Global Cloud Platform Modernization Enabling Scalable, Secure Media Workflows

Background

Vertala — formerly known as TVT Media — is one of the world’s fastest-growing media services companies. With a mission to transform how content is managed, versioned, and delivered, Vertala provides a full-stack content services platform to leading broadcasters and entertainment brands worldwide.

As the company expanded globally, new service lines and increased data volumes pushed the limits of its on-premise infrastructure. Vertala needed a modern cloud foundation to support high-performance editing, global collaboration, and dynamic scaling — without compromising reliability, security, or compliance.

To achieve this, Vertala partnered with Uptic’s Platform Team to design, build, and operate a secure, high-performance cloud environment that could evolve alongside its rapid growth and expanding service portfolio.
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“Uptic enables us to focus our development resources on expanding our media and content services. Their platform gives us the benefits of cloud — performance, scalability, and reliability — without the distraction of managing it ourselves.” _{- GM & VP Operations, Vertala}

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Challenge

Vertala’s legacy infrastructure was reliable but increasingly restrictive. Scaling workloads across global teams required significant manual setup and local resources, and adding new capabilities was slow and costly. The lack of elasticity limited both service agility and innovation speed.

To stay competitive in the fast-paced media landscape, Vertala needed to:

• Transition from fixed, on-prem infrastructure to on-demand cloud services.
• Enable secure, high-performance remote editing for global teams.
• Support multi-region operations with strong compliance and low latency.
• Simplify and standardize infrastructure management across offices.

Vertala sought a solution that delivered performance, security, and scalability — while allowing its internal teams to focus on product innovation, not infrastructure operations.

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Solution

Uptic’s Platform Team engineered a global cloud platform built on AWS to power Vertala’s next-generation content workflows. The design combined resilient architecture, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and zero-trust security into a fully managed, scalable service.

• AWS Cloud Architecture: Multi-region hub-and-spoke design delivering high availability and optimized media transfer speeds.
• GPU-Accelerated Virtual Desktops: Secure remote editing environments built with AWS EC2 G3 GPU instances and Teradici CAS PCoIP for real-time performance.
• Global Connectivity: Encrypted SD-WAN and VPN backbone linking offices and remote users with low latency and centralized management.
• Scalable Storage: Tiered storage with AWS S3, Glacier, and EBS supporting hot, warm, and cold media data workflows.
• Security & Compliance: Zero-trust architecture with hardened AD, conditional access policies, and secure desktop images for global compliance.
• 24×7 Managed Operations: Continuous monitoring, patching, optimization, and cost management led by Uptic’s Platform Team.

By modernizing Vertala’s platform around cloud elasticity and automation, Uptic enabled a scalable foundation for future innovation — ensuring performance and reliability at global scale.

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Outcomes

The modernization transformed static, costly legacy systems into a high-performance, cloud- platform — dramatically improving efficiency, scalability, and sustainability.

• Rapid scaling: Spin up secure, GPU-accelerated editing environments on demand — anywhere in the world.
• Innovation focus: Internal teams now concentrate on media workflows and product development, not infrastructure.
• Cost efficiency: Shifted from capital-intensive infrastructure to predictable, cloud-based operating costs.
• Business continuity: Resilient cloud architecture ensures 24×7 operations and seamless collaboration.
• Security by design: Fully compliant, zero-trust platform protecting global content operations.

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