Superior Video Streaming with Wowza Media Systems CEO Dave Stubenvoll and Vice President of Engineering Ben Mesander
Welcome back to How I Launched This, A SaaS Story! This week, Stephanie (@stephr_wong) and Carter (@carterthecomic) are talking with two executives from Wowza Media Systems, a world leader in live streaming content. With both managed services and highly customizable components available as downloadable software or in the cloud, Wowza is capable of catering to any client.CEO and Co-Founder, Dave Stubenvoll, starts the show with a history of Wowza and how a project called Blog Cheese got him started in streaming. VP of Engineering, Ben Mesander, relates his streaming origin stories, explaining that he's always been interested in mathematical software problems and was naturally drawn to video compression.Because Wowza is streaming so much data, Ben explains that proper bandwidth and scaling are important to reduce latency, minimize stutters, and more. He describes the steps they took to create the architecture in place now and walks us through a typical stream on Wowza. Our guests talk about real-world use cases for Wowza, from things like gaming to the life-saving monitoring of infants in ICU. With the company ideals of worldwide availability and open minds, Wowza is used by all different kinds of companies all across the globe. Ben and Dave talk about the future of Wowza, including specific offerings they hope to deploy. We have an interesting discussion about the role of AI in video streaming and how this will continue to develop.Episode Links:Wowza Media SystemsChild Health ImprintsMonitorFish