Motorola has acquired Vertasent, a privately-held developer of VOD resource management solutions, for an undisclosed sums.
Vertasent, which is based in Colmar, Pa., offers an application that manage the elements in a "switched" digital video network. Vertasent's Integrated Resource Management solution is based on industry- standard interfaces and protocols.
Motorola said that together with its existing on-demand hardware solutions, the Vertasent system can offer service providers three key benefits: (1) an open platform for expanding their program offering to potentially include millions of live and on-demand titles; (2) the additional flexibility to more efficiently migrate to an all-digital network architecture; and (3) the ability to stream video programming to any device.
Vertasent's management team and employees are expected to remain based in Colmar, Pa. and be integrated into the Motorola Connected Home Solutions business.
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- Vertasent is headed by Fred Allegrezza, who also previously founded Vivid Technology, another VOD company that later merged with Concurrent Computer Corp.
