Blogs

How AWS Elemental MediaTailor Uses SCTE-35 for Server-Side Ad Insertion

Written by Nathan de Balthasar, Software Engineer at TrackIt Digital ad insertion in streaming workflows relies on precise signals that indicate when and where ads should play. Without these markers, platforms cannot synchronize breaks, resulting in poor viewer...

Building Cyber Resilience Through Capture the Flag (CTF) Events

Capture the Flag (CTF) events are hands-on cybersecurity exercises where participants are challenged to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in simulated environments. Unlike traditional training, a CTF places participants in the attacker’s seat, helping them...

SCTE-35 Standard: Core Signaling for Digital Ad Insertion

Written by Nathan de Balthasar, Software Engineer at TrackIt Digital advertising in broadcast and streaming environments depends on precise signaling to identify when and where ads should be inserted into video content. Whether for traditional cable television,...
How to Send Sensu Events to InfluxDB

How to Send Sensu Events to InfluxDB

Sensu event handlers are for taking action on sensu events (produced by check results), such as sending an email alert, or storing metrics in InfluxDB. There are several types of handlers: pipe, tcp, udp, transport, and set. TCP and UDP handlers send the event data to...

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How to Send Sensu Events to Elasticsearch

How to Send Sensu Events to Elasticsearch

When we talk about log management, we talk about dealing with a large amount of computer-generated files and how to collect them, how to centralize them, how to aggregate them and how to analyze them. Logs can be produced everywhere by different types of systems....

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Use Salt-Cloud to Automatically Deploy New AWS instances

Use Salt-Cloud to Automatically Deploy New AWS instances

This article is the second one of a series showing how to use cloud-computing in media and entertainment (M&E workflow). The first article explained you how to complete a very basic setup of your AWS infrastructure and create a bastion/jump server. Now, we will...

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Discover the Power of Cloud Computing with AWS and Salt

Discover the Power of Cloud Computing with AWS and Salt

This article is the first one of a series showing how to use cloud-computing in media and entertainment (M&E workflow). Cloud-computing represents the future of infrastructure. Every day, dozens of companies are moving from a traditional infrastructure to a...

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6 Best Practices for AWS Security Groups

6 Best Practices for AWS Security Groups

AWS Security groups are a perfect way to manage security, they provide a powerful firewall. However there are some basics rules you need to follow. By not implementing strict security controls, the security of an entire application may be compromised. 1) Create a...

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