High-speed FTP image distribution

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Exceptional speed for uploading photos

Working with large newspapers and agencies often involves delivering live photographic materials directly to editorial teams using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). The essence of this process is to get up-to-date photography directly into the hands of press teams in the shortest possible time.

To accelerate the upload process, we provide a highly-tuned FTP distribution tool. Once a single upload has been completed to IMS, automated transfers take place in parallel to relay your files to any number of FTP servers. This service dramatically reduces the time to upload to more than one FTP site, particularly when compared with broadband.

"At Rex Features, we pride ourselves on supplying high-quality, relevant images. For many of our shoots, we need to deliver our photos in the shortest possible time. When a time critical photo shoot like this has taken place, we use Third Light's fast FTP distribution service to move the image files to our customers. Thanks to Third Light we can transfer very large amounts of data reliably and without delay, giving us a significant competitive edge."

Matthew Phelvin - Rex Features Ltd.

Work directly with press desks

Many press, celebrity and sports photographers are working under intense pressure to be the first to deliver images to the press. Competing with other photographers for the same space on the page requires a technology like IMS, which will deliver more pictures to more FTP servers in a shorter space of time. Fully compatible with the increasing use of wireless networks and 3G phones, IMS is a key technology for picture distribution.

The Third Light IMS software indexes, thumbnails and resizes the new images automatically, allowing them to be searched on the web conveniently. Using the FTP Manager the pictures can also be sent onwards to other internet sites, particularly the press desk servers used by almost all major newspapers.

Since the IMS systems are on ultra high-speed networks, there are no bottlenecks to worry about. The technology is also robust when remote servers are busy or temporarily unavailable. Documentation...

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