Digital Island Chooses LSI Logic Storage Systems To Support Video-On-DemandServices
November 7, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc. (lsilogicstorage.com), a leading supplier of innovative storage solutions for the open enterprise, announced that Digital Island (digitalisland.com), a Cable & Wireless company offering 2Way Web Services, is using the MetaStor E2400 as part of its production process to provide a complete, end-to-end, video-on-demand encoding solution for streaming media applications.
Digital Island’s 2Way Web Services are modular service components that canbe assembled in a variety of ways to support e-business applications andincrease the profitability and performance of Web operations and reducetransaction costs. 2Way Web Services guarantee fast, reliable, securetransactions through a unique blend of Web infrastructure services includingmanaged hosting, content delivery and networking technologies. DigitalIsland’s 2Way Web Services families include “2Transact,” “2Deliver” and”2Manage” services that enable enterprises to deliver secure transactions,transmit and receive large files, manage assets, track digital rights, andcustomize the experience globally with guaranteed service level agreements.
“At Digital Island, we’re at the technology forefront of providing complete,seamless operations, from content capture and encoding to storage andvideo-on-demand,” said Richard Spiegel, director of encoding services,Digital Island. “It only made sense for us to work with LSI Logic StorageSystems, the performance leader in storage systems for the entertainmentindustry.”
In general, video-on-demand applications require very large quantities ofvery high-speed storage. The MetaStor E2400 system supplied by LSI LogicStorage Systems will provide a scalable, high-speed storage reservoir forvideo-on-demand information that is being encoded using AnystreamT encodingsoftware. Thus, the E2400 empowers Digital Island to maximize theintelligence of the Anystream encoding platform by its fast and efficientstorage architecture. This in turn allows Digital Island to encode highervolumes of content faster and with greater reliability.
“As a core component of Digital Island’s value-added streaming media serviceoffering, Anystream’s open systems architecture can seamlessly integratewith LSI’s storage solutions and deliver the volume and top quality demandedby the entertainment industry,” said Samir Gulati, Anystream marketing vicepresident.
Anystream pioneered streaming software automation in June of 2000 with theintroduction of its Agility Enterprise encoding platform. Today, Agilitysoftware architecture enables an extended command and control environmentfor transforming content for IP-based applications. Agility products aredistinguished by their distributed computing architecture and core contenttransformation processes, including live, file or tape acquisition, advancedpreprocessing, universal encoding and delivery of finished streams to CDNs,streaming or other server destinations.
“Digital Island has integrated best-of-breed technologies like Anystream toprovide unparalleled performance and service to its customers,” said GregReitman, worldwide marketing manager for entertainment, LSI Logic StorageSystems. “We are proud to be among them.”
