Daydream & Wowza Partner to Deliver Enterprise-Class Digital Asset Management

LONDON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Daydream (www.daydream.co.uk), leading
European digital asset management specialists, has partnered with Wowza Media
Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media software, to provide
enterprise-class digital asset management services via Daydream's FocusOPEN
DAM platform.
"Wowza provides infrastructure-grade streaming server software that allows
us to deliver superior enterprise media asset management solutions for our
clients. Prior to Wowza, our options for offering streaming were severely
constrained and the limitations or high costs posed problems for the ongoing
development of FocusOPEN. We extensively tested a number of open and closed
source competitive streaming servers and found that Wowza offers the best
combination of functionality, reliability, versatility and price," explains
Ralph Windsor, Managing Director of Daydream.
Daydream is using Wowza Media Server Pro to provide a streaming solution
that will power the advanced logging and timeline metadata functionality that
FocusOPEN provides. "Wowza's server-side programming gives us an immense
advantage, providing the flexibility to deliver complex timeline metadata
operations, video documentation and logging," continues Windsor.
Wowza's recently introduced support for H.264 has been favourably received
by Daydream. "The inclusion of H.264, AAC and interoperability with media
encoders is very significant and has enabled us to deliver production quality
web-based media asset management tools that can expand the capabilities of our
FocusOPEN digital asset management platform substantially over anything our
competitors have been able to offer."
Clearly, Wowza's platform stability and security are major factors for
Daydream. "The scalability and security features of Wowza are crucial for use
in corporate environments. Our clients are justifiably uncompromising about
availability and security; many have regulatory compliance requirements that
cannot be ignored. Taking risks with untested systems that haven't been
developed without a rigorous approach just isn't an option for us."
Windsor concludes by saying, "We are delighted with the service received
from Wowza. The available documentation, support and backup provided is
excellent. I foresee Daydream continuing to use Wowza Pro for a long time.
Other competitors in the streaming market will have to seriously raise their
game before we will look elsewhere."
About Daydream
Established in 1995, Daydream is the leading UK vendor of Digital Asset
Management and Media Asset Management systems. Over the last 10 years, their
FocusOPEN DAM technologies have been implemented by over 30 global
organisations including Major League Baseball, WS Atkins, Shell and Credit
Suisse. For more information, visit Daydream at www.daydream.co.uk/reports/ or
contact Emma Tappenden at press@daydream.co.uk.
About Wowza
Wowza Media Systems is a developer of interactive streaming media server
software. With the introduction in February, 2007 of its flagship product,
Wowza Media Server Pro, Wowza has taken a leadership position in redefining
Flash streaming. Wowza has not only radically changed Flash streaming
economics, it has also revolutionized online media by introducing unique and
exclusive capabilities that make live and on-demand video and audio, video
recording and interactive Flash streaming feasible for a broad range of
customers. These customers include Macy's, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Interoute, RAINet, and Astral Media. Wowza Media Server Pro is deployed by
over 9,000 global licensees in entertainment, social media, advertising,
enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce. For more
information, visit Wowza Media Systems at www.wowzamedia.com.
SOURCE Wowza Media Systems

William Lessard of Wowza Media Systems, +1-914-476-6089,
wlessard@prwithbrains.com