FastLane: Direct Cloud Connectivity for Media | Sohonet
FastLane: Direct Cloud Connectivity for Media Workflows
Your high-speed direct connection to the industry’s major cloud providers. Access a range of remote storage and compute solutions securely from your facilities around the world.
Keeping clients connected
.svg)
.png)
Reliable
With ultra low-latency and guaranteed throughput via our uncontended, private media network, FastLane eliminates the congested internet from your route and ensures reliable delivery times, every time.
Flexible & scalable
Whilst Telcos offer fixed, contracted connection speeds that can’t be changed mid-term, FastLane provides media teams with a flexible, low-latency solution to deliver resource-intense cloud compute workflows with granular control and studio-grade security. (i.e. VFX rendering, virtual workstations, transcoding, processing etc).
Offering “burstable” connectivity, customers can utilise FastLane and the cloud as and when they need to.
“Using Sohonet FastLane gave us a solution which far exceeded Google’s standalone capabilities, and which just worked. We knew we had a solution in place which would allow us to scale up our render capacity seamlessly to meet demand”
Craig Dibble
Lead Render Systems
Private Network Routing to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
Our support team available 24/7/365 on phone or email. Phones are answered by support engineers who are highly trained and responsive and 9 times out of 10 will be able to deal with your issues there and then. This is hugely important for when customers need to “burst” their connection quickly or require immediate expert networking guidance.
Uninterrupted access to different public clouds
Use one service to flexibly switch between multiple providers
Quick and easy to deploy
Our team will help you optimise the configuration for different clouds and workflows
.webp)
Control over privacy and security
Skip the risk of the open internet and connect directly to the cloud, giving you full control over your data
Scalable connectivity
Increase or decrease bandwidth as your project requires, and hit speeds as high as 100Gbit/s when needed
Ultra-low latency
Avoid congestion and enjoy low-latency and guaranteed throughput for fast, reliable transfer
Flexible pricing model
Minimise cloud egress charges and pay for what you use, so you can bid on projects freely
Use Cases
Cloud rendering
Draw on the massive compute resources of the public cloud as and when you need to.
Virtual workstations
Rapidly deploy virtual VFX workstations and save on hardware, software, power and cooling.
Cloud acceleration
Access tools for transcoding, watermarking, storage and packaging quickly and securely.
Access cloud storage
Access cloud storage with a burstable, non-Internet pipe enabling secure, guaranteed delivery and up to 80% savings on egress fees
Pricing
Ready to get started? Schedule a call with one of our experts today
What our customers say
Customer Stories
Crafting the Contenders: Adam Bricker, ASC on bringing Hacks home
Read Story](/content/article/crafting-the-contenders-adam-bricker-asc-on-bringing-hacks-home/index.html)
.webp)
Customer Stories
Inside Euphoria’s Editorial Heart: Aaron I. Butler, ACE on craft, collaboration and controlled madness
Read Story](/content/article/inside-euphorias-editorial-heart-aaron-i-butler-ace-on-craft-collaboration-and-controlled-madness/index.html)
Customer Stories
Behind Netflix's Emmy-nominated Monster: Bind Studio and FileRunner on the VFX pipeline
Read Story](/content/article/behind-netflixs-emmy-nominated-monster-bind-studio-filerunner/index.html)
Customer Stories
Crafting the Contenders: How Beef Supervising Sound Editor Christopher Gomez Rebuilt the Series’ World from Scratch for Season Two
Read Story](/content/article/beef-season-2-sound-editor-christopher-gomez-on-rebuilding-a-world/index.html)
Customer Stories
Crafting the Contenders: Inside Oscar-Nominated Sinners with Kostas Theodosiou
Read Story](/content/article/crafting-the-contenders-kostas-theodosiou/index.html)
25+ Years serving the M&E industry
Our team has extensive experience in the area, so we can offer unrivalled knowledge to customers and work to fit your needs
80%
Of major VFX houses benefit from Sohonet services
FastLane arms teams with a flexible, low-latency solution to deliver resource-intense cloud compute workflows securely
23/24
2023 Oscar-Winning projects collaborated on by Sohonet customers
Teams all over the world utilise FastLane to deliver award-winning projects within budget and on time
24-Jul
Customer support
Our team of highly trained engineers are on-hand to deal with your issue there and then
Our other Network & Connectivity solutions
Discover our full range of networking and connectivity solutions
.png)
.webp)
Bundle dedicated internet, secure cloud connections, and private networking into one service with Multiport: burstable bandwidth without contract changes.
Sohonet Media Network has been renamed to Media Fabric. See the same broadcast-grade media network platform under its new name at sohonet.com/media-fabric.