Netgem created a all-in-one solution, hybrid architecture with Microsoft Azure

Increasing Agility, Saving Money, and Speeding Multi-Platform Development with the Cloud

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Benefits

By migrating infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, Netgem is saving time and money, increasing agility, and improving services.

Speeds Performance and Reduces Capital Expenditures

By switching to a pay-as-you-go model, Netgem avoids making unnecessary IT investments, easily keeps up with unpredictable demand, and provides uninterrupted services for customers. Crainic explains, “Now that we’re using Azure, we only pay for the bandwidth and CPU that we need so we’re not over- or under-buying hardware or bandwidth capacity. Our services are also consistently fast or faster than before because delivery automatically scales with demand. It’s nice not having to worry about how many customers are using our services or how much content is being served.”

Boosts Agility and Accelerates the Development of New Services

Code and infrastructure are easier to replicate in the cloud, so Netgem can now onboard new clients and add new content faster. For example, last July, Videofutur added a new subscription video on demand service (SVOD) and catalog with a large number of movies. “We used our Azure Media Services ingest-encode-encrypt-publish workflow and processed 700 movies (and their trailers) in just 10 days,” says Crainic. “We couldn’t do that without Azure because we wouldn’t have been able to scale our infrastructure or get the staff we’d need fast enough to get the same results.”

By building its hybrid architecture on Azure, Netgem has also dramatically boosted its agility. “Our ultimate goal is to deliver content to people in their homes using the smallest footprint and the lowest cost possible,” Crainic says. “With Microsoft Azure and Azure Media Services, we now have the flexible platform we need to meet demand and also rapidly evolve our offerings as fast as the industry changes.” The company’s plans include delivering more content and services to more devices inside and outside of homes.

October 07, 2014

Improves Services for Operators

Netgem operators now have an easy solution for fine-tuning offerings and even troubleshooting STBs. Crainic explains, “By deploying the Device Management Service in Azure, we allow operators to focus on managing their services and their STBs, because they don’t have to worry about performance and scalability.”

Increases Efficiency and Simplicity

IT staff are saving time with the automation capabilities of Azure Media Services and Azure Cloud Services. Crainic says, “Our catch-up-service portal has been running on Microsoft Azure for almost one year. We monitor it, but it really runs on its own with no labor on our part.” Plus, staff can use the best tool for the job without adding complexity. “With Microsoft Azure, we can develop services with Linux tools and Visual Studio, and the components just talk to each other,” says Crainic. “It’s that simple.”

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Source:
https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=9798