Qwilt (News - Alert), a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, is ramping up its multiscreen efforts with the appointment of Canby Dautel as vice president of strategic mobile sales for the company.
In his new role, Dautel will be responsible for driving growth and adoption of Qwilt’s mobile video delivery solutions worldwide.
“Consumer appetite for mobile video is soaring. As a result of this growing demand, there is even more urgency among operators to address network challenges posed by the mobile video phenomenon,” said Alon Maor, Qwilt CEO. “Qwilt has a proven ability to solve the mobile video problem. With his decades of experience in mobile operator sales, we expect Canby’s leadership will help us rapidly expand our base of mobile operator customers.”
Dautel brings more than 26 years of sales leadership experience in the telecommunications industry to the company. Prior to joining Qwilt, Dautel led North American carrier sales for Acme Packet (News - Alert), the session border controller (SBC) and VoIP giant, whose solutions were acquired by Oracle.
Network operators face a daunting task as they prepare their networks for the future of streaming video as they try to cost effectively build capacity while improving quality of experience. Caching video content close to the consumer is an essential part of the overall strategy to deal with the online video problem because it reduces the load on the distribution network. Most caching options are closed and proprietary—but Qwilt champions instead a “universal, transparent and neutral cache from inside the operator network and close to consumers.”
“We are in the midst of a transition in which open caching of content will become part of the core network infrastructure just as routers and switches are core today,” said Mark Fisher, vice president of marketing and business development at Qwilt. “And, when it comes to infrastructure, open beats closed. We have the open Internet, TCP/IP, routing and switching as shining examples of how open technology as infrastructure can benefit operators, industry and, most importantly, consumers.”
“Through its award-winning product and continued business growth, Qwilt has proven its expertise in addressing the impact of OTT video on operator networks,” Dautel said. “I’m thrilled to join the Qwilt team and look forward to leading the company’s expansion in the mobile sector.”
Edited by Alisen Downey