Company:
Convera, (800) 755.7005, www.convera.comPrice: Screening Room Video Asset Server, $49,950; Screening
Room Capture, $19,500; Screening Room Edit, $7,500; Screening Room
Browse, $500 per seat (quantity discounts apply). Pros: Mature
and highly sophisticated solution customizable to diverse workflows
in midsized to large businesses; easy to use and makes wise use of
wizards; scalable architecture suitable for any size deployment; supports
versioning. Cons: High cost, complexity can make new or occasional
users uncomfortable.
MediaSite
Publisher Suite 5.0,
MediaSite Rich Media Application Server Suite Version 5.0
A- Rating
Company:
MediaSite, (412) 288.9910, www.mediasite.comPrice: MediaSite Publisher Suite starts at $15,000; modules
are extra, for example, PowerPoint module is $5,500; MediaSite Application
Server starts at $3,500 (for five-user intranet license); we reviewed
the Internet unlimited user license, $45,000; MediaSite Application
Development Kit, $10,000. Pros: Modular architecture highly
customizable; scalability to any size deployment; strictly works with
metadata, does not alter original media files. Cons: Separation
of tasks may lead to confusion; high cost; requires customization.
eMotion
MediaPartner 4.0.2
B+ Rating
Company:
eMotion, (310) 479.3700, www.emotion.com
Price: MediaPartner $100,000. Pros: A complete digital
asset-management system; supports collaborative processes especially
around professional video production and review in virtual team environment;
scalable, modular architecture; does not alter original media files.
Cons: Not focused on video indexing; high cost.
Pictron
Media Gateway Suite 3.0
B Rating
Suite
3.0 includes Video Gateway, Audio Gateway, Image Gateway and Media
Gateway Search Server. Company: Pictron, (408) 725.8888, www.pictron.comPrice: $5,000 for Video Gateway; $5,000 for Audio Gateway;
$10,000 for 20 licenses for intranet use of Media Gateway Search Server;
$20,000 for unlimited user Internet Media Gateway Search Server license.
Pros: Attractive look and feel; appropriate for small company
or workgroup implementation; hosted solution has identical interface.
Cons: Less integration with video production industry standards
than alternatives; once search results displayed, Media Gateway Presenter
module (not available at the time of review) is needed to synchronize
video with other assets (HTML pages, PowerPoint slides).
Perey is president of Perey Research & Consulting, of Placerville, Calif. She provides market research and business development consulting to companies offering networked multimedia applications, technologies and services to enterprises. She can be reached at cperey@perey.com.
Why IT should care Putting a small or comprehensive video-asset logging, searching and management system in place is definitely a project that IT should be involved in.
Considering multisite collaboration In addition to our usability tests, we reviewed each product in light of how they could support such multisite collaboration.
Intel, Excalibur name new company Convera Intel and Excalibur Technologies Monday announced that they have chosen the name Convera Corp. for their joint venture interactive media services company. IDG News Service, 09/11/00.
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