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The Media & Entertainment industry has been changing to fit to consumer preferences for years. As traditional broadcasting methods and models make way for more flexible, user centered, and affordable models, more and more businesses are turning to Cloud Computing. This is due to intensifying costs of content license and diminishing technology life-cycles is leading to expensive IT hardware becoming obsolete. To cope with these pressures, business leaders are turning to Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) to avoid upfront technology investments and align costs with their revenues and cash flows.
Advantages of Cloud Computing for Media & Entertainment Companies
Better reliability and scalability
Security has always been a key concern for the industry. In the past business leaders user to lean towards a private cloud model. However, with rising cost considerations, scalability issues, and improved cloud security a shift tohybrid models is available. These models are a combination of public and private cloud with private cloud handling the more sensitive data.
Access to better technologies
The cloud brings world-class technologies to smaller studios at a cost-effective price. Using enterprise-class technologies, smaller studios can effectively compete with larger studios. Moreover, you can deliver content that is compatible with multiple media tools. With real-time monitoring tools and historical analytics, information is available across the infrastructure for better collaboration.
Tapeless workflow
Tapeless workflow has been a positive business case that’s been buzzing in production and distribution markets from awhile now. Cloud computing brings the capabilities to make this model a reality, where everything in the media and marketing content creation cycle (from production to distribution) will be managed over the cloud.
Reduce data center footprint
As movies and programs consume tons gigabytes and terabytes of data, media corporations have to store huge volumes of data in the datacenter. Not every company has the required budget and expertise to setup the datacenter. Regardless of the size of the company, the cloud allows you to store large piles of data while enabling you to easily manage it. Not only does the cloud reduce datacenter footprint, it also reduces CapEx costs significantly.
Why Choose 360 Visibility?
One big factor to consider if your contemplating a move to the cloud, is how will you manage your cloud resources to ensure optimal performance? Because performance is especially important in the media and entertainment industry you will need experienced and exceptional support. 360 Visibility has a long history of providing exceptional services to high growth organizations transitioning into the next stage of their evolution. We pride ourselves in enabling our clients to See Clearly and Act Faster. The strength of our Microsoft Dynamics NAV experience combined with our technology integration skill sets and extended development team allows us to bring a strong, multi-functional team to address your system implementation initiatives.