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Dotcom-Monitor Introduces Multimedia Streaming Monitoring Service
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Dotcom-Monitor Adds Video Streaming Monitoring Service
Plymouth, MN – (12/10/2007) – Dotcom-Monitor, the leader and innovator in advanced website monitoring services, announces real-time video stream functionality monitoring, a new option for its innovative and indispensable website monitoring service.
Dotcom-Monitor, a leading web site monitoring company, announced a new monitoring service today that assists corporations in the video streaming market and increases the stability and effectiveness of their video content services. This video stream monitoring service directly impacts the video streaming market that was worth an estimated $600 million in 2006 as reported by Research and Markets, a market research group based in Ireland. Most companies that provide video on their websites require their streaming content to be available 24/7 to attract visitors, serve advertisements, and provide informational or instructional materials. Competing in the Internet’s world market necessitates the highest quality with minimal interruption of streams. Dotcom-Monitor assists corporations in maintaining an edge over their competition through Quality of Service (QoS) assurance.
Simple and Comprehensive Media Monitoring
Application of Dotcom-Monitor’s services is nearly effortless. Corporations provide the URL and specifications of their streaming content, and Dotcom-Monitor consistently ascertains its performance. Businesses specify the parameters for notification, such as connection timeout in seconds, acceptable buffering time, and expected bps (bits per second) rate. This information is entered into a sophisticated monitoring system, and then the specified site is monitored from 12 strategically located worldwide stations.
Monitoring Streaming Content
Sites that provide numerous pages of streaming content will benefit most from the addition of real-time video stream functionality to Dotcom-Monitor’s service package. The monitoring service is especially beneficial to sites with a tremendous amount of content that is difficult to monitor. Dotcom-Monitor’s service, however, can make this task seamless. Dotcom-Monitor keeps track of multiple performance metrics, such as Connection time, Buffering Time, Received Packages, Buffering Packages, Frame Rate and Average Bytes per Second. By analyzing those metrics one can determine quality of the service over periods of time and if necessary make needed adjustments/
Entire Suite of Services
Video monitoring is just one facet of the complete services package provided by Dotcom-Monitor. Its success is a direct result of its comprehensive and sophisticated systems and analytical capabilities. Rather than a typical connectivity test, Dotcom-Monitor’s services produce an environment of dependable website QoS, which is a critical component for a successful online business.
Even if a site’s appearance and performance appear to be acceptable from one browser, access may be difficult elsewhere. Dotcom-Monitor uses 12 monitoring stations around the world to ensure that access to a site is not impeded from any location.
By subscribing to Dotcom-Monitor’s services, corporations can feel confident that their online infrastructure is up and running, no matter where the site is accessed. Corporations that are alerted to problems will use their own resources to solve identified issues, but they will be able to address complications immediately and directly. Extensive reporting in real time, using easy-to-understand graphical charts that describe performance and variations, will offer a further advantage.
Instant Notification
Dotcom-Monitor’s services enable clients to choose not only a preferable means of notification but also the appropriate people in the corporation to alert, notifying them by telephone, pager, or email when there is any degradation of streaming content or any other site issue. Alerts are issued immediately, so that problem solving can commence as quickly as possible. Dotcom-Monitor acts as an insurance policy on the uptime and performance of critical media content, an assurance that most companies cannot afford to go without. Any business that relies on the Internet and must validate QoS and Service Level Agreement requirements can do so easily and inexpensively by implementing the tools offered by Dotcom-Monitor.
Date Added: Jan 12, 2008 Hits: 3 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1
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Leeds students invited to give new photography competition their best shot
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£1,500 worth of prizes up for grabs as UNITE and Harvey Nichols join forces to launch SkyShot –
The search is on for a star student snapper as UNITE, the UK’s largest accommodation for students provider, introduces SkyShot – a new photography competition to capture Leeds on camera.
Launching on 26 January*, the competition marks the forthcoming opening of UNITE’s new Sky Plaza property in Leeds. Set to be the highest point in Leeds next September, Sky Plaza will offer students stunning views of the city alongside contemporary city centre living. The high-spec property will be one of the most luxurious leeds student housing options available to students anywhere in the UK.
To mark the new opening – which is available to book now for the academic year 09/10 - UNITE has joined forces with Harvey Nichols to challenge Leeds students to capture their favourite views and aspects of the city.
From well-known landmarks and cityscapes to interesting people or hidden gems, the SkyShot competition is searching for the most striking, intriguing, moving or amusing images.
SkyShot offers a top prize of £500 and four runners up will each receive £250. All five finalists will see their photographs exhibited in Harvey Nichols Fourth Floor Café in March, and be invited to attend an exclusive evening reception at the store where the overall winner will be announced.
The SkyShot judging panel includes:
• Nathan Goddard - Sales and Marketing Director for UNITE
• Ross Williams - Head of Photography at Leeds College of Art and Design
• Brian Handley – General Manager of Harvey Nichols, Leeds
To enter, students simply need to upload their photographs to the UNITE website where the best entries will be profiled on an online gallery. Students should visit www.unite-students.com/skyshot for more information and terms and conditions.
To make the most of university life in Leeds, students can now live the high life by choosing UNITE’s new Sky Plaza student accommodation in Leeds city centre.
Luxurious contemporary living will come as standard at Sky Plaza, with many of the rooms boasting flat screen TVs, wood effect flooring and leather seating. With a range of cluster flats, studios and spacious one-bed flats, it offers a choice of accommodation specifically designed for students.
Located in the heart of Leeds city centre, the property is within easy walking distance to Leeds Metropolitan Uni, The University of Leeds and Leeds College of Art and Design.
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For further information please contact Alice Bruce at Consolidated PR on
0207 781 2343 or mail to aliceb@consolidatedpr.com
Notes to editors
* Competition opens on 26 January and closes on 20 February. All five finalists will be announced on 26 February and invited to an evening reception at Harvey Nichols on 11 March where the overall winner will be announced.
UNITE Group is the UK’s largest manager of student housing with some 36,000 customers throughout 23 key university towns and cities across England, Wales and Scotland. UNITE Group undertakes the planning, development and management of sites, often working closely with the universities and colleges, in order to deliver high quality, well – located apartments for rent.
Date Added: Jun 20, 2009 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0
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