GCI Deploys Industry-Leading VOD Analytics Solution with Concurrent

GCI Deploys Industry-Leading VOD Analytics Solution with Concurrent

Concurrent Interactive Data Collection and Reporting Solutions to Provide Improved Operations and Performance

ATLANTA, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Concurrent (NASDAQ:CCUR), a worldwide leader in real-time Linux-based computing technologies, announced today that GCI (General Communication, Inc.) (NASDAQ:GNCMA), an Alaska-based cable operator providing voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial and government customers, has selected Concurrent to provide video-on-demand performance data collection, warehousing and analytics. GCI will utilize Concurrent's services and solutions, including ReportOne(TM) and Operational Intelligence (Oi)(TM) from Concurrent's Everstream(TM) line of data collection and management tools.

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"The Concurrent solutions greatly enhance the view into our on-demand business and technical metrics," stated Brett Worrall, product development manager, GCI. "These tools allow different groups within our organization to easily track and share key metrics both internally and with third party stakeholders, such as TVN, GCI's comprehensive VOD content service provider."

As operators continue to roll out open solutions from multiple system vendors, the need for a "common metrics" approach to managing key performance indicators has increased dramatically. Concurrent's Oi and ReportOne provide the cable and broadband industry's first comprehensive solution for performance analytics. The tools utilize scorecards, dashboards and reports to view and share key performance indicators, thus always keeping abreast of subscriber experience.

Using Concurrent solutions, operators can track and analyze key performance indicators such as:

-- Subscriber activity rates
-- Capacity utilization
-- Session and stream success/failure rates
-- Root cause analysis and correlations
-- VOD usage by location, provider and title

"Operators like GCI have invested significant capital resources in video-on-demand," said Bert Offers, Concurrent vice president of sales, Americas and EMEA, on-demand. "They must be able to quickly and effectively measure service performance and subscriber experience data. Concurrent's Oi and ReportOne solutions enable customers to leverage existing on-demand resources and prepare for emerging technologies."

Concurrent's Everstream line of products provides a census level, unbiased cross service data collection and aggregation platform which provides analytics for service including video-on-demand, linear and online. Uniquely positioned to provide value to both operators and other data stakeholders, the product line also includes advanced advertising capabilities such as SCTE-130 compliant campaign management and ad-targeting.

About Concurrent

Concurrent (NASDAQ:CCUR) is a leading provider of real-time Linux-based computing technologies for commercial and government markets. Industries served include cable and telecommunications providers, defense and aerospace contractors, automotive manufacturers and financial institutions. For over 40 years, Concurrent's best-of-breed products have enabled a range of time-critical solutions including: modeling and simulation, high speed data acquisition, visual imaging, low latency transaction processing and on-demand television. Concurrent's on-demand products are utilized by major service providers in the cable and IPTV industries to deliver, monitor and measure video-on-demand (VOD) and other interactive television applications, and support over 32 million digital subscribers worldwide. Concurrent is a global company with regional offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and has products actively deployed in more than 26 countries. Concurrent's products and services are recognized for being uniquely flexible, comprehensive, robust and reliable. For more information, please visit www.ccur.com

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Important risk factors are discussed in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 27 August 2008, and may be discussed in subsequent filings with the SEC. The risk factors discussed in such Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors" are specifically incorporated by reference in this press release. Our forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information, or otherwise.

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