The Application of Films in IP and Cloud
Sep 30 2015
With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, personal privacy, product data, and various service-related big data are invaluable for future data analysis. The current trend is to input data into cloud servers for storage, computation, matching, transmission, etc., laying the groundwork for future data usage. Many people believe that cloud storage and transmission are capabilities affordable only by large companies, and for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as individual studios looking to engage with IoT, cloud servers seem to be an unattainable enterprise-level service, especially when considering real-time audio-visual transmission, which appears to be a specialized service beyond imagination.
In reality, with the current development of technology, stereotypes have long been shattered. From the early days of Peer-to-Peer (P2P), where each user's bandwidth was used to squeeze out shared network speeds, to today's technology, as long as server software is placed on a Content Delivery Network (CDN), it is possible to achieve similar functionalities to large companies with a low and cost-effective budget. This enables cloud services that fulfill the familiar slogan: "Put all data in the cloud," including point-to-point audio-visual transmission, storage, and even real-time broadcasting from single point to multiple points. Not to mention digitized storage of flat photos and general office documents, further computation and transmission become simple. On the market, server software is available in various options based on functional requirements. There are free basic versions, and for a few thousand New Taiwan Dollars, one can achieve audio-visual storage and multi-point transmission. Moreover, these software services can meet a variety of needs and offer a range of options. In addition to providing standard versions, they can also be customized to fit specific requirements.
As for Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), examples include Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, Akamai in Massachusetts, USA, and DigitalOcean in New York, USA. In the case of DigitalOcean, you can execute the aforementioned functions for just "per month" by spending tens of US dollars. Yes! Don't doubt it; for just a few tens of US dollars per month, you can achieve cloud services that are typically only accessible to large enterprises. Of course, if you want to do multi-point audio-visual broadcasting, additional fees are required based on the required data traffic.
Nowadays, various industries such as broadcasting, audio-visual, education, religion, corporate training, etc., all need to utilize IP transmission to the cloud for storing, archiving, transmitting, and broadcasting their audio-visual data, meeting diverse usage needs. Join now! Don't hesitate; quickly embrace the era of the Internet of Things, keep pace with the times, stride ahead, and be at the forefront of the era rather than becoming its tears.
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