Software manages and distributes video assets.
Press Release Summary:
Featuring shot boundary detection, Cumulus Video Suite 1.0.1 can create records for each shot in video, which can be annotated with additional metadata. Users can create secure video repository, catalog entire movies and individual video shots, view previews and thumbnails for cataloged videos and shots, and edit shot boundaries. Program helps control creative, productive, approval, and distribution processes around process and storage cycle of rich media.
Original Press Release:
Canto Ships Cumulus Video Suite 1.0.1
New Cumulus add-on helps enterprises find, manage and stream video files as
well as individual video shots
March 27, 2006 -Â San Francisco. Canto, a global leader in Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions, today announced Cumulus Video Suite 1.0.1, an Option for the Cumulus Enterprise product line to efficiently manage and distribute videos assets.
Due to an award winning shot boundary detection technology Video Suite can create records for each shot in the video, which can even be annotated with additional metadata. Cumulus Video Suite even supports streaming for viewing video files over the Internet, catering the needs of corporations where secure distribution of training, sales and marketing videos is a pressing concern.
"The lifespan of corporate videos is short, they need to be delivered as fast as possible to the right people, after all yesterday's news is old news," said Canto CEO Jennifer Neumann. "The combination of Video Suite and a streaming server enables our customers to perform live broadcasts and multicasts, instantly delivering their video information to employees and partners and most important decreasing both turnaround time as well as operational and courier costs."
Version 1.0.1 now offers WMV support and has added features for the Mac OS X platform that were previously only available to Windows users such as the automatic shot detection based on cuts and effects. Users can create a secure video repository, catalog entire movies and individual video shots, view previews and thumbnails for cataloged videos and shots, edit shot boundaries, and add metadata to video files or individual video shots.
Video Suite makes it easy to search and find videos or shots fast by searching saved metadata, and helps to control the creative, productive, approval and distribution processes around the process and storage cycle of your rich media.
Availability
Video Suite is an add-on module that expands the functionality of Cumulus Enterprise 6.6 (or higher). Video Suite is available at $ 4995 from Canto Sales at www.canto.com and Canto Certified System Integrators (CCSI). You can find a list of CCSIs on Canto's website at canto.com/par.
For more information on all Canto products and services and to download demo versions go to: www.canto.com
About Canto
Founded in 1990, Canto is the leading supplier of Digital Asset Management products and services with more than 13,000 client/server systems installed worldwide. Canto's business focus is to deliver world-class solutions at a very competitive price to the creative arts, publishing, corporate communications and other industries. The company's product line "Cumulus" is designed to manage and archive all types of digital assets used in production, publishing, communication, and other workflows, offering cross-platform and Internet applications that scale completely from easy to
install and low-cost archiving solutions to globally hosted DAM systems.
Contact
Sharron Sawyer
VP Marketing
Canto Inc
ssawyer@canto.com
http://www.canto.com
