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Signiant Media Shuttle Data Sheet

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Media Shuttle

Media Shuttle is the world’s first SaaS solution for person-initiated accelerated transfer of large files. Combining the simplicity of online file sharing with enterprise-class acceleration, security, and control, it has no file size limits and can be accessed from any web browser.

• Delegated Administration: IT can configure storage and security, and delegate day-to-day management to an operational owner, who can manage portals, easily add or remove users, and monitor content flow from a separate Ops/Admin interface.  
• Brandable Portals: Easily change portal background image in Ops/Admin interface. Set up an unlimited number of portals with three modes to choose from — SEND, SHARE, or SUBMIT.  
• FTP Augmentation: Install alongside existing FTP system, without any upfront data migration. Accelerated transfers and simple user interface are immediately available.  
• The Signiant Mobile App Brings Submit portal access to iOS. Users can upload files directly from their iPhone’s Photos or Files app with built-in acceleration—ideal for field teams and contributors on the go. 
• Checkpoint Restart: If a transfer is interrupted, Media Shuttle will automatically resume from the point of failure within the file — no need to start again and resend the whole thing.  
• App-less Transfers: Allow users to securely transfer files on mobile or desktop when installing the Signiant app is not possible or allowed.  
• API Integration: Automate common IT tasks with the Management API. Use the System-to-Person Automation API to generate upload and download links via an in-house or commercial system such as a MAM or DAM.  
• Languages: Each portal or user can be configured from multiple language options, including English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, and more. 
• Metadata Collection: Media Shuttle Submit portals can collect additional metadata from users via a form and automatically generate JSON sidecar files, making the information easy to pass to the next processing step. 
• Seamless Companion: Media Shuttle is designed to interoperate seamlessly with other Signiant products, including Jet, Flight Deck, and Media Engine 
• And much more: Media Engine integration for preview, play, and clip of media assets, Single Sign-On with SAML, Auto Delivery for unattended transfers, and CloudSpeX for pre-flight format checks. 

Media Shuttle is often deployed in a hybrid SaaS configuration as shown above. The data plane (and associated server and software) are on-premises, while the system control plane is delivered from the cloud via Signiant’s multi-tenant cloud-native SaaS. This architecture lets you maintain complete control of high-value content, while simultaneously deriving the classic SaaS benefits of automatic updates, scalability, and global availability.  

• User Interaction: End users can access the system from any web browser. For accelerated transfers, a simple client application must be downloaded and installed. The IT and Ops/Admin interfaces require only browser access.   
• System Control: Via Internet connections indicated by the green lines on the diagram, the control plane manages file transfer logistics, serves user interfaces, sends email notifications, keeps the client-side software updated, and collects data.   
• File Movement: Signiant’s acceleration software operates in a client-server model. As shown by the blue lines on the diagram, the transfer occurs between the end user’s computer (the client side) and server-side infrastructure on the customer’s network (on-premises storage and a server running Signiant software).  
• Cloud Object Storage: As an alternative to on-premises server-side infrastructure, you can choose instead to use your object storage in either Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob storage, or Google Cloud Storage. With this option, Signiant operates the server-side compute and software in the cloud platform of choice as an auto-scaling SaaS, simplifying deployment even further.  

For Media Shuttle system requirements, please visit the Signiant Help Center here.