The report ranked eight vendors against 23 criteria to compare how each vendor fulfills a criteria and where they stand in relation to each other to help functional department leaders and IT professionals select  a solution that best fits their video publishing needs. The criteria was grouped into three high-level categories: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence.

“We believe this report will provide a valuable baseline to enable business users and IT professionals to select vendors to support their corporate video initiatives for, town hall meetings, corporate communications, sales enablement, and HR on-boarding,” said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite Technologies.  “We feel the recognition in this report supports Ignite’s on-going efforts to offer a feature rich application on top of a software based delivery platform. In 2013, Ignite is planning to enhance its webcasting and direct video capture and content authoring tools to provide a more comprehensive solution.”

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.
Ignite Technologies Inc., is a leader in enterprise content delivery solutions. Ignite’s product suite includes live streaming  and media portal solutions enabling employees to view content, live or on demand for corporate communications, training, field sales and marketing on desktops, smartphones or tablets. Ignite’s patented peer-to-peer delivery technology overcomes network and connectivity limitations. Ignite’s Solution Suite is deployed around the globe at companies like Accenture, Bank of America and Flowserve. For more information, www.ignitetech.com.

IgniteLIVE is a scalable, network friendly solution for businesses to communicate with employees, customers and partners for town hall meetings, executive & interdepartmental communications, and product launches. Traditional streaming solutions have limited reach, poor user interaction options, and require expensive network upgrades and lengthy deployments. Company networks are often challenged when employees view the stream at the same time or if they are located in remote offices with low bandwidth. The key differentiator with Ignite's live streaming solution is the ability to eliminate these challenges with its peer-assisted delivery technology.

IgniteLIVE can be deployed as a standalone product or seamlessly integrated into an existing live streaming solution, allowing companies who already have a streaming product to gain the added efficiencies of peer-assisted live streaming.   

"Companies of all sizes are increasing their demand for more live events and we are really excited about our new product offering," said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite Technologies. "IgniteLIVE offers customers a unique combination of unprecedented reach, matched with our peer-assisted delivery technology providing a low cost and more efficient live event streaming solution."

IgniteLIVE Product Features

IgniteLIVE is a full featured live event solution for businesses to communicate with employees, customers and partners. Pricing for IgniteLIVE begins as low as $5.00 per viewer, per year for unlimited events. Contact Ignite for additional pricing information.
 
Features:

Custom Console
Brand with corporate logo to customize

Automated Delivery of Email Invitations & One-Click 'Join Now'
Easy upload of invitees and automated delivery ensures high participation rate

Live Moderated Q&A - Polling - Chat
Options for engaging participants during event and receiving immediate feedback

Detailed Reporting
Review reports of viewership and peering efficiency

Peer-Assisted Delivery
Optimize bandwidth & resources with Ignite's patented delivery technology
     

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.
Ignite is the leading Enterprise Content Delivery Platform for video and rich media content. Ignite's product suite includes IgniteLIVE, Media Portal and Ignite's Content Delivery Solution. Ignite utilizes live streaming, on demand and push delivery methods to enable customers to efficiently publish, distribute, manage and report on digital media-to anyone, anywhere, at any time.  Ignite's patented peer-assisted delivery technology overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. The Ignite suite has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, Bank of America, Hyatt and Cushman & Wakefield. 

Ignite Content Delivery Solution and the Ignite logo and IgniteLIVE are registered trademarks of Ignite Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Enterprises leverage desktop virtualization solutions to optimize the delivery of desktop applications and data to users. XenDesktop allows these enterprises to centrally manage and deliver virtual desktops and applications to users across the enterprise.

Traditionally, enterprise networks face challenges in providing a high quality viewing experience for employees in use cases such as live video broadcasting, on-demand video, video-driven webcasts, training, social networks and room-based conference suites.

As a Citrix Ready partner, Ignite provides an optimal solution for businesses leveraging video in a virtualized desktop infrastructure without additional infrastructure investment. The Ignite integration to XenDesktop ensures all rich media, live and on demand, and other bandwidth sensitive traffic, such as software downloads and patches, are delivered in a network efficient manner using Ignite managed, secure, peer-to-peer Enterprise Content Delivery platform, independently from the XenDesktop communication channels.

"Ignite Technologies adds significant value and innovation to our customers who deploy video using XenDesktop and we welcome the company as a Citrix Ready partner," said Joe Keller, vice president of alliance and community marketing at Citrix Systems, Inc. "The growth of video usage within enterprises supports the need for partner solutions that can enhance the efficiency of delivery and viewing of video."

"We are excited to join the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem, and provide customers with a solution that will enhance the efficiency of video and large file delivery within a virtualized enterprise infrastructure," said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite Technologies, Inc.

About the Citrix Ready Program
The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including Citrix® XenDesktop ®, XenApp®, XenServer®, NetScaler® and GoToMeeting®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety customer needs, and currently incorporates over 2,800 partners who have demonstrated more than 12,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. The Citrix Ready program received the Alliance Excellence Award from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) for creating a strong community of alliances through implementation of new, innovative best practices. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at www.citrix.com/citrixready. Reach Citrix Ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, is a leader in Enterprise Video Delivery Solutions enabling companies to publish, deliver and manage high quality video assets-for corporate communications, training, field sales and marketing. Ignite enables various delivery technologies such as, live, on demand and push - to view video on desktops, mobile or tablet devices. Ignite can easily integrate with learning management systems, media portals or enterprise applications. Ignite's patented peer-to-peer (P2P) delivery technology overcomes network and connectivity limitations. Ignite's Solution is deployed around the globe at companies like Accenture, Bank of America and Hyatt. For more information visit,  www.ignitetech.com and the Ignite Enterprise Blog.

Citrix®, Citrix Ready®, XenDesktop ®, XenApp®, XenServer®, NetScaler® and GoToMeeting® are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Unidesk® is a trademark of Unidesk Corporation. Ignite Enterprise Content Delivery Solution and the Ignite logo are registered trademarks of Ignite Technologies, Inc.  All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

MediaPlace makes it easy for employees with iPads to access the corporate video portal away from the office. Critical corporate messaging can be accessed at any time along with the ability to collaborate with co-workers through social features such as commenting and rating of corporate videos. Employees can set preferences for subscription to specific publishers and topics depending on their interest and create playlists of favorite videos for easy reference. 

"Our customers are experiencing the surge of iPads and other tablet use within the enterprise", said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite Technologies. "MediaPlace extends Ignite's Content Delivery Solution to these devices providing secure, easy access to their corporate video portal."

MediaPlace enables the capability to download content, creating a personal library for offline viewing.

Features:

-           Rate and see average ratings for all videos

-           Comment on videos and view other employee comments

-           Subscribe to publishers and topics

-           Create a personal playlist

-           Create a 'My Library' of downloaded content

-           View high-quality videos online or offline

Trial MediaPlace

To experience MediaPlace on an iPad, proceed to the Apple App Store from your iPad and download the free MediaPlace App. Use the company code 'WebTrial' when prompted along with your email address.

MediaPlace for Apple iPad is a free app and is immediately available. MediaPlace for Android will be available early Q2, 2012.For more information about Ignite's Content Delivery Solution, go to www.ignitetech.com.

 
About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, provides the industry's most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets-from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates-to anyone, anywhere, at any time.  Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. Ignite's Solution has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, Bank of America, Hyatt and Cushman & Wakefield. 

Ignite Content Delivery Solution and the Ignite logo and MediaPlace are registered trademarks of Ignite Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

A two year strong partnership with Abacast provided the ability to successfully integrate the products and provide a proven solution for peer-to-peer live streaming within Ignite's large enterprise customer base. The unique combination of solutions enhanced the peering capabilities by leveraging Ignite's client intelligence technology.

"Our strong alliance with Abacast leads into a natural transition to purchase the technology assets," said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite. "We are committed to providing our customers with proven and cost effective delivery technologies. This opportunity will enable Ignite to further develop the initial source code and create new and differentiated product offerings."

"Ignite's experience with enterprise content delivery and understanding of the unique requirements in that space make them the perfect choice to build on the Abacast peering technology," said Rob Green, chief executive officer at Abacast.

More information about the Ignite Content Solution is available at our website at www.ignitetech.com.

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, provides the industry's most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets-from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates-to anyone, anywhere, at any time.  Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. Ignite's Solution has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, Bank of America, MillerCoors and Cushman & Wakefield.

Ignite Content Delivery Solution and the Ignite logo are registered trademarks of Ignite Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Founder and former CEO, Scott Wilson, helped recruit Janicki to Ignite and will stay on as a member of the Advisory Board.    Wilson has grown Ignite from inception and has chosen to hand over the reigns for the next phase of growth.   "I am excited that Ignite's growth has enabled us to attract world-class talent, and I believe Jim's background, leadership skills and experience are a perfect fit for taking Ignite to the next level."

Janicki's technical, leadership and entrepreneurial experience is vast.   Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Calpont, a privately-held company that focuses on database solutions.   Prior to that, he was the co-founder and CEO of MetaSolv Software, a leading global provider of operations support system solutions for communications service providers around the world.   MetaSolv Software grew from three employees to more than 600 and went public in 1999 with revenues reaching $130 million in 2001. During this period, Janicki was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Before co-founding MetaSolv, Janicki spent more than a decade in various positions at Texas Instruments.

"I'm an entrepreneur at heart," says Janicki.   "When I was first introduced to Ignite's technology, I was hooked.   Already in place at some of the biggest enterprise names in the country, there is still great opportunity to expand the platform and the business model.   I'm excited about the opportunity to help shape the next chapter."

Matt Miller, Ignite Board member and Managing Director at WaldenVC, said "Finding someone with Jim's leadership and growth experience in the technology sector is fortuitous at this point in the company's history.   He has a great track record of building young companies into industry leaders, and we have confidence that he will do the same for Ignite."

ABOUT IGNITE TECHNOLOGIES

Ignite fills the void in digital communications, providing a single, integrated solution that securely delivers any digital content - from TV-quality video to software updates - to any PC with no bandwidth restrictions. Ignite's Digital Delivery Service overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability of corporations to reach an entire online audience regardless of location, connectivity and mobility. The company's technology has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of PCs for leading corporations around the globe.

Ignite is a privately held company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its investors include WaldenVC, SAP Ventures and Dallas-based HO2 Ventures. Additional information can be found at www.ignitetech.com .

"The timely distribution of updated training materials has a direct correlation with success in sales. Keeping our people posted on new product developments and materials only serves to strengthen the Canon brand," says Mitch Bardwell, director and assistant general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "Until Ignite Technologies, our training division was using CDs to distribute product launch kits and training materials. The CD distribution was an expensive budget item and did not give us the ability to track usage in the field, or effectiveness."

The Lake Success, N.Y. based firm chose Ignite, a Dallas-based provider of hosted digital content delivery services which can send all forms of rich electronic media through its online enterprise. Ignite is now quickly and securely delivering Canon product launches, material updates, leadership messages, video presentations and more. Its version control feature also ensures that all recipients have the latest, correct version of all materials.

"A huge benefit for us is Ignite's ability to deliver rich media files to any desktop regardless of bandwidth. Now our salespeople have immediate online access to high-impact video demos they can access on the road when seeing a customer," says Bardwell. "It's pretty tough to drag a copier through an airport. Now it's all in their laptops."

"Canon's sales force now easily accesses and plays the Flash and video-based demonstrations they use to show off product features, without worrying about file sizes and download times," says Ignite Technologies President & CEO, Jim Janicki. "Ignite's Field Notification feature also gives Canon representatives a heads-up on new content by sending pop-up alerts that appear on-screen," says Janicki. "The ability to quickly retrieve and use the latest materials for sales conferences also allows for timely preparation."

Ignite's auditability feature, which tracks when and who opens the files sent to each desktop, gives Canon a better sense of material usage in the field. "The cost savings of replacing CD production with Ignite's Digital Delivery Service has been significant, and view rates and compliance have increased dramatically," Bardwell notes.

Canon has integrated Ignite into its own Intellinex Learning Management System (LMS). All content can now be delivered within the context of the Intellinex platform, and all interactions, even offline, are delivered back to the Intellinex reporting engine.

IGNITE DIGITAL DELIVERY

Unlike content delivery networks or software companies that demand capital investments to deliver large files, Ignite is a highly-secure, outsourced service. Since Ignite hosts the service, it does not burden a customer's existing computing or networking infrastructure.

"Ignite can deliver large data-intensive files to any network, anywhere," says Janicki. "Our technology doesn't care whether you're on a slow dial-up or the fastest broadband connection. It is designed to get that file to your 'desktop' whether you're using a customer's network or an airport Hot Spot," says Janicki.

Additional benefits are:

Polite background delivery that ensures PC and network performance are not affected by digital media deliveries.

High security. Some of the nation's largest financial organizations - which said they would never implement a hosted solution based on their security concerns - now use Ignite's service.

Comprehensive tracking and reporting. Because of compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, companies need to be assured that their business communications are seen by their targets. Ignite's service not only delivers the material, but can monitor and report if the material has been reviewed to the degree that matches the company's requirements.

ABOUT CANON U.S.A., INC.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com.

ABOUT IGNITE TECHNOLOGIES

Ignite fills the void in digital communications, providing a single, integrated solution that securely delivers any digital content - from TV-quality video to software updates - to any PC with no bandwidth restrictions. Ignite's Digital Delivery Service overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability of corporations to reach an entire online audience regardless of location, connectivity and mobility. The company's technology has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of PCs for leading corporations around the globe.

Ignite is a privately held company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its investors include Walden Ventures, SAP Ventures and Dallas-based HO2 Ventures. Additional information can be found at www.ignitetech.com.

"Joe brings an extensive skill set in corporate sales leadership and meeting sales objectives that support revenue growth," said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite. "Joe has worked in many growth phase companies that rely on a strong, experienced sales team."

Prior to Ignite Technologies, Mr. Pollard held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Remote Dynamics. Prior to Remote Dynamics, Mr. Pollard served as Chief Executive Officer of Permeo Technologies, a privately held software security firm focused on solving the security issues for remote user access in global 1000 companies. Before taking the position at Permeo, Mr. Pollard held positions of Executive Vice President and Vice President of Worldwide Sales for MetaSolv Software, Inc. a leading provider of Operational Support Systems (OSS) for the telecommunications industry.

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provides the industry's most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets-from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates-to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. Ignite's Solution has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, BearingPoint, McDonald's, Sabre, and Procter & Gamble. For more information, visit www.ignitetech.com.

"We are excited to add Dana to our executive team, she has extensive expertise in developing innovative, strategic marketing initiatives that create a strong corporate and product brand," said Jim Janicki, president and chief executive officer at Ignite. "Dana has the experience to build and lead a team that will quickly position Ignite as a leader in the Content Delivery solutions market."

Prior to joining Ignite, Ms. Brown was President and Chief Executive Officer at Ipsum Networks, a privately held company that developed route analytics solutions to optimize IP traffic within corporate enterprises and telecommunication networks. Prior to Ipsum Networks, Dana served as Vice President of Marketing at MetaSolv (NASDAQ: MSLV) which she co-founded in 1992. At MetaSolv, she was responsible for the development of key alliance relationships and the execution of product and corporate branding efforts that propelled MetaSolv forward, resulting in positioning the company as the leader in providing Operations Support Solutions for the telecommunications industry.

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provides the industry's most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets-from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates-to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. Ignite's Solution has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, BearingPoint, McDonald's, Sabre, and Procter & Gamble. For more information, visit www.ignitetech.com.

"The new identity better reflects our position as a proven content delivery solution for a growing, diverse portfolio of Fortune 2000 customers," said Dana Brown, chief marketing and business development officer at Ignite. "By creating a new logo and evolving our product positioning, we are aligning the corporate identity to better illustrate who we are today and how we are growing to meet the future needs of our customers."

With a reputation for superior technology, Ignite Technologies has long been a preferred brand among Fortune 2000 enterprises. The evolution of the corporate identity reflects the company's solid base of customers now utilizing Ignite delivery technology to reach nearly a million end-points with terabytes of data around the globe. The new logo was designed as a symbol of the superior technology, high quality and responsive customer support all customers can expect from Ignite.

Ignite Content Delivery Solution Components

Ignite's Content Delivery Solution is a suite of software products and networking technology that enables the management of the entire lifecycle of content publishing and distribution. The Ignite solution provides the tools needed to publish, protect, target, deliver, track, and measure any type of digital content-from high-definition video and media-rich PDFs to software executables and patches. Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media.

Ignite Solution is comprised of the following components:

Delivery Center - The Ignite Delivery Center provides personal or corporate branding control over the distributed content viewing experience. The Delivery Center provides a superior full-screen viewing experience across all types of content, devices, and media players and supports online, offline, and on-demand interaction with content.

Delivery Platform - The Ignite Content Delivery Solution is built on a single unified publishing, packaging, and delivery platform. The Platform provides a web-based application that supports your workflow and lifecycle of publishing and delivering content. In addition, administration of user and system level roles, security parameters, and delivery options are managed through this centralized application.

Delivery Integrator - Ignite's Delivery Platform is built on open standards and XML-based design features that provide a highly extensible platform for integration with existing enterprise applications and data sources.

More information about Ignite's Content Delivery solution is available at our website at www.ignitetech.com. Pricing for Ignite is available by contacting our Sales department at 1-866-222-2313.

About Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provides the industry's most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets-from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates-to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Ignite's patented Content Delivery Solution overcomes network and connectivity constraints that have limited the ability to reach online audiences with the highest quality, secure rich media. Ignite's Solution has been deployed across hundreds of thousands of users around the globe at companies like Accenture, BearingPoint, McDonald's, Sabre, and Procter & Gamble. For more information, visit www.ignitetech.com.