| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cloud Storage |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Yoel Zanger[1][2] |
| Products | Adaptive Video Accelerator (AVA) and Distributed Adaptive Storage & Streaming (DASS) |
| Services | Streaming media content delivery acceleration; Mobile-to-mobile file transfer acceleration; Mobile video acceleration |
| Website | www.giraffic.com |
Giraffic is a Tel Aviv-based company that had developed "Adaptive Video Acceleration” (AVA) software to improve the performance of streaming video.[3] It sold primarily to OTT Video Apps Providers and to Consumer Electronics Device Manufacturers, such as LG, ZTE and Samsung.[4][5]
Giraffic's AVA technology was acquired in 2019 by Roku, Inc.[6] The Company claimed to continue development of its Distributed Adaptive Storage (DASS) technology towards distributed storage systems, creating a distributed online backup service for consumers based on blockchain technology.
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- ^ Association, Media Financial Management. "Giraffic Extends Acceleration Technology to Mobile Devices". Multichannel. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "CES Report: Giraffic Demonstrates Adaptive Video Acceleration". streamingmedia.com. January 5, 2015.
- ^ "This software promises to make Netflix as reliable as cable TV". digitatrends.com. August 14, 2014.
- ^ Gotkine, Elliott (September 30, 2014). "How Giraffic Boosts Streaming to Banish Buffering". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Roku Acquires Giraffic". TheMarker. TheMarker.com.