Ci and AWS

Sony's Ci media cloud platform and Amazon Web Services (AWS) combine cloud innovations with technical expertise to help revolutionize your media workflow.
Home to the world’s largest media enterprises, thousands of creative teams, and media professionals

All your people and workflows - together in one place

With a single cloud-native platform designed to eliminate redundancies and streamline your media workflows, Ci is armed and ready to collect, transcode, and index your media files to help creative teams produce their best work and media organizations to share it with the world.
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Ci on AWS

With Sony’s Ci Media Cloud platform, customers can take advantage of the power of AWS infrastructure and innovative services with just a few clicks.

Ci provides a layer of access to content enabling users to preview, manage, collaborate, and archive content stored in AWS. With Ci, users can leverage AWS services like Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Transcribe and AWS Elemental MediaLive streaming without writing a single line of code. Customers can upload directly through Ci or connect their existing Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets to Ci and make their content instantly accessible and ready for use.
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AWS Elemental MediaLive

Preview, log, and clip live stream footage with Ci.
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Amazon Rekognition

Enrich images and videos with metadata identified by object recognition. Discover similar files stored in Ci.
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Upload and manage content from anywhere. Engage with content stored in your own S3 bucket through Ci.
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Amazon Transcribe

Create transcripts in minutes by uploading to a transcription-enabled folder in Ci.

Amazon S3 Glacier

Preview archived content anytime. Restore archives from anywhere. Automate with Ci's storage management policies.
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Ci for Remote Content Acquisition

Remote file gathering - simplified

Simple, reliable file gathering from remote contributors
Get the most out of your bandwidth with accelerated file transfers
Gather content and metadata directly from network-enabled cameras
Receive delivery notifications and preview files instantly
Browser upload
Remote file contribution
High-speed file transfer
Built-in Aspera transfer
Metadata templates
FTP service
Folder and bulk upload
Live stream
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Ci for Enterprise Media Management

A central repository for every workflow

A centralized repository for global organizations to establish a "source of truth"
Customizable access with granular permissions
Easily shift storage tiers including Amazon S3 Glacier and automate content management with storage policies to save time and costs
Flexible access control models
Tiered archive and restore
Bring your own Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Content lifecycle management
Usage analytics
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Ci for Remote Media Collaboration

Collaborate on media together in real time

Preview professional media files in your browser - no rendering required!
Easy link-sharing with blazing-fast transfers with flexible security measures
Review with anyone with Review apps, then run a global screening with the LiveSession add-on
Keep notes and files together with Premiere Pro panel and NLE integrations
Link-based preview & delivery
Dynamic watermarking
Built-in Aspera transfer
Comment & annotate
Synced real-time playback
Create clips & frame grabs
Premiere Pro integration
Export NLE markers
Thousands of teams globally trust Ci as a secure, collaborative and cost-effective workspace.
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