Mission Critical
SCC MediaServer DAM systems store millions of digital multimedia assets created by News and Entertainment Media Industry sites throughout the world.
Typically used in deadline-critical workflows, SCC MediaServer systems provide scalable, highly available archive repositories for digital assets, fulfilling high user and feature expectations, and providing bi-directional integration with 3rd party production and content management systems.
In these mission-critical environments even a minor disruption can be enough to prevent business continuity, placing high demands on both the system itself and the support organization behind it.
SCC MediaServer offers cross-platform support, compatibility with the latest digital media formats,
read/write support for Adobe XMP metadata standards, integration with the Adobe Creative Suite of applications, and proven reliability, scalability, and performance.
Latest Technology
- SCC MediaServer systems support multi-platform client access, compatibility with modern digital media formats, read/write support for the latest metadata standards, and integration with 3rd party desktop and server applications.
- 64-bit VM and cluster-aware design supports scalable system configurations providing unsurpassed performance and reliability.
- Granular database design, distributed search and indexing engine, and multi-channel workflow architecture supports parallel processing across multiple clustered server nodes.
- Integrated replication software supports real-time data mirroring to one or more redundant SCC MediaServer systems located in one or more geographical high-availability zones.
- Supports cloud-based and hybrid server and storage infrastructures utilizing Amazon EC2 and S3 AWS frameworks.
Media Workflows
- Send and receive data from network shares, FTP sites and Email servers.
- Process digital images in all commonly used formats.
- Process RAW digital camera images, automated ICC color profile mapping.
- Ingest Postscript vector images and documents in EPS and PDF formats, including auto-extraction of embedded text.
- Transcode and ingest audio and video files in all commonly used formats.
- Ingest Microsoft Office documents, in Word, Powerpoint, Excel formats, including auto-extraction of embedded text.
- Process text data in most commonly used formats, including XML, Html, Iptc, ObjectML/NewsML, tagged structured text, plain text.
- Includes read/write support for modern metadata standards, including XMP, IPTC, EXIF
- Microsoft Word extension for enhanced metadata editing.
- Interfaces to 3rd party applications including Brightcove, YouTube, Refinitiv Open Calais, Twitter, RSS, WordPress.
Optional Modules
- Agency contract, staff scheduling, story budgeting and assignment workflow tools.
- Ingestion of data from RSS and Twitter feeds.
- Automated delivery of content to CMS systems and online vendors.
- Integration with Refinitiv Open Calais Intelligent Tagging Service for automated metadata enrichment.
- Integration with Brightcove Video Platform for automated video archiving.
- Transcoding video files into rich media packages consisting of high definition video, thumbnails, keyframes, and streaming proxies of varying size and resolution.
- ObjectML/NewsML/XML data exchange.
- Customizable client integration with Microsoft Word for enhanced metadata editing.
- Offsite or Cloud based Data Replication for Disaster Recovery.
- Developer level Rest API for custom integration and client application development.
Our Products
Why Choose Us
Digital Asset Management
- State-of-the-art 64-bit server technology
- Ultra high-performance search engine
- Highly configurable input/output workflow engine
- Flexible cross-platform client applications
- Cloud, On-Premise or Hybrid Implementation
Data Migration
- 20 years of complex metadata parsing and data migration experience
- Comprehensive set of tools for efficient and accurate data transfer
- Image and text data conversions from legacy archive system formats
- Existing tools and experience can be easily applied to new 3rd party data transfer requirements
Project Management
- 20 years project management experience
- Large, medium and small implementations
- A wide variety of existing projects to draw from
- Projects completed on-time and under budget
Workflow Automation
- Multi-channel I/O workflow configuration
- 64-bit Multi-threaded channel operation
- Scalable over multiple cloud instances/zones
- Background operation runs as a service
- Replicated configuration for disaster recovery
Software Development
- SCC is first and foremost a software development company
- Software written using state-of-the-art programming languages and tools
- Product evolution based on user requests and delivered as component upgrades
- Maintenance agreement includes major and minor releases at no additional cost
Application Training
- Highly skilled training staff
- Experienced industry professionals
- Training courses tailored separately for system administrators and for end users
- Onsite or offsite training packages
- State of the art training facility
Systems Integration
- Specialists in 3rd party production and CMS systems integration
- Out-of-the-box data exchange via simple hot-folder transfer
- Sophisticated bi-directional interfaces via 3rd party SDK's
- Custom application interfaces via optional Rest API developer API
- Sophisticated reporting tracks 3rd party utilization
Cloud Implementation
- Supports full cloud, partial cloud or fully on-premise implementations.
- Amazon or Azure storage
- On-premise systems easily replicated to cloud for disaster recovery
- Fully hosted cloud implementation available
- At all times the customer retains full control of their data
Technical Support
- Available 24x7x365
- Sophisticated helpdesk incident management system
- Experienced industry personnel
- Skilled in all modern OS and cloud platforms
- Work closely with SCC developers
SCC MediaServer is a highly scalable digital asset management system that will meet the most demanding requirements, with little to no startup costs.
Choose a managed system installed in the Amazon Cloud or a system installed onto your existing on-premise infrastructure.
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Get Your Package
Express from:
$300.00 / month- Includes:
- 5 Power Users
- 10 Lightweight Users
- SCC MediaFactory
- SCC MediaGrid
- SCC Web Module
- 4 GB Metadata Storage
- 9am-6pm EST Software Support
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Standard from:
$450.00 / month- Includes:
- Power Users (as licensed)
- Lightweight Users (as licensed)
- SCC MediaFactory
- SCC MediaGrid
- SCC Modules (as licensed)
- Unlimited Metadata Storage
- 9am-6pm EST Software Support
Extended from:
$600.00 / month- Includes:
- Power Users (as licensed)
- Lightweight Users (as licensed)
- SCC MediaFactory
- SCC MediaGrid
- SCC Modules (as licensed)
- Unlimited Metadata Storage
- 24/7 Software Support
Cloud from:
$750.00 / month- Includes:
- Power Users (as licensed)
- Lightweight Users (as licensed)
- SCC MediaFactory
- SCC MediaGrid
- SCC Modules (as licensed)
- Unlimited Metadata Storage
- 24/7 Infrastructure Support