SARA (Scientific Atlanta Resident Application) is a guide built for Cisco’s Explorer set-top box platform.

itaas provides feature updates and product enhancements requested by Service Providers, as well as by Cisco. itaas can provide enhancements such as, additional guide search capabilities and UI enhancements.

The feature updates, and software releases will still undergo system verification and testing (SVT) in Cisco’s labs prior to release. This stringent testing process will ensure that the SARA enhancements are thoroughly tested and is consistent with the current capabilities of SARA.

The TVWorks ETV/EBIF platform is currently deployed in more than 25 million set top boxes. The itaas ETV developer program is targeted at developers interested in building applications that run on the TV Works ETV Client for Motorola STBs.

Membership in the itaas ETV Developer Program includes the TVWorks ETV XDK , documentation, and 6 hours of XDK installation support with the option to purchase additional support.

The TVWorks tru2way Platform is a complete software suite which enables the deployment of bound and unbound tru2way applications. It contains both the server components and service layers required to successfully deploy tru2way applications on tru2way enabled set top boxes.

itaas offers the following TVWorks tru2wayPlatform solutions for Service Providers:

• TVWorks tru2way Platform: A comprehensive package of server components and service layers required for Service Providers to deploy tru2way applications

itaas offers the following  solutions for Application Developers and Programmers:

• tru2way application development

ECS collects, stores and reports VOD session activity, then correlates and aggregates detailed data. It provides reporting capabilities and ongoing alerts, session statistics and recording capabilities to help your staff monitor network activity. ECS also supplies key data for marketing evaluation and analysis. Best of all, ECS works without modifying existing software or hardware and doesn’t rely on additional components to supply vital statistics. It transfers data only when monitored components are not using the CPU and can be easily configured and scaled as your network grows.

The many benefits of ECS include quicker problem identification and troubleshooting, automatic notification and reduction in operational support resources. Additionally, reports can be customized to your marketing needs, to highlight valuable viewing trends. ECS assists marketing and product development teams to fine tune their VOD offerings and realize greater returns. ECS is the only near real time solution that is integrated with SeaChange, Concurrent, Arris, Cisco, Motorola, Tandberg TV – an Ericsson Group.