Glossaries


WHAT IS

UBIQUITY?

Ubiquity is a workflow orchestration & automation platform that integrates best-of-breed Storage, Encoding, Asset Management, File Delivery, Cloud Storage, and Web Publishing Systems.
Ubiquity provides fault-tolerant media and metadata interchange between systems—making information transfer seamlessly from creation to delivery.

WHAT does

it do?

WHAT tools

does it use?

Ubiquity utilizes a series of powerful open source tools which have been time-tested by some of the largest media companies, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube and many more…

Features

Tiered Storage

  • Moves & tracks the location of files across multiple tiers of Storage
  • Stores archive and restore metadata in the Ubiquity Database

Encoding

  • Analyzes folder hierarchy and media information
  • Automates the delivery of files to the encoder. Encodes the file(s) based on a custom criteria

Asset Management

  • Triggers Ubiquity workflow automations via polling metadata fields, analyzing XML files, subscribing to AmazonSQS Cues, or scheduling policies

Asset Analysis

  • Watches & scans filesystem directories for new or modified files
  • Verifies file stabilization
  • Analyzes, detects, and populates metadata

File Delivery

  • Cues files for delivery
  • Tracks the location, success, and failure of file delivery
  • Sends email notifications to user(s) upon success or failure of a job

CDN Distribution

  • Provides cloud-access to media assets
  • Provides collaborative work environments for your team

Web Publishing

  • Automates uploads to web publishing platforms
  • Pushes custom metadata up to the web automatically
  • Verifies uploads complete successfully
  • Delivers email notifications upon successful or failed publication