Telestream to unveil Vantage Cloud Port
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| 03 March 2019

Automation and management solutions provider Telestream is set to launch what it claims is no less than a ‘ground-breaking’ new approach to media processing workflows whether in the cloud, on premises or both.

To be shown publicly for the first time at NAB 2019, the new Vantage Cloud Port, is designed to create hybrid cloud-based deployments with predictable, SaaS pricing. It allows execution of processing actions using containerised micro-services with engines said to be identical to on-prem services.
The modular, orchestrated building blocks are said to be able to optimise both brownfield and greenfield deployment while any existing or new Vantage installation can transfer specific processes to/from the cloud provider of choice. Existing Vantage users also gain access to cloud-capable actions even if those actions are unlicensed in their on-premises Vantage system. Most significantly says Telestream, Vantage logic is configured to decide if processing is to be done on-prem or in the cloud based on media location and/or domain utilisation.

Vantage Cloud Port can also allow customers to modify workflows at any time, without any workflow onboarding. Any existing user of Vantage can utilise Vantage Cloud Port to augment on-prem processing.

“Vantage Cloud Port can implement jobs from a repository of containerised version-matched Vantage processing engines in the cloud,” explained Max Denton, product manager at Telestream. “This enables flexible, intelligent hybrid media processing workflows built on the foundation of the industry standard-Vantage.”

“Vantage Cloud Port puts a real focus on business agility by enabling companies to scale processing resources in a timely manner with lower upfront fixed costs,” added Scott Murray, VP product management at Telestream. “Now, more than ever, it’s crucial for organisations to compress time to market and increase unit volume throughput and Vantage Cloud Port finally makes that easy. When utilising the cloud, it’s very important to have pricing that is predictable and competitive. When building a Vantage workflow, any actions set to ‘cloud mode’ indicate a per-minute processing price. This transparent, à la carte model translates customer requirements into easily understood usage-based pricing.”