Webinar: State of the Internet / Security: Web Attacks

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones

Date: 26th July 2018
Two sessions:
Americas – 11am PT / 2pm ET
EMEA – 10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST

Register now to gain up-to-the-minute insight into recent trends and statistics and hear real-world stories from Akamai’s Summer 2018 State of the Internet / Security report.

You’ll hear:

  • Details of the February 2018 memcached reflector attack that set a new record for the largest attack Akamai has mitigated to date
  • Emerging trends in DDoS attack sizes and how it’s critical that organizations prepare now for large-scale attacks
  • How some DDoS attacks are employing unusual tactics to increase effectiveness, including the emergence of intelligent, adaptive enemies who change tactics to overcome the defenses in their way
  • How Operation Power Off successfully shut down Webstresser, a major player in the DDoS-for-hire marketplace … and the very real possibility that more DDoS-for-hire sites will be popping up soon
  • A deep dive into bots and credential abusers targeting the hospitality industry, which has seen an extremely high percentage of malicious logins

EMEA Presenters:

Michael Smith
Senior Director of Technology,
Akamai Technologies

Gerhard Giese
Manager Enterprise Security Architects EMEA,
Akamai Technologies
Elmar Witte
Product Marketing Manager Security,
Akamai Technologies

Americas Presenters:

Martin

Martin McKeay
Senior Security Advocate
Akamai

 Patrick

Patrick Sullivan
Senior Director of
Security Technology
Akamai

 

Register now! EMEA   Americas

Webinar: How to Produce and Broadcast Live TV-Style Coverage

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Date: July 26th, 2018. 11AM PDT / 2PM EDT / 19:00 BST.

However you produce your video content, if you are not a commercial broadcaster, get some tips and fresh ideas from this webinar.

Learn the production and technical requirements necessary for broadcasting live structured programming from a physical event including: breaking news, industry panels, interviews, event highlights, and behind-the-scenes footage.

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Webinar: Compression Economics

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Date: Today, 23rd July, 2018 16:00 BST / 8am PST

This joint webinar from the IABM and V-Nova, will dive into the current state of the compression market, exploring new technologies and assessing compression costs and benefits to broadcasters, operators and OTT providers.

“More with less,” this has always been the compression mantra since the beginning. With the rise of new media and the emergence of immersive formats such as UHD and VR, compression vendors have been again asked to deliver better quality at a reduced bit-rate.

    Topics include:

  • Industry trends driving demand for improved video compression
  • Shift from hardware to software (and virtualisation) – impact on compression vendors and benefits for operators
  • The benefits of next-generation video compression for AVOD and SVOD services. What are the dynamics? How much of an effect can it have on a streaming video business?
  • The rise of AI – how artificial intelligence can improve compression economics
  • Immersive formats – UHD/VR demand by end-users; economics of delivering these formats and how best to do so
  • HEVC, AV1 and PERSEUS Plus – the various factors dictating what codec to choose and in which scenarios they have most value

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Webinar: Managing Transition to HEVC/VP9/AV1 with Multi-Codec Streaming

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones

In this talk from Streaming Media East 2018 Paul MacDougall from Bitmovin discusses moving from h.264 to newer codecs.

Video streaming is in a transition towards the next generation of video codecs, offering to double the quality while lowering the required bandwidth. As the successor crown to the ubiquitous AVC/H.264 is still up for grabs, major content providers and device manufacturers are throwing their weights behind competing formats – HEVC/VP9/AV1 – leading to market fragmentation, specifically within web environments. To deal with this challenge, OTT services need to support multiple codecs in an efficient way.

In this presentation, Paul talks about how to evaluate the benefits and the tradeoffs of embracing next-generation compression technologies in your media workflow. He looks at the state of the browser market and compatibility, current deployment percentages and then how to decide whether to do multiple encoding on an asset or not. Paul finished with advice on playback and the state of smart TVs.

Watch now!