Core Component

The Content Conductor™ Server is the core of the Content Distribution Asset Management (CDAM) solution and conducts all elements in the network and orchestrates the total process.

The Cast4All software architecture consists of:

· *Infrastructure*: an integrated run-time environment based on OOTS (Open Source Off the Shelve) components, and the generic Cast4All *PALVER* (Provisioning Applications Linking Views and Engines Remotely) software suite. This is the Cast4All /Conductor/ or server, a J2EE compliant 4-tier web application platform, including the flexible creation of dedicated service engines or threads.

· *Applications*: software application suites corresponding to a specific set of required functionalities, tasks, and/or processes. The previously described *_Content Conductor_* is the first application of the platform, and contains the previously identified components */network/*, */storage/*, and */dispatch/*. Other applications include the *_Site Manager_* for the monitoring and management of remote (often containerized) power solutions, *_Facility Monitor_* for equipment management in datacenters, and the *_Process Integrator_* for the management and integration of processing jobs in a digital or tapeless broadcast studio environment. A fourth suite, *_Call Manager_*, managing nurse call systems in the healthcare market, has recently been released.

· *Identities*: configured and/or tuned versions of such an application, corresponding to specific market applications. Markets for the Content Conductor are digital cinema networks and digital television distribution to regional cable head-ends, Site Manager markets include containerized power solutions on fiber backbone networks and power units on railway loges.

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