Capella has announced that it now offers high-density cloud-based encoding based in the Akamai Cloud. This high density for live streams is achieved through the use of Akamai Cloud GPUs, which enables Capella’s Cambria Stream product to handle hundreds or thousands of live channels at the lowest possible cost. The demand for a high number of channels is being driven by the increasing granularity of content distribution, where a single live source can result in many different versions being delivered across a wide variety of devices. Cambria Stream can be rapidly scaled up and down to manage dynamic workloads. Additionally, Cambria Stream offers comprehensive redundancy and failover to ensure that high-density encoding is robust and stable. This includes the new “Dynamic Swap” feature, that enables live streams to switch machine instances without stream interruption, allowing for maintenance and upgrades with no downtime. Cambria Stream is controlled by an enhanced web interface for rapid deployment and ongoing management.
“We are excited to be working on the Akamai Cloud. Our customers are always looking for ways to increase channel count while reducing overall costs, and Akamai Cloud delivers.” said Ikuyo Yamada, CEO of Capella Systems.
“Capella continues to show how it can use Akamai Cloud to innovate and offer advanced video processing capabilities,” said Dan Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Cloud Computing, Akamai. “Media companies can deliver high-quality content to their viewers with less complexity and at lower cost by using the combination of Capella Media Stream running on Akamai Cloud GPUs.”
