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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter568 Howard Street, Ste 300, San Francisco, CA 94105 415.357.361 8/28/2007 To: The City of Miami Terry Byrnes Procurement Specialist RE: Amendment to RFQ //18034: Hosted System to Provide Video Streaming Mr. Byrnes, Granicus has revised the pricing section of RFQ #18034 as shown on the following pages. Granicus looks forward to developing a successful long-term relationship with The City of Miami. By selecting Granicus as your streaming media solution provider, you will greatly improve external and internal access to your public meetings. These meetings will be available live over the Internet, and as searchable archives that can be used for efficient long-term record keeping. Streaming with Granicus improves public access beyond what can be provided through cable broadcast. The availability of searchable archives allows a section of any meeting to be retrieved at anytime using a simple keyword search. In addition, documents like staff reports, agenda's, and minutes can be synchronized and linked to your audio and video archive all of which will be available through the City's web site. While public meeting broadcasts are a compelling and popular use of your Granicus solution, your system can be used by all City departments to present video content internally or externally over the web. Other cities use the Granicus solution to deliver public education content, public service announcements, and video on demand training. The Granicus solution delivers the functionality desired by The City of Miami, and does it in a way that minimizes the overall cost. Our proposed solution integrates with your current infrastructure and audio video equipment instead of replacing or duplicating it. Additionally, the storage and distribution of your streaming content is offloaded to the Granicus Media Center eliminating your need to invest in additional dedicated bandwidth and servers, which are necessary to support streaming. By automating processes that would normally be done manually the Granicus MediaManager' software also minimizes the impact streaming has on staff time, and eliminates the need for the IT staff to be on hand during meetings. Agenda items can be indexed in real time, and archives are automatically published to the City's web site minimizing the involvement of your Webmaster. Because meeting archives are readily available on the Internet, the need for the clerk's office to retrieve and prepare meeting records will also diminish over time. At Granicus, we recognize that a great product is only part of what keeps our clients satisfied. For that reason, Granicus provides 24/7 technical support and onsite user training. We also take full responsibility for maintaining and monitoring the technology that powers your solution, so that you can avoid the cost of developing a team of streaming experts. When you need us we will be there to help. If you have any questions about our services or this proposal please do not hesitate to contact me. Most Sincerely, Chris Rynders Southeast Regional Manager Granicus, Inc.