Microsoft Azure Tools Help to Redefine Media Sharing and Processing Practices at L’Oréal Paris “Functionality for resizing, reformatting, previewing, and managing content load speed, while ensuring rapid diffusion in a secure, branded environment, requires the use of a dedicated platform.” – M. Valceschini, Digital Project Manager, L’Oréal SITUATION Global cosmetic brand L’Oréal Paris needed to manage an ever-growing stockpile of media files that required lengthy upload, resizing, reformatting, and expensive storage costs. Sharing files through traditional commercial file-hosting services made it difficult to control access, let alone package media for distribution across multiple channels and devices. MICROSOFT AZURE ISV: Brainsonic WEB SITE: cloudmediadrive.com LOCATION: Paris, France ORG SIZE: 130 employees MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE: Brainsonic’s clients include 200 of the world’s most well-known companies, such as Microsoft, L’Oréal Paris, Canal+, Canal Sat, D8, Banque Populaire, Sage, and many others in Europe, the United States, and APAC region. Brainsonic’s activities include a complete range of tactical SaaS services: enterprise video platform, product asset management, brand content management, and Sociabble, an innovative brand advocacy solution. SOLUTION Brainsonic created an asset management solution based on Microsoft Azure Media Services to upload, encode, and distribute content. The solution was created with both Linux-based and Windows-based media management components on virtual servers in an Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service environment. The solution also utilizes Azure offerings such as Azure SQL Database, Managed Cache, and Azure Storage. Azure services are used to store files in the cloud, instead of investing in costly storage systems. BENEFITS The Azure-based solution enabled the company to quickly share images, video, and documents worldwide in real time. Azure enables employees to access media immediately, choose the most impactful content, and make it available worldwide.