Case Study: Blackwater Digital Services achieves fast, reliable transatlantic file transfers with Signiant Media Shuttle

Blackwater Digital Services boosts transatlantic transfers to 50Mbps+ with Signiant

Blackwater Digital Services, a post-production company specializing in encoding and worldwide delivery, needed a secure and high-speed method to transfer very large media files with clients across the Atlantic. FTP was not a viable option due to its slow speeds, security holes, and unreliability with files often exceeding 800GB. Founder Nathan Ross turned to Signiant's Media Shuttle solution to power these transatlantic client workflows.

Signiant's Media Shuttle provided a unique SaaS architecture that allowed Blackwater to deploy portals with cloud storage near its clients, circumventing poor internet connections and dramatically increasing transfer speeds. The solution enabled fast, reliable deliveries and allowed the company to offer a self-service portal for clients to download assets. As a result, Blackwater eliminated the need to ship physical hard drives, with content becoming available to global licensees within 24 to 48 hours after ordering.

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