Tech Data has become the first distributor to carry the entire Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group solutions portfolio.
The portfolio of products, which includes Cisco networking solutions and Scientific Atlanta products, has become available to those Cisco channel partners participating in Cisco’s Authorized Service Provider Video program through Tech Data’s Cisco Solutions Group.
†”Accommodating the explosive growth of video–be it HDTV, HD videoconferencing or the distribution of video content through online services–will be the driving force behind network design for years to come,” says Tech Data Corp. vice president of Cisco solutions Chuck Bartlett. “More and more network capacity will be dedicated to providing access to video via residential cable and Internet services, corporate network,s and everywhere else through smartphones and other mobile devices.”
Larry Reist, director of business development with Cisco, says the SPVTG solutions portfolio combines Cisco’s “unmatched networking technologies” with its video networking solutions.
“These solutions enable our partners to build the next generation networks that will deliver video services efficiently and effectively via a single IP-based network, eliminating the need for multiple networks supporting each type of communication.”
Tech Data will distribute the complete line of SPVTG solutions, including IP-based networking solutions and analog products for customers responsible for the maintenance of existing video distribution networks. SPVTG products available through Tech Data include:
- Cisco Access/Edge–RF switches, broadband routers, optical hubs, nodes, reverse transmitters, amplifiers, filters, equalizers, and line extenders
- Cisco Headend, Content Contribution, and Distribution–Addressable network management systems, digital encoders, digital receivers/decoders, headends, analog modulators, and demodulators
- Cisco at Home–Analog set-tops units, digital set-top units, cable accessories, cable modems, headend digital, headend software, and the PowerVu Network Center Management Platform
- Cisco Network Monitoring and Management–Cisco Broadband Access Center, Cisco Broadband Configurator, Cisco Network Registrar, transponders, backup and disaster recovery
- Cisco Digital Media Suite–Digital media encoders, managers, and players
