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Adobe launches trio of Flash Media Servers

By | September 8, 2010, 9:01pm PDT

Summary: Adobe will launch Flash Media Server 4, an update that’s designed to make it easier to scale Web video production to multiple screens.

Adobe on Thursday will launch Flash Media Server 4, an update that’s designed to make it easier to scale Web video production to multiple screens.

Flash Media Server 4, which is being unveiled at the IBC 2010 conference in Amsterdam, will feature peer-assisted networking and technology designed to cut bandwidth usage. In addition, Flash Media Server 4 is designed to put video on any screen from TV to Web to mobile.

Adobe’s latest Flash Media Server comes in three flavors: Flash Media Streaming Server 4, Flash Media Interactive Server 4 and Flash Media Enterprise Server 4, for small to mid-sized businesses to large enterprises, respectively. The latter will enable the bandwidth saving technologies.

Typically, these servers are installed at content delivery networks (CDNs) instead of core customers, said Ashley Still, group product manger of Flash media solutions. Still added that Adobe’s latest Flash Media servers are designed to address content protection as well as compliance issues.

The Flash Media Streaming Server is $995 with the Media Interactive Server at $4,500. The Media Enterprise Server pricing requires a quote.

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