VeriSign®
Intelligent CDN is a robust rich media content delivery network. By
using the VeriSign Intelligent CDN, media and entertainment companies
can deliver high-quality rich media content to consumers quickly and
affordably without the complexity of managing their own content delivery
network (CDN) infrastructure.
Our
managed content delivery network service combines VeriSign’s powerful
network backbone with its industry-leading peer-to-peer (P2P) networking
capability of the VeriSign®
Kontiki Delivery Management System (DMS) to offer:
- Rapid delivery of high-quality rich media content
- Customisation capabilities to offer content consumers a rich, content
provider-branded experience
- Massive scalability with lower delivery costs
- New monetisation opportunities for media and entertainment companies
- Advanced reporting and usage tracking for content viewed online and
offline
- Digital rights management and security
The
VeriSign Intelligent CDN can efficiently publish, cache, stream, deliver,
and track usage of rich media content in any format and supports content
delivery to Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.
Lower Delivery Costs, Massive Scalability
Instead
of exclusively using expensive central server bandwidth, content providers
can use the VeriSign Intelligent CDN to enable consumer PCs to act as
distributed servers for their content, making it more affordable to
distribute bandwidth-intensive rich media content.
The
VeriSign Intelligent CDNs unique secure, commercial P2P network also
enables transparent scaling to support usage spikes that occur when
many users seek out the same large, high-quality rich media files.
Content providers are charged for only the volume of content they deliver
rather than being penalised for brief spikes in content delivery activity.
Customisable Interface
The
P2P delivery engine features a fully-customisable interface so media
companies and content providers can:
- Brand the offering
- Support business functions such as subscription delivery
- Offer a rich consumer experience
Opportunities to Monetise Content
The
VeriSign Intelligent CDN supports advertising and for-pay options including
purchase, rental, pay-per-view, and subscription-based services.
Secure Content Publishing and Delivery
For
security, only authorised users can publish content on to the system.
The VeriSign Intelligent CDN:
- Protects content during upload using secure HTTPS transfers
- Checks files for viruses
- Adds a digital signature to detect and prevent corruption during server
storage or delivery
Only
authorised consumers can access content. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN
can authenticate consumers against user databases, directories, and
identity management solutions, as well as use IP Geolocation systems
to ensure content is only accessible within designated geographies.
Our
solution offers out-of-the box integration with leading digital rights
management solutions such as Windows Rights Manager for Windows Media
files and Adobe Secure Document Control for Adobe PDF Files.
Advanced Usage Reporting
Traditional
CDNs report on only whether the content was successfully delivered.
By contrast, the same Kontiki Delivery Engine that accelerates and reduces
the costs of content delivery also reports on the number of times the
specific content is viewed and what percentage of the specific content
was viewed. In addition, the VeriSign Intelligent CDN can
report on both online and offline viewing activity.
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