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Qumu Now Supports Cisco's WAAS 4.1 Platform

By Jayashree Adkoli, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Qumu announced its support for Cisco's (News - Alert) Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 4.1 platform, at the CiscoLive conference in Orlando, Florida.

 

Qumu now leverages the strength of Cisco's WAAS platform with advanced enterprise digital media applications that facilitates businesses to have scaleable, secure, compliance-based use of streaming media and video on demand.

 

The collaboration of Qumu and Cisco has also facilitated video communications to be easily captured, managed, published and then distributed securely - through Cisco WAAS and ACNS network services.

 

Qumu is an enterprise digital media communications company that facilitates enterprise businesses, departments and government organizations to easily capture, manage, publish, distribute and experience live on-demand digital media content in an effective, secure and scalable manner. The company’s customers include AT&T, Abbott Labs, Capital One, Citigroup, Dell (News - Alert), eBay and others are experiencing the value of the company's patented solutions.

 

Qumu seamlessly manages all video applications by enabling a single web services based software solution. It also leverages existing video, storage and distribution hardware and software infrastructure as well.

 

"Companies from 500 employees to tens of thousands have successfully evolved their digital communications and improved business processes by partnering with Qumu," said Ray Hood, president and CEO of Qumu, in a statement. "As the most highly-scalable solution available for live video webcasting and video on-demand, Qumu offers a compelling solution for Cisco customers looking to implement video communications as well as a scalable, customer proven migration strategy for existing IP/TV installations."

 

Qumu's Video Control Center (VCC) is said to be a combination of software and hardware products specifically designed for live video webcasting and video-on-demand creation. It provides a central control of all video components and is said to be a highly-scalable open solution.

 

Qumu's open solution supports leading codecs, enterprise portals, and video conferencing systems from multiple vendors. It also supports multiple distribution architectures, including simultaneous support of Cisco WAAS, Application and Content Networking Services (ACNS), and Internet CDNs from AT&T (News - Alert).

 

Qumu's open solution, which is a market tested solution with major installations at various companies, is also said to be a reliable video distribution platform that is utilized for live streaming and on-demand optimization.

 

Qumu's open solution also features seamless workflow for automated video delivery over Cisco networks, which is completely web-based, and includes a built-in program browser. It provides central management, security and control, and automatic archiving, with easy workflow tools that put power in the hands of end users for on-going video publishing.

 

Jayashree Adkoli is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jayashree’s articles, please visit her columnist page.