Cambridge Imaging Systems partners with FileCatalyst to accelerate secure file transfers for media publishing

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Combination enables users to send and upload files up to 1000 times faster than FTP

Cambridge Imaging Systems announced today that it

has partnered with FileCatalyst to provide ultra-fast, secure and reliable delivery of files across

the internet for media publishing. The combination of FileCatalyst Direct point-to-point file

transfer solution and the Imagen media asset management and publishing system is ideal

for organisations such as news agencies wishing to quickly aggregate and publish video

content from reporters based in remote locations, and broadcasters with multiple departments

and satellite offices wishing to securely upload media to a central media asset management store.

The move to HD and tapeless production has caused media files to skyrocket in size, slowing

down file transfers considerably. Methods of file transfer like FTP and email are not able to keep

up with todays large media files, often leading to failed or never-ending transfers. Fast and

reliable transfer of files are crucial for delivering media to Imagens automated workflows - particularly

where content is being captured or created remotely.

The FileCatalyst fast file transfer protocol offers incredible speed gains of up to 1000 times

faster than FTP. Users simply drop their media files in the FileCatalyst HotFolder application

to upload files to Imagen. When the files arrive on the server, Imagen automatically ingests

the media, creating proxies and basic metadata records. Imagen can be configured to publish

the files online immediately or restrict access for internal use only.

Tom Blake, Managing Director, Cambridge Imaging Systems, said, Were pleased to partner with FileCatalyst to offer this combined solution to our customers, bringing together two

best-of-breed systems which will significantly cut the time it takes to transfer and upload large files.

Alan Atkinson, Vice President of Business Development at Unlimi-Tech Software, Inc, said,

"We are excited to partner with Cambridge Imaging Systems, a well known solutions provider

in the media and entertainment space. This partnership allows for media professionals to not

only manage their digital assets efficiently, but also to send and receive them at blazing

speeds with the FileCatalyst protocol.

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About Cambridge Imaging Systems.

Cambridge Imaging Systems has been developing software for media archive management systems since 1991.

Our technology has been developed working on large-scale projects for corporate and government clients

including the Ministry of Defence, The Police, The BBC, ITN, The Imperial War Museum, British Telecom and

British Pathe. Our software systems have been developed over the last 20 years to provide a flexible architecture,

able to interface with existing software and able to integrate with existing working practices.

Our archive management system, Imagen, contains a number of modules that are designed to work together in

a coordinated way to reduce the manual intervention required to manage very large-scale media archives.

It is possible to use Imagen as a complete media asset management system, with an associated website for

streamed delivery and e-commerce systems.

www.cambridgeimaging.co.uk

About FileCatalyst

FileCatalyst technology is developed by Unlimi-Tech Software Inc., a world leader in file transfer solutions.

Founded in 2000, the company has more than 1000 clients with a user base of over 1 million.

FileCatalyst provides software-based solutions designed to accelerate and optimize file transfers

across global networks. Being immune to packet loss and latency, FileCatalyst can send files much

faster than methods such as FTP, HTTP or CIFS, while adding security and reliability.

Unlimi-Tech is a privately owned company with headquarters and a product development center

located in Ottawa, Canada.

www.filecatalyst.com

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