Technology Advisors for Creative Agencies
We help creative agencies in two different ways:
IT Outsourcing Advising
With a deep technical heritage in Internet strategy, web systems development and usability design, we understand the needs of creative companies. We believe our role fits into Creative company projects well, as architects for the technology and advisors on the marketplace.
What we do for our clients:
- Strategic Sourcing- Identify, evaluate and align technical solutions for client campaigns.
- Service Integration - Leverage industry APIs and outsourced IT infrastructure services.
- Provider Management - Build and maintain quality provider partnerships.
IT Consulting
We are Internet technology advisors and consultants for Creative agencies, working as an expert overlay to offer technical guidance on client projects. In addition, we help Creative companies identify and harness Internet technology solutions and providers in order to strategically create new service offerings for their clients.
What we do for our clients:
- IT Strategy and Planning - Develop IT road-maps.
- IT Architect and Design - Assess cloud, cdn and Internet platforms.
- Build Value Added Services - Create new service offerings through a partner ecosystem.
- Increase Competitive Advantage- Create new opportunities to improve market position.
Technology Solutions for Creative Agencies
We are specialized in the following Internet technology solutions:
Cloud Technologies
Creative shops such as web and application developers have been early adopters of cloud technologies, helping to drive the explosive growth in the Industry. We have been closely following the evolution in the cloud marketplace, and we continue to identify leading providers, tracking new solutions for Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service.
Our expertise:
- Cloud Hosting - Virtual private servers, virtual private data centers and managed cloud hosting.
- Cloud Compute & Cloud Storage - Infrastructure as a service, elastic scale and pay as your grow.
- Community Cloud - Public facing and API accessible environments built to scale and grow.
Content Delivery Solutions
For Creative companies, online video, rich media, interactive experience and new technologies provide a range of creative opportunity for client services. We know the Internet video marketplace and can provide valuable guidance in partner and provider selection, solution design and service integration.
Our expertise:
- Website Caching - Offload website projects to improve small object delivery.
- Web & Application Acceleration - Optimize delivery and improve end-user experience.
- Mobile and Multi-Device Delivery - Content anywhere, anytime, on any device with a browser.
- User-Generated-Content (UGC) - Enable and manage projects with UGC video & audio.
- Digital Rights & Asset Management - Protect content and rights management needs.
- Live Streaming - Broadcast events, build interactive experiences and leverage multiple bitrates.
- Live DVR & Multiple Bitrate Streaming - Pause live in-stream and mitigate massive usage spikes.
- Media Library - We have workflows that move large content volumes in a relatively painless fashion.
Data Center & Managed Services
When projects require back-end IT infrastructure (servers, storage, networking and security) we help by advising on preferred solutions based on the technical requirements of the project. In many cases Creative organizations wish to manage the hosted solution, as a value added service for their clients. With this goal, we evaluate and compare providers' partner models, customer support capabilities and service management tools. We look at the provider's ability to support multi-tenant environments, provide meaningful analytics, and essentially provide a viable platform to manage the hosted solution as a service.
Our expertise:
- Data Center - We conduct regular regional colocation facility reviews.
- Managed Hosting - With 1000s of providers, we have narrowed down to less than 20 leaders.
- Cloud Hosting - An ideal new model to consider for managing your clients' hosted solutions.
Internet Security
If you have a creative project with security requirements then it is a good time to connect with our security team. We advise on outsourced security options, connect you with providers and ensure your clients project goals meet the security guidelines set forth.
Our expertise:
- Availability Services - Ensure mission-critical websites, systems and applications are always up.
- Managed Security Services - Focus on your business by outsourcing your security needs.
- Professional Security Services - Custom engagements and data migration support.
Media Platforms
Internet media platforms are used to manage video, media, collaboration, file sharing, presentations, advertising, viral campaigns as well as other web services. We help our clients understand the difference between provider solution offerings and identify the solution that best meets their needs.
Our expertise:
- Video Platforms - Build a web channel, upload, manage, publish and monetize videos.
- Video Ad Platforms - Manage ad campaigns, integrate multiple ad networks and track results.
- Custom Player - High performing players with interactive experience & multi-device capabilities.
- Workflow - Encode and transcode live and on-demand video in multi-format for Internet display.
