Enjoying a slight change of scenery, Faultline got comfortable as a fly on the wall during a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis from Harmonic this week – a treat typically reserved for private boardroom meetings. While not the world’s sexiest webinar, the possibility of achieving $45 million in cost savings over four years via Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) and virtual cable modem termination system (vCMTS) deployments is what makes Harmonic a force to be reckoned with in this market. Harmonic’s VP of Product Management for the Cable Access division, Asaf Matatyaou, set the scene by walking us through the drivers for DAA and vCMTS architectures, which are worth revisiting before crunching some numbers. These include improved plant performance, better…