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CatDV – Square Box Systems

Introduction

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Elton CarneiroIndirect Channel Manager

FileCatalyst

Dave ClackCEO

Square Box Systems (CatDV)

Agenda

• Welcome / Introduction

• FileCatalyst Technology Intro

• FileCatalyst ISV Partner Ecosystem

• Square Box Systems Introduction

• Overview of FileCatalyst Direct

• FileCatalyst Integration with CatDV

• FileCatalyst & CatDV value proposition

• Conclusion

• Q&A

• Next Steps…


Corporate Overview

What we do?

• Provide Enterprise Grade Software solutions for moving large data around the world

• Patent pending accelerated file transfers via our unique UDP based approach

• Simplify complicated large file transfers for the enterprise end user.

• Provide all the tools for fast integration into existing enterprise infrastructure

• Provide all the management, security and monitoring tools required to move large data across corporate networks

• Provide integration solutions with all major cloud vendors, including, Amazon, OpenStack and Windows Azure


FTP / TCP Overview

• Provides reliability, error checking, ordered packets in a stream

• Congestion control built in

• Internet could not survive without it

• Works well for most internet traffic, email, web browsing small ad-hoc transfers (HTTP, FTP, SFTP, SMTP etc)


File Transfer Issues with TCP

• Flow control limits transmission window, causes dead air with high latency

• Very aggressive in response to network congestion, cannot tune in application layer

• Result is less than ideal performance on wireless, satellite, or long haul links

• Can be tuned but still not ideal for many-one, one-many


TCP is a very serial process. Each packet of data must be received before a new packet is sent = Decreased transfer speed

Source FileDestination

File

Acknowledgments

Data Packet

Acceleration with FileCatalyst

• Ideal for bulk file transfer

• Predictable - Can send at a perfect rate

• Not affected by latency or packet loss

• Congestion Control implemented in application layer

• Tunable congestion control aggression

• Instantly detect link capacity


Source FileDestination

File

Acknowledgments

FileCatalyst completely saturates the pipe by sending multiple blocks of data = Increased transfer speed

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*NA = North America

Bandwidth Improvement with FileCatalyst

Accelerating File Transfers


FileCatalyst Protocol Considerations

• Plays fair with other traffic on network

• 10 Gbps file transfer, single stream. Found by independent study to be only solution to maintain 10 Gbpswith high latency and packet loss.

• High performance for many small files

• Features that reduce amount of data transferred (Compression and Incremental (RSYNC) )

• Security, reliability, automatic resume

• Automation tools, SDK, central management


FileCatalyst ISV partner Ecosystem

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CatDV: Media Asset

Management

There is an insatiable demand for

high quality content – but not

infinite funding …

CatDV helps companies find and

reuse their media assets

helps teams to collaborate and to

get more done, saving both time

and money

Manage

Storage

On line

Near line

Off line

Archive

Create

Pre Production

Shoot

Post

production

Distribution

Repurpose

Manage

storage

Front end

to the SAN

Create &

view off

line

proxies

Ingest

Transcode

Log

Rough Cut

NLE

integration

Find

Log

Organize

Search

/ Find

Automate

Workflow

Review &

Approve

Track & Project

ManageShare

Collaborate

Cross Team

Communication

Web /

mobile

Ingest,

Transcode,

Move

CatDV Overview

CatDV: the heart

of your media

workflow

Why CatDV ? Simple

– Simple to use, deploy

– Several user interfaces for different users

– Your workflow

Powerful– Collaboration and workflow automation tools

– Production management and distribution capabilities

– Scalable

Flexible– No lock in: formats, technologies, deployments, tools

– Wide range of partners and integrations

– Grows with you

Safe– Strong technical support: UK and US

– Online tutorials and forum

– Proven technology, thousands of users

Cost Effective

Who uses CatDV ?

Everyone has media ...

Production

Sports

Education

Commerce / Industry / Finance

Non Profit: Worship / Charity / Politics

Government

Healthcare

Studios & Broadcast

Marketing / Advertising

Archives / Museums

Etc.

CatDV has ~900 corporations and >2000

individual users globally

Case Studies:

Jet Propulsion Laboratories /

NASA

Ragdoll productions

(Teletubbies)

Thoroughbred racing

productions

Volvo Ocean Race

Canadian Tire

Sportmax (Jamaican

Broadcast)

Gateway Church

Primerica

University of Minnesota

West Virginia University

Kansas City Chiefs

Life In a Day (Feature Film)

FILM Archiveshttp://www.squarebox.com/casestudies/

http://www.squarebox.com/casestudies/

FileCatalyst Direct

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• A point-to-point file transfer solution requiring software at both endpoints

• Client applications include:• HotFolder: Automated and scheduled Transfers with folder synchronization

• Express: Desktop client, manual process• Java Applets: Upload, download, 2-way & headless applets (no client-side install required )

• Development Tools: Command Line, Java & .NET API for seamless integration

• Mobile Applications: iOS and Android


FileCatalyst Integration in CatDV

Content arriving from remote location• CatDV watches for content arriving in a File Catalyst folder• CatDV ingests content automatically:

– If required filing in the right place on the SAN– Extracting technical metadata and importing any other metadata available– Transcoding if necessary (itself or using other transcode products)– Ready for logging / review etc

Sharing content from central location• Assets in CatDV are marked to send via File Catalyst• CatDV’s Automation Engine sends the content

(details at http://www.squarebox.com/uploading-filecatalyst/)

Sharing content from remote location• New ! In CatDV Pegasus 11 remote clients can send content via File

Catalyst to a central location with a Custom Action

http://www.squarebox.com/uploading-filecatalyst/

Why should you use FileCatalyst

technology when using CatDV?


• FileCatalyst can be used in any workflow that requires secure, reliable accelerated file delivery through the world.– For instance:

• Newsrooms – reporters in geo locations needing to get media up to a website quickly.

• Centralized Archive with offices around the world. • Live Sporting events• Long distance learning

– Example workflows• Review and Approve• Harvesting master content from remote locations• Sharing content with remote locations

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Q&A


Thank you