Open Sesame!

tictoc has been using an online video publishing system called SesameVault for a while now - for example one of our clients' websites, Vetpulse.tv, uses it to allow vets around the world to upload video to the site in order to share expertise. We find it a great tool because it's totally web-based, doesn't require users to download any software in order to upload or view video content, doesn't take viewers off to a third party site (like YouTube) and it has an API that allows us to seamlessly integrate with our CMS. It's a great tool for SMEs because it's cost-effective, but allows them total control over how video is uploaded and published to their site.

Recently, our friends at Open Box Technologies, who developed SesameVault, have released SesameVault 2.0 which allows video to be published via mobile devices such as Blackberries and iPhones as well as via normal web browsers. You can see the full details of the enhancements they've made on their blog.

Plus our very own Alan Masterson is quoted in their press release, talking about how we've used SesameVault here at tictoc.

Good luck to the Open Box guys, we look forward to using SesameVault 2.0 in future projects!

  • By Kate Wooding
  • Published: 23 April 2009