Media Exchange really puts the power in the hands of our creative users, enabling them to collaborate globally regardless of location and file size.

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1 Media Exchange really puts the power in the hands of our creative users, enabling them to collaborate globally regardless of location and file size. Content Sharing Made Easy Media Exchange (MX) is a browser-based application that enables users to get content where it needs to be faster and more easily than ever before. Users can exchange content with other users, systems and applications regardless of location and size of digital assets. Collaboration is fast, reliable and secure using the MX , web portal and workflow features. With a simple web user interface and no client software to install, users interactively initiate content transfers that use the IP-based Signiant Acceleration Protocol to maximize network efficiency. MX provides central management that enables complete control and security all transfers are tracked and visible from a single dashboard and reporting tool. MX Users: Send and Receive Digital Content to other Users of the System as well as Ad Hoc Users Share Content with other Users in a Portal Workspace Initiate Automated Workflows that are customizable and begin or conclude with MX

2 Applications Field Generated Content News, Sports and Events Collaboration Content Creation Review and Approve Digital Dailies Review Theatrical, Episodic, Advertising Signiant s technology is built upon a heritage of reliability and technical expertise with patented and time tested technology deployed in hundreds of global organizations. To assist with the challenges associated with migrating to file-based workflows, Signiant delivers a comprehensive solution. Features

3 Features Feature AGILE WEB CLIENT ACCELERATED FILE TRANSFER SECURITY CENTRAL MANAGEMENT PACKAGE POLICY ADVANCED USER AND GROUP MANAGEMENT MEDIA PUBLISH POINT PORTAL (OPTIONAL) CUSTOMIZABLE WORKFLOWS Description On-demand client launched within web browser Familiar -like user interface enables users to send and receive large files High speed and network efficient file transfer up to 200X faster than TCP and 95+% network efficiency Firewall friendly transfers with auto-selecting UDP, TCP and HTTP transport options Automatic retry and resume of partial or failed Transfers Internal or Integrated Directory Services (LDAP & AD) Authentication and Authorization Encrypted browser sessions and file transfers Central view of running transfers, adjust bandwidth of transfers, delete packages, manage users Notifications: customizable notification informing users when packages are available and when they have been downloaded Customizable and schedulable reports of file transfers and jobs Packages define a file or collection of files along with associated metadata Definable package policy max size, number of allowable downloads, enable forwarding, expiration date and auto-delete Multiple user types registered and guests (limited by time) Ad Hoc users are created by addressing package to any address Configurable user policy including group membership, transfer performance profile, privileges (create guest user, send/forward packages), account expiration time Configurable user and group profiles performance and workflow access Content Portal for collaborative exchange of content among users Publish to and retrieve content from shared public folders Customizable content categories with hierarchical folder structure Integrated with Signiant Content Distribution Management software Customizable interactive workflows that are initiated by or conclude with MX Users Customizable user interface web pages by user and/or group with the ability to capture and extract metadata

4 Deployment and Packaging Best Practice Media Exchange Deployment Configuration for additional configurations: Signiant Media Exchange core components include: Media Exchange Manager for performing administration and reporting of all the Media Exchange activity. Media Exchange Web Server for delivering the web application to the end users. Deployable with Manager, Standalone, Load Balanced and/or Geographically Distributed. Media Exchange Agents for performing uploads and downloads with the Web clients. For expanded capacity, additional Media Exchange Agents can be added to the solution with load balancing. Relay Agents for firewall transversal and isolation of content from external network. Content is not stored on Relay Agents only used to route packages through firewall. The core components can be run on a single server or for greater performance and scaling Media Exchange Agents can be run on separate servers. Media Publish Point is an optional software module that provides a content portal for users to share and exchange content. Users publish content to a set of categories where a group of users can browse through the content and select different packages for download. This creates a workspace for project based collaboration with large media assets. The Administrator define Users Policy including what categories they have access to, rights to publish, receive and/or browse packages. Administrator also defines the Categories and the hierarchical directory structure. Workflow Modeling Engine is a module of the Content Distribution Management software product; it enables the creation of flexible workflows that automate the processing of content in numerous ways. For instance, some packages can be uploaded directly to a category or to a user. Other packages may need to be processed differently, such as transcoding and a watermarking before publishing. End users have the ability to specify package options like availability window and whether or not the package is allowed to be forwarded by other users.

5 Technical Specifications MEDIA EXCHANGE AGENTS CONCURRENT TRANSFERS TRANSFER PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED 10 per license and hardware limits UDP, TCP and HTTP (port 8080) configurable and auto-selecting RELAY AGENT CONNECTIONS 20 STORAGE SUPPORT SAN, NAS (NFS or CIFS UNC Paths) Minimum Hardware Requirements Hardware Media Exchange Manager and Web Server Media Exchange Agents CPU Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher MEMORY 2GB Minimum; 4GB Recommended 1GB DISK DRIVE Customer Preference (allow 5GB Signiant usage) Customer Preference (allow 5GB Signiant usage) NETWORK INTERFACE 100Base-T 100Base-T

6 Technical Specifications Operating System Support Operating System Media Exchange Manager and Web Server Media Exchange Agents Client Browser Support CENTOS 5.2 LINUX REDHAT 4.4 AND 5.2 WINDOWS 2003 SERVER Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 WINDOWS 2003 R2 SERVER Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 WINDOWS 2008 SERVER unsupported Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 WINDOWS VISTA unsupported Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 WINDOWS XP SP2 unsupported Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 FREE BSD 6.3 AND 7.0 unsupported unsupported LINUX SUSE 10.X unsupported unsupported MAC OSX 10.4 AND 10.5 unsupported unsupported Safari 3.0 SOLARIS 10, X86 (64-BIT) unsupported unsupported WINDOWS 2000 SERVER SP4 unsupported unsupported Internet Explorer, v. 6.0, 7.0 Note: With Linux, Signiant supports 32-bit Managers on 32-bit OS platforms and 64-bit Managers on 64-bit OS platforms, but does not support 32-bit Managers on 64-bit OS platforms or 64-bit Managers on 32-bit OS.