Hybrid SaaS

Cloud computing is an important innovation in business today, and refers to network-based services provided through virtual hardware but simulated on real machines. Cloud computing offers various service models including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), desktop as a service (DaaS), backend as a service (BaaS), IT as a service (ITaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).

SaaS is a software delivery model where the software and associated data are hosted on the cloud. Users access SaaS using a web browser client. SaaS generally reduces IT support costs, allows for more immediate customization, promotes collaboration, and enables agile software development.

Although SaaS provides great benefits to everyday operations, there are some downsides. With SaaS applications, users don’t have as much control over the application or data. Additionally there are some security concerns with straight SaaS applications. Signiant offers a hybrid SaaS model to alleviate these concerns.

Hybrid SaaS combines SaaS solutions with an on-premise software application to provide the benefits of SaaS with more security and user control. The functional aspect of the software is presented through the cloud, hosted by the software provider. A user logs into the application from a web browser and accesses a cloud-hosted environment including the user interface, functionality, and mechanism that moves files. The users’ data, however, is stored in whatever environment they choose until it is encrypted and transferred over the Internet.

With hybrid SaaS, you can store data on an on-premise server that is managed by your organization or you can use the cloud. The user now has more control over where to keep the storage. Security concerns are eliminated without sacrificing the benefit of cloud software. Signiant’s hybrid SaaS in Media Shuttle is scalable, flexible, reliable and low cost so you can have easy access with top-notch security. Many companies including ESPN, Radical Media (New York) and Envy Post (United Kingdom) have started using Media Shuttle and are able to access the best of both the SaaS and security worlds with hybrid SaaS. Read the following articles to learn more about Signiant’s hybrid SaaS.

  • | Media Coverage

    Digital Media World | Envy Post Speeds Large Files with Signiant Media Shuttle

    Broadcast post production facility Envy Post Production has adopted Media Shuttle hybrid SaaS file transfer to move large files securely between business partners and its global customer base. The company serves and produces content for major UK broadcasters and a number of international channels including Discovery Channel and National Geographic in the US.
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  • | Press Releases

    Envy Post Production Selects Signiant Media Shuttle for Rapid Delivery of High Res Long and Short Form Programming

    Leading post production house Envy Post Production has become yet another major UK broadcast content company to adopt Media Shuttle™ hybrid SaaS file transfer solution to move large files securely among its business partners and global customer base. Responding to its client needs, Envy Post has standardized on Media Shuttle because of its ease-of-use, the ability to be seamlessly branded and because it is today’s smartest way to move and share large files.
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  • | Media Coverage

    Broadcast Engineering | Media file sharing via the cloud catching on

    After a few years of uncertainty and caution, broadcasters and production companies that serve them are beginning to have a better understanding of what “the cloud” is and how it can help produce and distribute content internally and for consumer use. We’re seeing many success stories.
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  • | Press Releases

    A+E Networks™ UK Addresses Massive Content File Movement Challenge for End Users and IT with Signiant Media Shuttle™

    A+E Networks UK joins a fast growing number of organizations worldwide that are adopting Media Shuttle to fill the gaps of online file sharing and FTP solutions. Media Shuttle, the newest addition to Signiant’s portfolio of accelerated file transfer solutions, provides an effective alternative to these technologies – but without associated file size constraints or security risks.
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  • | Media Coverage

    Creative Cow | LA-Based Venture 3D Selects Signiant Media Shuttle for Accelerated Delivery of Massive 3D Movie Files

    Known for its conversion work on “Titanic 3D” and “The Chronicle’s of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” Venture 3D is using Media Shuttle to deliver the film “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons” directed by Stephen Chow of “Shaolin Soccer” and “Kung Fu Hustle” fame. Venture 3D’s business success on the project requires the ability to move massive files – sometimes 200-300 GB in a single transfer ­– to multiple entities across Asia. As such the company required a solution that would give their global partners access to large files without the administrative constraints of FTP.
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  • | Press Releases

    Leading Media Content Security Experts to Highlight Signiant Executive Webcast, July 10 at 11 a.m. PDT

    Produced by MESA and CDSA, this interactive panel will feature top executives from 20th Century Fox, Deluxe Digital Studios and Adobe discussing innovative approaches to securing the global movement of high-value digital media.
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