Ustream cloud streaming for enterprise
April 05, 2017

Ustream cloud streaming for enterprise

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Streaming Manager for Enterprise (Ustream Align)

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Video (including Ustream)

Once viewership per stream starts to go over 500, it may be time to implement eCDN or hybrid.
Solid service overall, definite room for improvement, but they do seem to be intent on improving it. IBM's acquisition bodes well for some very interesting developments in the future.
It is used companywide to facilitate livestreaming and recording of meetings and presentations. It addresses the problem of teams spread geographically across the planet who need to be kept in the loop. It solves for both live, which permits limited interactivity via Q&A, and non-live (watching post-facto via VOD), without any need to differentiate between the two.
  • Global reach (ingest points and points of presence)
  • 24 hour support
  • Excellent admin UI
  • RTMP push limits the number of devices that can stream to the service - RSTP pull would open up many options for hardware
  • Updates are released a little too fast and without enough QC to make them bug-free
  • No 360 degree video
Increase coordination between geographically diverse teams. Increase employee engagement. Increase viewership of key announcements.
Appropriate for corporate event streaming, large team meeting streaming, townhall meeting streaming,

IBM Video Streaming Feature Ratings

Lead generation
Not Rated
Video personalization
Not Rated
eCommerce
Not Rated
Support for advertisements
Not Rated
Video SEO
Not Rated
Integration to Marketing Automation
Not Rated
Integration to Salesforce.com
Not Rated
Integration to Marketo
Not Rated
Integration to HubSpot
Not Rated
Integration to Eloqua
Not Rated
Integration to LMS
Not Rated
Video access controls
8
User management
8
Video link sharing
8
Internal video
8
External video
8
Player customization
7
Embedded videos
8
Video quality / Bandwidth controls
7
Mobile compatibility
8
A/B testing
Not Rated
Streaming quality reports
9
Per viewer tracking
8
Per video tracking
9
Video analytics dashboard
9
On-Demand video
9
Live streaming
9
Impact of streaming on network
8
Video upload & format support
8
Video library / File management
7
Video portal
8
Audience polling
Not Rated
Audience Q&A / Live chat
7
Video comments
7