Signiant Overview

Signiant Overview
More than transport…Content Supply Chain Management
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Signiant Snapshot
•  Content Supply Chain Management software company
•  Signiant is trusted by organizations to deliver content supply chain
management software. Our solutions automate, integrate, and
propel, global distribution of their valuable content to enable new
businesses.
•  Corporate Headquarters: Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
•  Investors: North Bridge, BCV, VIMAC
•  Founded in 2000
•  More than 10,000 Signiant Media Agents Deployed
•  More than 400 customers
•  Successfully Deployed to Support Some of the Most Complex
Digital Media Distribution Initiatives
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Sample Media Customers
Broadcast and Film Cable Channels Broadband Services Media Services On-­‐Line Sports ©2011 Signiant Inc
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Sample Enterprise Customers
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Cloud Optimization Delivery
Key Attributes of COD Solutions
Enterprise Class Security. Extends your security policy for data handling into the
cloud to ensure that corporate governance is met.
Maximum Performance and Reliability Ensures users have maximum productivity
regardless of location for cloud deployed applications
Complete Control, Tracking and Reporting Ensures end-to-end visibility into all
your assets at all times including certified delivery.
Transparency extends your applications into the cloud without an impact on end
users.
Efficient Use of Networks to ensure that assets are moved at speeds that meet your
business needs - even when dealing with large media assets.
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Connecting Public and Private Cloud
Networks
Customer Requirements
•  Security
•  Bandwidth
•  Control
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Product Overview
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Signiant Components
Manager
"   Central Management
Control from anywhere
"   Multi-Tenant / MultiBusiness
"   Centrally Stored Adaptive
policy engine
Media Agents
"   Performs File Transfers and
Automates Processes
"   Multi-purpose capabilities
"   Heterogeneous OS support
Media Exchange
"   Web Application Server for
"   User-User Transfers
"   User-Portal Transfers
"   Interactive Workflows
"   Java Web Client
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Central Management
Key Attributes
"   Web-based central console
"   Adaptive policy engine
"   Workflow modeling engine
"   Tracking, reporting & auditing
"   Data confidentiality and
integrity
"   Certified delivery
"   Firewall friendly
"   Supports Windows & Linux
"   Dashboard status view
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Bandwidth Control
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Accelerated Transport
Key Attributes
"   Enables high speed transfer
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on a global basis
Software-Based with Layer
7 Intelligence
Virtualized, Dynamic
Bandwidth Allocation
Latency Compensation:
UDP Based Transfers up to
200X Faster than TCP
Carrier Grade Reliability and
Resiliency, Automatic
Restart
Advanced Data Differencing
Comparison Bandwidth Efficiency of Signiant vs. TCP for 40 GB Payload
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Software Components
Storage
Servers
Manager
Media Exchange
Web Server Web Server
Agent(s)
Agent(s)
Browser
Users
Administrators
End Users
Operators
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User Interface
Manager
Media Exchange
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Sample Deployment
Corporate
Network
Admin/Ops
Manager
Web Server
Storage
Storage
End Users
Media Exchange
Media Exchange
Agent(s)
Agent(s)
Web Server
Fire Wall
Corporate
DMZ
Media Exchange
Relay
Web Server
Agent(s)
Fire Wall
Agent(s)
Partner(s)
Internet
End Users
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Manager
Web Server
End Users
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Manager Concepts
Package
Web Server
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Files
Web…Server
+
Metadata
<expiry>
<forwardable>
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Web Server
Job Template
Components
Job Templates
Components
Jobs
Components
Job Runs
Components
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Content Process Automation
Key Attributes
"   Automate Tasks to Reduce
Labor and Ensure Lights Out
Operation
"   Signiant Integrated Product
Program for 3rd Party
Integration
"   Reusable Components and
Scripts: easy configuration of
customer specific business
processes
"   Open Architecture: Web
Services (SOAP)
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Selected Use Cases
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Library of Congress
Features
"   Accelerated content
aggregation from thousands
of suppliers
"   Verified delivery
"   Integrated indexing,
cataloguing and archive
systems
"   Central tracking and
reporting
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Use Case Managed Delivery:
Microsoft Zune & Xbox to Azure
Features
An enterprise-class solution to
upload and manage files and
digital assets to/from Windows
Azure Cloud Storage with the
following key features:
"   Accelerated content upload
"   Massive scalability
"   Automated, guaranteed
delivery
"   Central tracking and
reporting
"   Multi-party notification
"   Security including
encryption and mutual
authentication
"   Transparency
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Managing the Movement of Digital Content
Delivering the Right Content to the Right Place at the Right Time
Contact Information
Paul Kortick
152 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: 781-221-4017
[email protected]
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