Features

Here are a few examples of why using SymposiumLIVE offers a better solution:
We have worldwide multimillion dollar datacenters with fully redundant, underground generators, battery power, etc. We have guaranteed uptimes at nearly 100%. Your multimedia is always available. Delivering on availability and reliability, we understand the importance of the LMS system to the mission of the university and institution.

We have dedicated IT staff to consult and support SymposiumLIVE. We offer a centralized point of contact with a 24 hour, 7 day a week support model built to handle escalations as appropriate and needed. This allows your institution’s IT staff to focus on what they do best on site instead of having them further stretched out in more costly support roles. This eliminates time consuming and costly training as well as staffing increases. Isn’t your IT staff better when they can focus labor resources on your own existing networks and systems with more time to support end users (students and faculty)? We believe so.

SymposiumLIVE offers redundant, constantly availability and access to your hosted media. In our 24/7 model with full redundancy and regular backups, we offer a disaster proof solution. We provide “high availability” immediately and build on that success with a proven track record of reliability across the globe. We offer stability in a volatile environment. Absent a strong procedure to ensure that rich media is stored on-site, memory and bandwidth surcharges could escalate for your institution. The cost to refresh the myriad of servers, SANs, and network streaming appliances is also quite expensive. SymposiumLIVE offers a rich media solution that could accommodate the growing demand for a hosted media solution. We minimize bandwidth and memory consumption on your institution’s network and servers. Replicating an effective solution in-house, similar to what SymposiumLIVE offers can be costly.

It should be noted that, when running the system in-house, the university is exposed to greater financial risk in the event of a catastrophic failure that necessitates the expertise of typically outsourced IT consultants to rebuild and refresh multiple servers including the associated storage and rich media. SymposiumLIVE takes care of this for you. We are built to handle (and prevent) emergencies given our Content Delivery Network. This also helps eliminate additional ongoing costs that may be required by your institution and IT staff to support and implement a rich media system as demand grows. SymposiumLIVE reduces performance and personnel-related risks when compared to the in-house solution. Stop the cycle of expensive hardware refresh costs and additional expertise-related IT staffing issues. SymposiumLIVE creates value for the enterprise. SymposiumLIVE offers your institution a strong way to reach out and teach the world a new and vibrant way to learn. Let us support your rich media in this challenge. Let SymposiumLIVE be your Atlas. SymposiumLIVE Streaming Video Benefits & Key Points:

REDUCE TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)

• Eliminate costly studios and support staff
• Leverage existing technology investment
• Improve productivity
• Hosted environment
• Easy to use
• Easy to maintain

INCREASE REVENUE

• Reach more faculty, students, parents, and alumni
• Drive action and achieve results quicker
• Reduce your time to market
• Cost effective reach for distance learning.

POWERFUL TOOL

• Reach more students/employees with virtual classes
• Allow instructors to teach from anywhere
• Record great classes for use indefinitely
• Track student participation and performance

SIMPLE TO DEPLOY

• Integrates with existing equipment
• Automates production and distribution process
• Deployable across multiple campuses
• Lowest cost per student per class solution

ROBUST ARCHITECTURE

• Built-in load balancing and failover to scale video despite the heaviest traffic
• Video streaming that starts the instant viewers click Play
• High-performance network that ensures video isn’t clogged up on the Internet
• Automatic tracking and report generation at the click of a button
• Flexible bandwidth and storage based on client needs