Technology Strategy

A Technology Strategy and plan is a fundamental element to any IPTV deployment, and helps to answer the question; How will this all work?

A Mariner Technology Strategy and plan delivers:

• A generic target solution architecture that fits the need of your service description and that can be used to baseline vendor selection.
• An outline of ecosystem vendor options.
• An examination of technology risk areas and mitigation recommendations.
• Fundamental capital cost input to the business case.

Mariner realizes that a cookie-cutter approach will not generate an effective IPTV architecture for your business, because each Service Provider operates in a somewhat unique technical and business context.

• RFP definition.
• RFP response assessment and vendor recommendations.
• Guidelines for sizing and staging architecture deployments.
• A technology roadmap with linkages to market adoption rates.

Any IPTV venture hinges on the quality of the technology and supporting systems, processes and people delivering a high quality experience to the customer. With Mariner’s IPTV service assurance program, this is exactly what you’ll be delivering.

Your organization will benefit from a solid technology plan in numerous ways:

• It will be the basis to select truly strategic partners.
• It will form the technology foundation for a major growth driver of the Enterprise.
• It will be the basis for present and future capital investments (sizing and sequencing).
• It should assist with technology risk mitigation.
• Clarity of linkages for downstream investments (eg. process retooling and training).

With over a decade of experience working in dozens of ecosystems, and design and consultation expertise on the latest Middleware and set top box technology, the Mariner team has gained extensive insight into IPTV technology. Bring this deep insight and experience to your technology strategy.