With a simple web user interface and no client software to install, users interactively initiate content transfers using the IP-based Signiant Acceleration Protocol to maximize network efficiency. Users can exchange content with other users, systems and applications regardless of the location and size of digital assets. Collaboration is fast, reliable and secure.

• Accelerated Transport: Signiant Acceleration Protocol (SAP) enables the fast, reliable and secure movement of files over the WAN.
• Centralized Network Management: Complete control over your entire network from a single view - all processes and transfers are controlled, monitored, tracked and reported.
• Content Process Automation: Workflow Modeling Engine automates business processes, integrating with current products and systems to scale your business while keeping cost under control.
  

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• Collaborative Creation and Design - Dailies, Editing, Review and Approval, Software/Product Development
• Content Distribution - Digital Syndication, International, Publishing, Product Launch, eCommerce
• Content Aggregation - Remote Playout, Portals, IPTV, VOD, Data Collection
• Cloud - Resource and Application Consolidation, Active Archive

 Best Practice CDM Deployment Configuration

• Manager performs all administration, control and reporting of all system activity as well as orchestrating the execution of jobs (e.g. files move, notification). Users interact with the Manager through a Web-based administration for configuring the system, setting up jobs and automated tasks, managing current system activity and reporting system activity. HA Manager Cluster (Linux Only) - a second manager may be installed on a Linux cluster to provide high availability.

• Media Agents installed remote computer and responsible for execution of jobs including file movement, interfacing with third party products and notifications. File movements typically happen from Media Agent to Media Agent. Can be deployed as single node or load balanced cluster.
• Media Exchange is an optional java-based web application for end users accelerating the exchange of content, publish content to groups or interactively start workflows. More information can be found at http://www.signiant.com/media-exchange/.
• Relay Agents for firewall transversal and isolation of content from external network. Content is not stored on Relay Agents - only used to route packages through firewall.
  

1. Workflow Designer creates or modifies a job template by laying out job template components in a sequence and mapping inputs to outputs
2. The job templates is saved in the job template library database
3. A job is created from a job template by: a) an operator supplying job parameters and a schedule, through the administrative interface or b) an external trigger. External triggers include media exchange package submissions and third party applications calling Signiant's job scheduling APIs
4. Scheduler monitors system for jobs to run and tells the Supervisor to run a job using a specific job template and job parameters
5. Supervisor requests and receives the job template from the job template library database and merges this with the job parameters
6. Supervisor passes relevant job template components and job state information to Agents for execution
7. In the case of a file transfer components, the supervisor contacts the controlling agent who in turn connects with one or more slave agents to perform the data transfer
8. Agents report the execution status of each component back to the manager

Workflow Modeling Engine (WME) is a module to enables the creation of flexible workflow templates that automate the processing of content in numerous ways. For instance, a template may be as simple as moving a file from one Media Agent to another, but other packages may need to be processed differently, such as transcoding and a watermarking before publishing. A workflow designer models manual tasks and business logic in the WME using components and then publishes the templates to the library. Jobs are scheduled using the templates. 

Media Exchange is an optional browser based software application that enables users to get content where it needs to be faster and more easily than ever before. Users can exchange content with other users, systems and applications regardless of location and size of digital assets. With simple web user interface and no client software to install, users interactively initiate content transfers that use IP-based Signiant Acceleration Protocol to maximize network efficiency. MX provides central management that enables complete control and security - all transfers are tracked and visible from a single dashboard and reporting tool. For more information go to http://www.signiant.com/media-exchange/.

Media Mover is a standard software module that provides accelerated file movement based on some standard templates:   

• MediaDropBox - transfers data between a single source location and one or many destination locations. It monitors the specified location at a user-determined interval and sends any changes detected in the source location to the specified destination locations.
• MediaAggregator retrieves files from multiple agents to a single target agent.
• MediaDistributor allows you to schedule a simple push distribution in which files are transferred from one source agent to one or more target agents.

Manager Peering Module (MPM) is an optional software module that enables Managers to view and control Media Agents and Jobs on other Managers - allowing Signiant powered content networks to share content. Connecting Managers and Media Agents is based on the Cross Trust established by exchanging certificates. Once the Agents certificates are imported into a foreign manager, simultaneous Agent and Job control from more than one manager is enabled. Establishing Cross Trust relationships is simple through the GUI and administrators can even set the level of authorization (monitor vs. control) on a per agent basis.  

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