Arrakis APEX-CLOUD Cloud

What The Arrakis APEX Cloud Package Does For Your Radio Station The Arrakis APEX Cloud is a bundled service package built around connectivity, redundancy, and data protection for stations running APEX automation software. This package combines remote access setup, failsafe backup broadcasting software, local and cloud based file backup using a Synology network attached storage device, and automated file downloading software into one comprehensive offering. If you're looking to protect your station against studio outages, equip a backup transmitter site with failsafe programming, and keep your automation library securely backed up, this package brings all of those pieces together in a single solution. Remote Access Setup And Support Included This package includes setup and support for remote access to your APEX automation system, using industry standard VPN and remote access software installed and configured with help from Arrakis. With this remote access in place, station staff gain the ability to control an on-air computer, voice track programming, modify schedules, manage audio libraries, and generate reports from anywhere with an internet connection. Because Arrakis handles the setup and support directly, stations don't need to configure this remote access infrastructure on their own, reducing the technical burden on station staff who may not have deep networking experience. APEX Failsafe Software For Studio Outage Protection Included in this package is APEX Failsafe software, designed to run at a transmitter site or other remote location as a backup in case the main studio experiences an outage. This software uses silence sense technology to detect problems with the main studio feed, such as a storm cutting the connection to the transmitter site, and automatically switches to a scheduled backup program to keep the station on air. This same protective function extends to internet streaming as well, giving stations a backup option for their online broadcast in addition to their over-the-air signal. This failsafe protection covers a range of potential studio failures, including cyberattacks like viruses or ransomware, hardware failures such as a crashed hard drive or motherboard, theft or vandalism, employee sabotage, and natural disasters like floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, or lightning strikes. If a station has a VPN connecting its locations, the Failsafe software can mirror the main studio's regular schedule, playing the intended backup programming as long as the same audio files are stored at both locations. Local And Cloud Backup For Your Automation Library This package provides both local and cloud based backup for your APEX automation system, including your audio library, schedules, and other important components of the automation software. Local backup is handled through a Synology network attached storage device paired with a 1TB hard drive, which Arrakis helps set up as part of the package. For cloud backup, stations need their own membership with a service such as Google Drive or Dropbox, since that ongoing subscription isn't included in the Arrakis package itself. Having both a local and cloud backup layer in place means a station has multiple paths to recovery if something goes wrong with their main studio computer, rather than relying on a single point of failure for their critical automation data. APEX Connect For Automated File Downloads The package also includes APEX Connect, a Windows program that automatically downloads audio files from radio program providers for use directly in on-air automation. This tool is well suited for pulling in news, weather, traffic, sports, and other syndicated program segments, saving station staff the time of manually downloading and importing these files each day. While it's optimized for Arrakis automation systems, APEX Connect also works with other on-air automation systems that ingest audio files into a library directory, and it supports standard download protocols for flexible compatibility with various content providers. Why This Bundled Approach Makes Sense For Stations Rather than piecing together remote access tools, failsafe software, backup infrastructure, and file automation separately, this package consolidates all of these pieces into one coordinated offering with Arrakis handling much of the setup directly. This is particularly valuable for smaller stations or those without a large in-house IT staff, since Arrakis's involvement in setup and support reduces the technical burden of configuring each piece correctly on their own. The overall goal of this kind of cloud based approach is to give stations remote access, failsafe protection, and backup of critical files, along with the ability to share audio between locations, all built on current security practices. Who Should Consider The APEX Cloud Package Broadcast station owners, engineers, and operations staff running APEX automation software who want protection against studio outages, secure backup of their automation library, and remote access to their on-air system are the primary audience for this package. It's designed to scale from small individual station operations up to larger station groups, making it a flexible fit for stations of varying sizes looking to add connectivity, redundancy, and peace of mind to their automation setup.