1. Microsoft Azure Powers Cloud Media Exchange Hub for More Than 50 TV and 140 Radio Stations
“VSNEXPLORER has become the center of our whole installation, because it allows us to design a wide range of different workflows in an efficient and totally integrated way. Content production is dynamic.” – Xavier Cabestany, CTO, La Xarxa
SITUATION
La Xarxa needed a solution to unify its media in a single, multipurpose space, with all the shared resources available. The enterprise needed high availability of the media and sought to boost collaborative workflows between all the different media outlets: radio, TV, and digital media.
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV:
VSN
WEB SITE:
LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain
ORG SIZE: 65
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE:
VSN, founded in 1990, specializes in providing advanced solutions based on standard IT structure for the broadcast and media sector. VSNEXPLORER is VSN’s flagship product that provides a secure media management platform. VSNEXPLORER helps organizations worldwide to exchange, transform, collaborate, and distribute media from remote locations with ease.
SOLUTION
Microsoft Azure was selected because its ease of deployment, the scalability of its blob storage, and the ability of Azure Virtual Machines to process workflows that can be expanded as needs arise. Azure handled the migration of 50 terabytes of storage from VSN and developed a unique application of VSNEXPLORER to meet La Xarxa’s needs. The solution became a media exchange hub where La Xarxa associates can contribute new assets and download assets in requested formats to be distributed.
BENEFITS
Microsoft Azure made VSN’s project possible thanks to the ability to scale depending on the level of traffic in peak hours.
Azure Storage and Virtual Machines run smoothly with all simultaneous requests, such as transcoding and transformation of the media.