Shared Hosting - Digital Asset Management Solutions

Multiple business sites sharing one Third Light Appliance

Third Light offers a companion product to IMS called the Third Light Appliance Manager. Using the Appliance Manager, it is possible to install more than one Third Light site on the same hardware, so that the underlying equipment and network connections can be shared by multiple clients, each with their own IMS site.

This package is specifically designed for agencies to provide value added services for clients requiring a managed, hosted media library. The agency, ISP or other reseller environment is managed centrally and digital asset management systems are supplied to clients individually.

Suggested uses

All Third Light IMS Appliances come with the option to activate the IMS Appliance Manager. Whether simply to add flexibility, or to generate a new channel of sales, the Appliance Manager offers an instantaneous solution for deploying additional digital media libraries on your hardware.

Creative Agencies

PR, Sales or Marketing Agencies and Web Designers wishing to extend their services portfolio with a digital media library product can use IMS to provide a polished solution – and one which can be deployed immediately with no technical overheads. Each client can have their own, personalised digital media library with the opportunity for the agency to add value either managing or customising the service.

Regional Businesses and Internal Teams

Organisations can divide IMS into territories with the cost-saving advantage of centralised networking and hardware management. By providing regional sub-sites with independent user groups, distinct parts of your organisation can enjoy the full benefits of Third Light IMS with a reduced cost. IMS also removes inefficiencies via its intuitive approach to workflow and industry standards for keywording, thus benefiting the entire organisation whenever media is exchanged.

System Integrators and Developers

Third Light IMS provides an advanced solution for digital asset management, and is ideally suited for integrators and software developers to build into packaged solutions such as CMS software, or as a feature-rich replacement for other media management tools. The IMS Appliance Manager makes it easy to embed IMS into mid- to high-end solutions for multiple clients, at a dramatically lower cost than custom development.

Internet and Cloud Service Providers

Differentiated packages are used to attract business customers, who seek specialised solutions far beyond commodity hosting. Using Third Light IMS solves the very common requirement for digital media management, and enables ISPs to sell this specialist software to discriminating, high value clients. Third Light software is designed to be scaled up to ISP levels, with mature and documented functionality that is ready to use.

Technical Details

The Third Light Appliance Manager is accessed securely with a super user account. It provides a graphical management suite that sits above the IMS software, controlling the IMS instances on your hardware and reporting on the overall utilisation of your storage. At any time, new sites can be added up to the limit of your server's capacity and licence pack, while automated software updates deliver features and upgrades.

Using the IMS Appliance Manager provides a substantial saving in equipment, power budgets and server management time. Shared hardware means low overheads and centralised storage – just one backup, for example.

• The Appliance Manager is a graphical tool for management of your hardware and multiple IMS sites
• Activate as many IMS sites per server as required, with attractive pricing from entry level upwards
• Each IMS is fully rebrandable, securely isolated and has its own unique URL
• A clustered version is available for large scale deployments
• Regular software updates incorporate new features, upgrades and security updates

Licencing for resellers

Third Light IMS is particularly attractive in a reseller environment, not only because of its functionality and mature code base, but also because of the availability of the Appliance Manager (and associated licencing flexibility). To discuss resale of IMS licences please please contact us.