Signiant Media Exchange

Media Exchange (MX) is a browser-based 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. Collaboration is fast, reliable and secure using the MX email, web portal and workflow features. With a simple web user interface and no client software to install, users interactively initiate content transfers that use the 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.

• Send and Receive Digital Content to other Users of the System as well as Ad Hoc Users
• Share Content with other Users in a Portal Workspace
• Initiate Automated Workflows that are customizable and begin or conclude with MX

Applications:

• Field G enerated Content - News, Sports and Events
• Collaboration Content Creation - Review and Approve
• Digital Dailies Review - Theatrical, Episodic, Advertising

Signiant's technology is built upon a heritage of reliability and technical expertise with patented and time tested technology deployed in hundreds of global organizations. To assist with the challenges associated with migrating to file-based workflows, Signiant delivers a comprehensive solution.

Best Practice Media Exchange Deployment Configuration
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Media Exchange Manager for performing administration and reporting of all the Media Exchange activity.

Media Exchange Web Server for delivering the web application to the end users.  Deployable with Manager, Standalone, Load Balanced and/or Geographically Distributed.

Media Exchange Agents for performing uploads and downloads with the Web clients.  For expanded capacity, additional Media Exchange Agents can be added to the solution with load balancing.

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.

The core components can be run on a single server or for greater performance and scaling Media Exchange Agents can be run on separate servers.

Media Publish Point is an optional software module that provides a content portal for users to share and exchange content.  Users publish content to a set of categories where a group of users can browse through the content and select different packages for download.  This creates a workspace for project based collaboration with large media assets.  The Administrator define Users Policy including what categories they have access to, rights to publish, receive and/or browse packages.  Administrator also defines the Categories and the hierarchical directory structure.

Workflow Modeling Engine is a module of the Content Distribution Management software product; it enables the creation of flexible workflows that automate the processing of content in numerous ways.  For instance, some packages can be uploaded directly to a category or to a user.  Other packages may need to be processed differently, such as transcoding and a watermarking before publishing.  End users have the ability to specify package options like availability window and whether or not the package is allowed to be forwarded by other users.

NOTE:

With Linux, Signiant supports 32-bit Managers on 32-bit OS platforms and 64-bit Managers on 64-bit OS platforms, but does not support 32-bit Managers on 64-bit OS platforms or 64-bit Managers on 32-bit OS.

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