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Highwinds Announces StrikeTracker 1.5: New Analytics, Reporting, Content Management Features
Since rolling out its Rolling Thunder content delivery network last fall, Highwinds has sought to differentiate itself from the rest of the increasingly crowded CDN field in two ways. First, it sells CDN services to resellers rather than to content providers themselves. Second, because of that business model, Highwinds has had to be extremely aggressive in providing a dashboard that allows these resellers to effectively manage their CDN customers.
5.19.2008
StrikeTracker 1.5 Featured on StreamingMedia.com Front Page
by Maxim Porges @ 6:14 PM | Link | Feedback (0)
All the hard work is paying off: StreamingMedia.com published a front-page article based upon a sneak preview we delivered of the new features and functionality in StrikeTracker 1.5 (codenamed “Dark Magic”). We are presently polishing off the 1.5 release here at Highwinds, making sure it is as high quality as possible before it rolls out.
The article speaks for itself, but I can assure you that the stuff we’ve been working on in the short time I have been here is awesome. Between a rotating 3D visualization of the Earth showing the location of traffic being served by the network, to advanced and flexible content protection mechanisms that are easily configurable by end users, to the analytics dashboard I have been working on since my arrival, we have a full-packed release in store (although I should note that some of these new features are already out in the wild due to our simple web-based delivery model).
The entire CDN and User Experience dev teams have been working really hard on this release, and it shows. If you want to see it for yourself ahead of the official launch around 30 days from now, check out the Highwinds booth at Streaming Media East – and tell them Max sent you!
Not only will you get a tour of the new features, but Chris, Jay, Josh, Mark, Tara, or Steve will be happy to provision an account for you on the spot (see if any other CDNs can do that) and give you a free 14 day trial of our services.
Source: http://maximporges.blogspot.com/2008/05/striketracker-15-featured-on.html
New York – Streaming Media East 2008 (May 20, 2008) – Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced significant enhancements to its StrikeTracker™ dashboard for the company’s content delivery network (CDN). The new StrikeTracker Version 1.5 content management and reporting console provides a wide range of advanced capabilities — including real-time analytics, self-service live event provisioning, policy-based content access protection, and other important features not available with most other CDN offerings. Attendees at Streaming Media East are invited to explore the innovative new features of StrikeTracker 1.5 at Highwinds’ exhibit — Booth 226.
With StrikeTracker 1.5, we have implemented an unmatched feature set for content management, reporting, and account management that further differentiates Highwinds as the preferred CDN for the service provider channel,” said Highwinds CTO Josh Gagliardi. Gagliardi added that StrikeTracker 1.5, which takes full advantage of the latest Adobe Flex technology, “also provides graphical richness and ease of use that is second to none when compared to other CDN dashboard offerings.”
Real-Time Analytics for Fast, Actionable Data
The enhanced analytics package in StrikeTracker 1.5 provides byte-accurate reporting delivered from the edge within 30 seconds of delivery. Multiple dashboard views group related pieces of information at various levels of detail. When supported with real-time analytics, these views allow companies to make decisions that affect their online content monetization strategies on a minute-by-minute basis, throughout a campaign, without having to wait hours or days for actionable data.
Self-service Live Event Provisioning
Live streaming events can now be provisioned through StrikeTracker without the necessity of contacting Highwinds. Using StrikeTracker’s point-and-click interface, event publishing points can be configured on the fly and are ready to begin streaming immediately.
Policy-Based Content Access Simplifies Security Management, Maximizes Control
The ability to control content access based on protection policies is now available. Through the StrikeTracker interface, users can set content protection policies on a per-folder basis. These policies are inherited down through the content hierarchy, allowing for ease of security management and maximum control. Support for multiple protection schemes is available, including signed URLs, referrer restrictions, HTTP basic authentication, and geo-blocking.
Raw Logs Provide More Detailed Information for Analysis
StrikeTracker 1.5 provides the ability to download “raw” logs — the line-by-line activity of a server — filtered on a per-customer basis. These logs are formatted according to industry standards, and can be processed by a variety of commercial specialty log analysis tools. Built on top of the same technology that supports the real-time reporting features in StrikeTracker, the delivery of raw log data is delayed by no longer than 15 minutes.
Virtual Host Configuration
Virtual Host Configuration is important to channel partners interested in “private labeling” the Highwinds CDN. It enables them to apply their own name, logo and other branding elements to the StrikeTracker dashboard, creating the appearance that the CDN is their own, not Highwinds’.
“Taken together, the new features in StrikeTracker 1.5 spell a new level of ease of use, control and flexibility for Highwinds channel partners and their customers,” said Highwinds CTO Gagliardi.
About Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
Highwinds has been a leader in the development of content replication and delivery software and services since 2002. This experience has led to a number of technology innovations in network management, distributed file system technology and advanced content routing methods. The Highwinds CDN leverages best-in-class hardware and software to quickly and successfully move content at a global level. The company’s high-performance RollingThunder™ network and user-friendly StrikeTracker™ content management and reporting dashboard enable clients to deploy and manage content, file downloads and streaming media. Highwinds is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., and maintains data centers in 13 North American and European cities. For more information, please visit http://www.highwinds.com.
HIGHWINDS NETWORK GROUP
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Source:
http://www.streamingmedia.com/press/view.asp?id=9233
http://www.highwinds.com/pr16.html
Highwinds unveils StrikeTracker version 1.5
Highwinds Network Group has unveiled StrikeTracker version 1.5, which adds real-time analytics, self-service live event provisioning and policy-based content-access protection, to the dashboard software for its content delivery network (CDN).
The new version’s enhanced analytics package provides byte-accurate reporting delivered from the edge within 30 seconds of delivery. Multiple dashboard views group related pieces of information at various levels of detail. When supported with real-time analytics, these views allow companies to make decisions that affect their online content monetization strategies on a minute-by-minute basis.
The new version also allows live streaming events to be provisioned through StrikeTracker without needing to contact Highwinds. Using StrikeTracker’s point-and-click interface, event publishing points can be configured on-the-fly and are ready to begin streaming immediately.
For more information, visit http://www.highwinds.com.
Source: http://broadcastengineering.com/products/highwinds-unveils-strike-tracker-0527/
Source: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/544799