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HELIX VS. MICROSOFT: YOU DECIDE
Real® pioneered streaming media on the Internet in 1995 and has been the leader in technology and business innovations ever since. Today, thousands of the world's leading enterprises, infrastructure service providers, and media companies manage media creation, delivery, security and playback with Real's end-to-end systems technology.
Why do these companies continue to select solutions from Real rather than using bundled media software from Microsoft? Review the facts below and decide for yourself whether Real or Microsoft creates more revenue and cost savings opportunities for your organization.
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1. Real Helix Universal Servers deliver four times more Windows Media streams than Windows Media Servers
In June of 2002, Real contracted an independent testing facility to benchmark our Helix Universal Server against the Windows Media Technology 4.1 Server. The results were dramatic — Helix Universal Server serves Windows Media better than Windows Media Server.
In addition, if you take into account Microsoft's claims regarding performance improvements in their Windows Media 9 Series Beta, Real's Helix Universal Server still delivers nearly double the performance and is shipping commercially today.
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2. Is "free" really free?
Because Windows Media is packaged with the Windows operating system, people mistakenly assume that it's free. To use "free" Windows Media software you have to be a paid customer of the Windows operating system. If you want to use the latest Windows Media features, and you have not paid for the latest operating system release, you're out of luck. And to build a robust distributed network for delivering Windows Media, you'll have to pay for expensive third party software or appliances.
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3. Helix Universal Server supports all major media formats on an open system, Windows Media is a proprietary, OS-based system.
Real's Helix Universal Server offers full support for over 55 formats and datatypes - now including streaming Windows Media to Windows Media Players and QuickTime to QuickTime players and MPEG-4 to MPEG-4-enabled players, including the RealPlayer. These products also now offer native support for MPEG4 and MP3 audio.
Compare the difference
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4. Helix Universal Server runs on 11 operating systems — Windows Media runs on one.
Customers appreciate being able to make their own decision on operating system based on existing resources, skills or their best judgment around security and other issues. The latest version of Windows Media is available with Windows 2000 and Microsoft's Series 9 release is expected to be available only on the .NET server.
This means that with the Helix Universal Server, you will be able to deliver RealMedia and Windows Media from more Windows-based operating systems that you can with Windows Media.
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5. Helix Universal Servers slash the cost to deliver both Real and Windows Media by more than 40%.
Only Real allows companies to deliver RealMedia, Windows Media, QuickTime and MPEG 4 from a single delivery infrastructure.
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6. Helix Universal Server makes delivery of Windows Media reliable
From encoder to server, from server to server or from server to player, the Real system can be configured redundantly to provide a fail-over feed in the event of a network or equipment outage. Windows Media simply does not have this capability.
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7. Consumers overwhelmingly prefer RealVideo 9 to Windows Media Video
By a 16 to 1 Margin, Consumers Favor RealVideo® over Windows Media Video for Better Video Image Quality, Smoother Motion and Overall Viewer Preference — Key Labs, May 2002.
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8. How will you reach all platforms and consumer electronic devices?
The Helix DNA Client is at the core of Real's embedded devices strategy. Designed for non-PC devices with constrained footprints and requirements, the Helix DNA Client can support any codec and format. Since its launch in October 2002 the Helix DNA Client has had tremendous success in the market and is being used by tens of thousands of developers as the core media engine for their device or application. The Helix DNA Client, along with the RealAudio and RealVideo codecs, is being ported and optimized for a wide range of devices including mobile handsets, PDAs, set top boxes, home gateways, audio/video servers, and others. In addition, Real has many relationships with Consumer Electronics manufacturers, chipset / processor / DSP providers, 3rd party software developers, RTOS providers, and others. All are using the Helix DNA Client as their primary multi-format media engine.
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9. Can you buy a complete solution for content distribution from Microsoft?
The Helix Universal Server and Helix Universal Gateway offer an integrated content distribution system. Now, from a uniform architecture, digital media can be propagated either proactively or as needed in real time to any place on the network. With Microsoft, you would have to purchase an expensive third party solution for distributed content delivery.
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10. How many security breaches can you live with?
Real has the best security track record in the industry not only because our system has been designed to leverage the intrinsic reliability and security inherent in the most robust operating systems, but because we also offer the most secure digital rights management system available. Real's Helix Digital Rights Management uniquely offers native, end-to-end and renewable security to unique, tamper resistant playback clients. Because of Microsoft's dependence on the Windows operating system, any OS bugs or breaches will adversely affect the entire infrastructure, including their media server.
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