There are now nearly a billion Internet users worldwide. Online media use is doubling year over year. As media companies and content owners turn increasingly to the Web to monetize rich media assets and compete for online audiences, delivering a flawless media experience is just half of the equation. The Akamai Stream OS solution ensures that content owners also have a single point of control for producing, publishing, and delivering rich media, and essential reporting tools to effectively support online business models.

Akamai Stream OS is a powerful Web-based suite of configurable tools that enable easy publishing of rich media to the Web, detailed usage reports and rights management. These services make it easy for content owners to manage and deliver all of their rich media—including WindowsMedia, RealMedia, QuickTime, Flash, MP3, software downloads, and electronic documents. Robust rich media management and near real-time reporting empower content owners to rapidly refine and optimize return on investment.

What's Available

Content Manager

This easy-to-use drag-and-drop upload and check-in procedure uploads your content and distributes it via the global Akamai network so it's ready for immediate playback over the best-performing connections and paths on the Internet. Simply cut and paste the URL onto your Web page and your media file is ready to go.

RSS Manager

Capture on-the-go audiences with easy-to-create podcasts. Simply create content, upload it to Akamai Stream OS, create an RSS feed, and publish it to your Web site or other locations such as iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts. Akamai Podcasting has the flexibility to support many types of content—downloads, live streaming, or on-demand streaming.

Profile

Control access and target on-demand and live streaming and downloadable content delivered over the Akamai global network. Apply and prioritize business rules to deliver your media online.

Live Events

Control and broadcast live Web events using your own on-site production and encoding resources, or enlist Akamai's experienced team for assistance.

Enterprise Manager

Media businesses supporting multiple groups that all need to manage, publish and distribute their own content can reduce operational complexity with Akamai Enterprise Manager. This Web-based application lets you create multiple sub-accounts under one main administrative group and manage all content and processes via a single portal, while providing sub-account administration and reporting to enable autonomy and simplify multi-department billing policies.

Media Framework

The Akamai Media Framework is a valuable resource for the rapid development of video player applications using the Adobe Flash video format, including Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR.

Integration and Professional Services

Akamai solutions are supported by an award-winning team that has integrated hundreds of Akamai customers across a number of Akamai service offerings through a well-established methodology.

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