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File Sharing in the Media Enterprise:
3 Things to Consider
Greg Hoskin, Managing Director
Powerfully Simple File Movement
Today’s Challenges
Consumer Solutions
Challenges for M&E
• Easy-to-use = organic adoption
BUT:
• Too slow
• Can’t handle large files
• Lack of control, security, visibility
fortunately new purpose-built M&E enterprise tools are available
‘design for the Cloud’ is worth the effort
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#1 Storage Freedom
Customer’s Cloud Tenancy
Customer’s
Infrastructure
Free to choose where your content resides
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#2 Easy to Use
What can the consumer solutions teach us?
Cloud delivered:
Administrator
End User
• Easy access
• Regular updates
• Scalable
IT Manager
Downtime for upgrades incompatible for 24/7
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#3 Built for Media
Enterprise Ready
Features for Media
Flexible Pricing
Users preferring consumption-based pricing
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CloudSpeX
Pre-transfer Asset Inspection & Validation
Problem: Transfer of improperly
Validation
Delivery
formatted
&
Engine files wastes time
Specs
money
Patent Pending
13/561,461 System and
Method for Sending and/or
Receiving Digital Content Based
on a Delivery Specification
Metadata
Fingerprint
Transfer Source
Transfer Destination
Content Producer
Content
Aggregator / Distributor
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Company Snapshot
Signiant software moves media
Petabytes of data every day
to tens of thousands of endpoints
all around the world.
• Enterprise software for Media & Entertainment
• HQ in Boston, R&D in Ottawa
• Sales offices – New York, LA, London
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Product Portfolio
Signiant Cloud
Products
TBA…
Core Technology
Workflows /
Utilities
Central Control
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Acceleration
Security
Workflow
Automation
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Key Takeaways
Storage Freedom
Secure Infrastructure
Control
Easy to Use
Administrator
End user
IT Manager
Built for Media
2GB+
Large Files
Improves Workflow
Delegated Admin
On-prem or Cloud
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Thank you! Questions?
Contact Info:
Greg Hoskin
Managing Director, Signiant
[email protected]
+44 7976 763919
Follow us: @signiant
Learn more about Media Shuttle
http://www.signiant.com/media-shuttle
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Powerfully Simple File Movement
http://www.signiant.com
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