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MediaSignage digital signage implements AWS CloudFront

MediaSignage Inc., a provider of enterprise and entry-level digital signage hardware and software, announced the server-wide rollout and implementation of AWS CloudFront.

October 30, 2015

MediaSignage Inc., a provider of enterprise and entry-level digital signage hardware and software, announced the server-wide rollout and implementation of AWS CloudFront. The move is aimed at providing enhanced speed and delivery of uploaded and downloaded content through the company's mediaCLOUD and mediaHYBRID software offerings, the company said.

By utilizing Amazon's content delivery Web service, MediaSignage said it can now distribute content to end-client digital signage players with little to no latency and at extremely high speeds. In addition to adding the AWS CloudFront service, MediaSignage said it is eating the marginal cost of adding CloudFront and passing all the benefits on to the end-users for the same monthly hosting rates.

"We are excited to offer new and existing customers the ability to tap the powerful Content Delivery Network provided by AWS CloudFront," CEO Sean Levy said in the announcement. "This rollout is critical to provide digital signage operators the ability to more quickly publish content to thousands of displays around the globe."

The company said it expects the changes will have the greatest impact on some international users where distance latency can have a slowing effect on the data transfer speeds. The CDN provides an interim fix in countries where MediaSignage may not have locally-racked servers present.

"With the functionality of AWS CloudFront, end-users will see a difference in the upload/download speeds of some of their most asset-intensive high-definition video content," Levy said. "We're confident the added speed benefit will greatly improve the user experience of many of our existing users."