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Signiant Innovations Enable Smooth Transitions to Next-Generation Technology
At the IBC 2016 Conference and Exhibition, Signiant
Inc, (14.L08) will be demonstrating product enhancements across its
accelerated file transfer portfolio, all designed to support Media &
Entertainment companies' imperative to leverage new technologies and
respond to a rapidly changing business environment.
Guiding Principles Signiant accelerated file transfer
solutions make it possible for any organization to send, share, and
automate the movement of large media files over IP networks - between
people, systems and the cloud. The company's success is tied to a
focused product development approach that involves targeting specific
customer problems while maintaining alignment with several broad themes
in the industry:
Storage independence With massive amounts of data and many
different classes of assets, media enterprises demand storage choice and
flexibility. Signiant is committed to accommodating a range of
on-premises and cloud storage formats, with support for multiple public
cloud platforms.
SaaS (News - Alert) solutions and cloud-native design The pioneer in SaaS
delivery and cloud-native design for accelerated file transfer, Signiant
now has hundreds of thousands of users and industry-leading renewal
rates on its patented SaaS platform. This runaway success is clear
evidence that customers are embracing the cost effectiveness,
elasticity, and rapid innovation made possible by the cloud.
Ease of use Engineers and IT people aren't the only ones who
interact with Signiant products. The company makes a considerable
investment in user experience design for multiple stakeholders, with a
special focus on the unique sensibilities of creative media
professionals who move files as part of their daily work.
Roadmap to the future With complex workflows and 24/7
deliverables, media organizations can't make overnight technology
transitions. They need future-proof choices that will help them
establish a foothold in next-generation technologies, while supporting
evolutionary implementation plans and hybrid environments.
Major New Solution Enhancements anager+Agents: Increased
flexibility with local object storage support
Widely used
within major media enterprises, Signiant's flagship Manager+Agents
solution is the gold standard for scheduled, system-to-system delivery
of large data sets. In keeping with the company's commitment to storage
independence, Manager+Agents now supports even more options as the data
storage landscape continues to evolve.
Originally designed for on-premises block storage, the functionality of
M+A was extended in recent years to include an interface to public cloud
object storage via Signiant Flight. Many customers are now adopting
local object storage for increased control and lower costs, resulting in
hybrid deployments - and Signiant has responded with a new M+A interface
to S3-compatible local object storage offerings such as NetApp, EMC ECS
and IBM (News - Alert) Cleversafe.
Media Shuttle: Easier to deploy at scale Signiant Media
Shuttle is a SaaS platform for sharing digital assets securely from a
simple, customizable browser interface. Now the de facto standard
across the media industry, it's the easiest way to send any size file,
anywhere, fast. New at IBC you can see:
FTP Replacement and Augmentation Features With Media Shuttle
now established as the application of choice, many companies are
undertaking large-scale initiatives to replace FTP altogether with an
enterprise-wide Shuttle deployment - thereby ensuring faster, more
secure transfers and a better user experience for everyone who needs to
transfer files. Deployment at scale is now facilitated by a range of new
features, including:
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An enhanced administration API allows administrators to more quickly
and easily scale up their organization's usage of Media Shuttle,
without impacting the end user experience. With the admin API and a
companion metadata API, administrators can customize Media Shuttle for
optimal alignment with their company's unique workflows.
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Administrators now have more granular control over user folders and
permissions in Media Shuttle 'Share' portals. The familiar
hierarchical folder structure of 'Share' portals eases the transition
from FTP for users, and enhanced organizational controls given
administrators the confidence they need to mandate a wholesale
migration from FTP to Shuttle.
CloudSpeX for Quicktime The library of supported file types
for CloudSpeX has been expanded to include QuickTime, a commonly used
file format throughout the media ecosystem. By automatically confirming
- prior to transfer - that media assets comply with a customer-defined
delivery specification, CloudSpeX saves time and money by dramatically
lowering rejection rates of incoming files.
"We recognize that our customers are dealing with a high rate of change,
while also facing pressure to reduce costs, optimize resource
utilization and drive operational efficiency," said Cory Bialowas, Sr.
Vice President, Product Management at Signiant. "Technological advances
are always exciting, but they can't just stand on their own merits in
today's business climate. There's an imperative to innovate in ways that
provide customers with tangible benefits in the near term and well into
the future, so our resources are directed toward solving the industry's
most pressing problems - with the reward for Signiant being customer
loyalty and an on-going dialogue with industry leaders."
Delivering Next-Generation Insight at IBC Signiant staff
will be available in the Signiant booth at 14.L08 to demonstrate new
product enhancements, discuss how each of them can benefit media
organizations, and compare notes on industry trends.
About Signiant Signiant's intelligent file movement software
helps the world's top content creators and distributors ensure fast,
secure delivery of large files over public and private networks. Built
on Signiant's patented technology, the company's on-premises software
and SaaS solutions move petabytes of high-value data every day between
users, applications and systems with proven ease. For more information,
please visit http://www.signiant.com.
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