Concurrent Computer Corporation is a developer and provider of Video on demand

Video on demand

Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...

 (VOD) systems to Multiple Service Organizations. Concurrent's On-Demand technology is based on off-the-shelf hardware and customized open-source software including RedHawk Linux, a customized version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux-based operating system developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64...

 with real time enhancements.

Concurrent's technology has earned two Emmy awards

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

. Concurrent solutions integrate with Scientific Atlanta (Cisco

Cisco

Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

), Motorola

Motorola

Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...

, Tandberg

Tandberg

This article is about the video-conferencing vendor, a Cisco company. Other companies with the same name such as Tandberg Television or Tandberg Data for data storage: see here and here...

 and most other MSO headend manufacturers and architectures. Concurrent has offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company also produces computer programs for the US military, including the Aegis BMD network

History

Concurrent traces its history to Interdata which was founded in 1966. In 1973, Interdata was acquired by Perkin-Elmer which developed computers under its own name until spinning off the division in 1985 into Concurrent Computer Corporation. Concurrent was in turn acquired in 1988 by the smaller MASSCOMP

MASSCOMP

Massachusetts Computer Corporation was a computer manufacturer based in Westford, Massachusetts. Originally conceived by C Forbes Dewey of MIT and inventor Chester Schuler it was founded formally in 1981. Its target market was realtime computing, with a focus on high-speed data acquisition...

, which then assumed the name of the larger Concurrent Computer Corporation.