Edge Device To understand what an edge device is, first let’s define the term edge computing. Whereas cloud computing involves processing data in a data center or on a cloud computing platform, edge computing is about processing data closer to where it is being gathered. Edge computing often goes hand in hand with cloud computing as it can make sense [...]
Element Management System An Element Management System, or EMS, is a centralized platform that enables real-time status monitoring and management of network connected elements or edge devices. Broadcast engineers or AV professionals may use an EMS for managing all their encoders and decoders, no matter where they are located. Elements that are paired to an EMS can be individually supervised, [...]
Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN) Learn more about eCDNs and their applications in this video. An Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN) is a content delivery network (see also CDN) that makes use of private networks including LANs and WANs for delivering content. Within the context of video streaming, this means that proxy and cache servers can be located within an organization’s [...]
Enterprise Video Platform An Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) is a solution designed to manage and enable video experiences throughout an organization. Challenges for the EVP include multi-facility live video distribution, user experience management, rights provisioning, asset management, device management, recording, and publishing. Live multi-facility distribution is considered one of an EVPs toughest challenges. Cloud-only solutions cannot address this challenge as distributing [...]
