
By Traci Patterson
Harmonic Inc.’s CLEARcut offline content preparation software has been deployed by TVN Entertainment for the company’s HD on-demand assets.
Video is digitally compressed with Harmonic’s DiviCom MV 500 MPEG-2 HD encoders, and it is then formatted using the CLEARcut software for storage on video servers. CLEARcut is a part of Harmonic’s MediaPrism application suite for on-demand asset creation.
* Sunburst Electronics hires sales manager
By Mike Robuck
Sunburst Electronics, a contract manufacturer of electronic controls headquartered in Erie, Pa., has hired Sandy Barretta as sales manager. Prior to Sunburst, Barretta was regional sales manager for Clifford Metal.
Sunburst Electronics specializes in developing electronic assemblies such as printed circuit boards, chassis assembly, cables and harnesses for industrial machinery, control and measurement applications, instrumentation, avionics, transportation, transducers and medical devices.
