iSoftStone identified and built the best Nuxeo Platform integration for our client’s needs
How would you manage publishing for a vast video library and 200 YouTube channels worldwide? When a renowned 501(c)(3) organization with a global presence — and many hundreds of hours of content — came to iSoftStone with that question, we had the answer. Our content services experts leveraged Nuxeo Platform’s open-source approach and its flexible suite of APIs to build a YouTube integration.
In short: we helped our client’s content managers publish videos directly from their digital asset management system (DAM).
The problem of managing 200 channels with multiple systems
The source of our client’s concerns was its need to reach a global audience and its use of multiple systems. The content management team was already using Nuxeo as their DAM and had engaged iSoftStone’s managed services. But they were still tracking YouTube video publication through an internally developed, on-premises tool.
This left our client with several digital asset management challenges:
- Manual processes and limited feature sets: The internal tool relied on manual entry for URLs and other metadata. It was cumbersome to use and prone to human error.
- Version control: It was too easy to accidentally publish multiple iterations of the same video, or unintentionally publish the same videos across different channels.
- Storage: Multiple copies of the same assets and binaries were stored in different systems. That led to higher costs and introduced redundancies.
- Permissions and security: Multiple content managers on the team shared a single Google password.
- Time management: Uploading and downloading large files was slow and cumbersome.
All in all, it was a publishing management headache. Content managers faced inconsistent metadata, incomplete publishing histories, and low confidence in the accuracy of their records.
A custom YouTube integration creates a streamlined solution
The Nuxeo and YouTube integration enables our client’s content managers to run publishing for all 200 YouTube channels directly from their Nuxeo Platform.
The integration brings together multiple processes in one place. A simple, straightforward workflow in Nuxeo’s user-friendly interface now allows our client to:
- Search for videos in the DAM
- Click the link to publish
- Select YouTube from a drop-down menu
- Select the correct YouTube channels and category tags
- See updates from YouTube on publication status
That’s it. And all within a minute of starting the first step. There’s even a one-click process from the DAM to preview the video on YouTube. No more uploading and downloading, no more manual entry. Custom Amazon SNS and SQS components ensure a smooth, secure exchange of information between Nuxeo and YouTube. Metadata remains intact and is shared automatically. Publication history is captured and stored.
As an additional feature, and to give our client the benefit of a truly one-stop solution for publishing management, we also connected its legacy translation service to Nuxeo.
The integration passed YouTube’s approval criteria, and our client received the go-ahead to publish a maximum of 2,000 videos per day.
Unified digital asset management with worldwide reach
Now, content managers can focus on getting valuable content to our client’s audience and spend less time managing processes and systems.
There’s a single solution for storing and publishing video assets, complete with centralized channel management. Videos are published in a smooth, timely manner. Content managers have full visibility around the assets they have, where exactly those assets are published, and when they’ve been updated. Redundant, superseded content is no longer accidentally made public. And, thanks to Nuxeo’s built-in permissions, both the assets themselves and our client’s access to YouTube are secure.
Finally, with publishing history and analytics consolidated in a single place, our client has the future option of building a dashboard to surface data-driven strategy insights.
iSoftStone is the only managed service provider for Nuxeo
Whatever your downstream channels, iSoftStone is here to help you manage your assets, save time, and get end-to-end feature functionality. We have more experience than any other Nuxeo systems integrator and we’re the only Nuxeo managed service provider on the market. Together, let’s identify the right Nuxeo integrations for your needs.
