| | | | STS-GRIOT Gets Organized with Facilis TerraBlock SAN
 Michigan-based creative editorial boutique STS-GRIOT offers clients a complete post-production experience – delivering rough cuts, finishing, motion graphics, compositing, color grading, sound design and more. Award-winning editors at the mid-size studio collaborate with local and national ad agencies to deliver TV and web spots for high-profile companies such as Toyota, Ford, Chevy, Comcast and the US Navy.
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| | | | Digital Bytes Sees the Future of 4K Production with Facilis TerraBlock
 A talented team of creatives at Utah-based video production studio Digital Bytes, Inc. supports local and national companies such as e-Bay, AMC, Rio Tinto and Ernst & Young with production and post services for a wide range of projects, from commercials and corporate videos to live events and documentaries. To deliver high-quality results that keep customers coming back, the team relies on a solid post production workflow managed by Digital Bytes Multimedia Producer Kiyoshi Nagahama.
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| | | | Fearless Films Finds Storage Backbone In Facilis TerraBlock
 Toronto-based Fearless Films provides HD video finishing services and technology to a diverse client base. Throughout the last 20 years, the company has worked on several films, documentaries and television shows – including the popular animated series Johnny Test.
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| | | | NAB 2013: Facilis Technology Augments End-to-End Creative Workflows
Partners with Leaders in Asset Management and Ingest to Strengthen Pipeline Efficiency and Collaboration
At NAB 2013, Facilis Technology continues to raise the bar for end-to-end creative workflows by announcing compatibility for its high-performance TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video. Each new qualification brings post production and content creation professionals the option to expand their ingest, storage, archiving and asset management capabilities with production-proven solutions that cater to a wide range of facilities – from boutique to mid-size and larger creative shops.
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| | | | Versatile Distribution Services Delivers Turnkey Systems Optimized for 4K and 2K ASSIMILATE SCRATCH DI and Dailies Workflows
New Turnkeys to be Offered in North America Exclusively by CineSys-Oceana
Versatile Distribution Services (VDS), a distributor specializing in integrated solutions for the media and entertainment industry today announced the immediate availability of integrated 4K and 2K turnkey workstations featuring ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® Digital Intermediate software. SCRATCH enables digital cinema and broadcast artists to generate dailies, conform, color-correct, and finish within a real-time, integrated, user-friendly solution. The turnkey systems will be available exclusively in North America through CineSys-Oceana, one of the largest media and entertainment industry resellers.
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| | | | Cinedeck Spotlights “Your Workflow, Your Way...” At NAB 2013 (Booth #SL14911)
 Cinedeck teams with industry-leading partners to demonstrate file-based, multi-stream workflow options with Cinedeck MX and latest RX3G
Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, will spotlight “Your Workflow, Your Way”, as it demonstrates versatile, file-based, multi-stream acquisition-to-post, video ingest and playback options at NAB 2013, (Cinedeck Booth #SL14911).
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| | | | Cinedeck Users Applaud Tapeless Productivity Gains
 Cinedeck file-based recorders deliver significant time and money savings for major episodic TV shows, live events and houses of worship
Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, today reported how major broadcasters, production companies, rental facilities and houses of worship are all reaping significant productivity rewards after implementing Cinedeck solid-state recorders in tapeless workflows across episodic TV, live and mobile OB productions.
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| | | | Cinedeck Spotlights “Your Workflow, Your Way…” At NAB 2013 (Booth #SL14911)
 Cinedeck teams with industry-leading partners to demonstrate file-based, multi-stream workflow options with Cinedeck MX and latest RX3G
Cinedeck LLC (http://www.cinedeck.com), pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, will spotlight “Your Workflow, Your Way”, as it demonstrates versatile, file-based, multi-stream acquisition-to-post, video ingest and playback options at NAB 2013, (Cinedeck Booth #SL14911).
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| | | | Bronx Boys Show AlphaDogs Post A Good Time
Real friends can be tough to come by. In a world where social media has become the norm in connecting with others it’s easy to be under the false pretense of having lots of friends. But how many of these friends do you really know personally and more importantly, how many of these people will become loyal friends that span an entire lifetime? In the new feature-length documentary, The Bronx Boys-Still Playing at 80 fifteen men who first met in kindergarten while living in the Bronx show it’s not only possible to stay close friends for over 75 years, but that you can still have just as much fun as you did during your youth. Age, after all, is only a number and nothing holds these boys back from anything short of having a good time.
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| | | | Digital Graffiti Expands with Facilis TerraBlock SAN
 Digital Graffiti manages post production for some of the most popular reality series on Television, including TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress” and truTV’s “Impractical Jokers.” With offices in New York, Knoxville and Los Angeles, the company has mastered the art of multi-tasking – working on five to seven shows per month, rolling multiple episodes across three facilities.
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| | | | Facilis Launches TerraBlock v5.7, Introduces New SyncBlock Archive and Backup Solutions
 Today, high-performance shared storage provider Facilis Technology unveiled TerraBlock v5.7 and introduced SyncBlock – the company’s new line of archive, backup and synchronization packages qualified for direct attachment to their TerraBlock Shared Storage Systems that support 4Gb/s, 8Gb/s and 16Gb/s Fibre Channel, and 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet client connectivity.
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| | | | 12 Forward Entertainment Scales Up and Out with Facilis TerraBlock 5.5
Up-and-coming television production company 12 Forward Entertainment is a one stop shop for non-scripted programming and independent films. Based in Dallas, TX, it’s credited with CMT favorite “Gator 911,” HGTV’s “Donna Decorates Dallas” and “Interiors Inc.,” as well as several independent short films.
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| | | | MelroseMAC Taps Martin Vann As CEO
Former Senior VP of Worldwide Sales at AVID Leads Technology Solutions Offering, MelroseTEC
Technology re-seller and systems integration company, MelroseMAC, has tapped longtime sales and solutions executive Martin Vann as its new Chief Executive Officer. In addition to leading the operations of the MelroseMAC retail business, Vann will also oversee the recently launched technology solutions arm of the company, dubbed MelroseTEC. Vann was a key collaborator in the foundation of the new division.
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| | | | Gray TV Makes Primetime Headlines with Facilis TerraBlock SAN
 Vice President of Technology Jim Ocon runs a tight ship at Gray Television – overseeing the technical scope of digital infrastructure, newsroom content acquisition and mobile TV for 36 television stations serving 30 different markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Gray TV serves 17 CBS affiliates, 10 NBC affiliates, eight ABC affiliates, and one FOX affiliate, as well as 40 secondary channels that are affiliated with either ABC, FOX, CW, MyNetworkTV, Untamed Sports Network or The Country Network.
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| | | | ATTO Technology and Facilis Technology Deliver High Performance Data Storage Solution
ATTO Technology, Inc. announced today that its 16Gb/s Celerity Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) have been selected by Facilis Technology, Inc., a global leader in advanced shared storage systems for post production and content creation, to provide high performance connectivity for their shared storage products. Incorporating ATTO's Celerity HBAs, Facilis TerraBlock Shared Storage and the Facilis Shared File System are able to achieve unprecedented performance, reliability and flexibility to help users increase productivity. This solution will be on display in the Facilis Stand (7.D05) at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 7 through September 11.
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| | | | IBC 2012: Facilis TerraBlock 5.6 Empowers Collaborative Workflows
 At the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2012 in Amsterdam (Stand 7.D05), Facilis Technology will exhibit its recently released TerraBlock 5.6 shared storage solution for post production and content creation professionals. Visitors to the Facilis stand will see all of the new features in TerraBlock 5.6 including support for 3TB drives, as well as demonstrations utilizing best-of-breed connectivity and workflow-enabling technology supported by TerraBlock 5.6.
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| | | | Cache-A boosts Archiving performance with new upgrade at IBC 2012
CACHE-A v3.1 Archive Appliance Update Delivers Powerful New Features And LTFS Capabilities At IBC 2012
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, will showcase the latest v3.1 software upgrade for its range of archive appliances at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, 7-11 Sept, (Hall 7.E06). This powerful upgrade delivers dramatic leaps in performance through accelerated 64-bit processing, new LTFS (Linear Tape File System) capabilities, and a host of customer-driven operational features allowing users to archive, access and exchange archived content with even greater ease.
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| | | | Facilis Rolls Out TerraBlock 5.6 w/Support for 3TB Drives
 Introduces new features and expanded capacity; Offers sales promotions
Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, today announced the release of TerraBlock version 5.6 with support for 3TB drives. The new version also includes enhanced Ethernet client performance for the DPX workflow and new administration features that make it easier for post production professionals and content creators to streamline and manage the flow of data. For a limited time, Facilis is offering sales promotions tied to the release.
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| | | | Key Code Media Announces the Formation of New Consulting and Design Division
 Key Code Media announces the formation of their new Consulting and Design Division. Ed Locke will lead this division, which focuses on developing sources of competitive advantage for our clients. The team’s expertise spans engineering, IT, media workflows and financial modeling. The new Consulting and Design Division’s specialization and experience are in providing workflow automation, distribution pipelines, and solutions for effective asset management, all focused around metrics justifying the business’ investment.
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| | | | Cache-A focuses on Archiving Made Easy at IBC 2012 (Stand 7.E06)
Cache-A Corporation (http://www.cache-a.com), manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, will focus on Archiving Made Easy™ as the company displays its very latest products at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, 7-11 September, 2012 (Stand 7.E06). These include Cache-A’s desktop Prime-Cache, flagship Pro-Cache5, high-performance Power-Cache, and flexible Library 24/28 automation systems.
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| | | | Facilis TerraBlock 24D: The Beating Heart of Post at Affinity Productions
 Affinity Productions, Ottawa’s largest full service digital media, video production and post production studio, delivers extensive creative content and technical services for clients in film, broadcast, commercials, corporate video and government – from concept and script through to production, motion graphics, post production and distribution.
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| | | | Facilis TerraBlock SAN Simplifies Editing for Bethesda Softworks
 For Video Producer Matt Killmon and Associate Video Producer Sal Goldenberg of Bethesda Softworks, world-class publisher of AAA video games such as “RAGE” and “Skyrim,” no two work days are ever the same. Every day brings a unique, new set video production tasks and challenges as they capture, edit, manage, encode and wrangle internal and external video marketing and operations projects for Bethesda.
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| | | | MelroseMAC Launches MelroseTEC Consulting Division
Industry Veterans Brian Boring, Steve McCracken & Antonio Nacrur Head New Division Focused On Digital Workflow Solutions
Technology re-seller and systems integration company, MelroseMAC, is launching a new IT consulting and sales division, dubbed MelroseTEC (http://www.melrosemac.com/melrose-tec), to provide specialized technology solutions for production & post professionals. MelroseTEC sets a higher, dedicated standard of professional guidance and support, not only for parent company MelroseMAC but also for the entire industry.
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| | | | Cache-A Announces Integration of Archive Appliance Product Line Into Leading SAN & NAS Systems
By Eliminating Client, Digital Media Professionals Can Now Pull Data Directly from Archion, Facilis, Storage Network Solutions and StorNext Systems
Once again responding to customer requests to simplify their workflow while ensuring the safest, most reliable and cost-effective solution to content archiving, access and interchange, Cache-A Corporation has announced that its line of archive appliances is now integrated with storage systems from four of the industry’s leading manufacturers. These include the network-attached storage (NAS) solutions from Archion and the storage area network (SAN) solutions from Facilis, Storage Network Solutions and StorNext.
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| | | | Facilis Technology at NAB 2012: Advancing Shared Storage
Showcases TerraBlock 5.5 enabling end-to-end workflows; Previews new solid state drive technology
At NAB 2012, South Lower Hall #9019, Facilis Technology will exhibit its latest developments in shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation. The company will showcase TerraBlock 5.5, with the Facilis Shared File System for Mac, Windows and now Linux, which serves as the backbone of end-to-end post production workflows, and also preview solid state drive (SSD) technology currently in development.
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| | | | Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 with Support for Linux Now Available
 The Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 Shared Storage Solution with the Facilis Shared File System for Linux is now available. New features such as integrated server spanning and mirroring, Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS 5.5 project sharing and the TX16 capacity expansion product, offer post production, broadcast and content creation professionals expanded capabilities and scalability, in addition to enhanced value and performance.
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| | | | Facilis Technology Debuts TerraBlock 5.5 with Support for Linux
At Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) 2012 Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, will debut version 5.5 of its TerraBlock Shared Storage System featuring the Facilis Shared File System for Linux. Delivering improved compatibility, value, scalability and performance, the new software release also includes integrated server spanning and mirroring, Adobe® Premiere® Pro project sharing and a new capacity expansion product called TX16.
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| | | | Facilis T8 Storage Qualified by ASSIMILATE; Featured in IBC Demonstrations
Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, announced that its T8 direct-attached SAS storage system has been qualified by ASSIMILATE for its SCRATCH® Six and SCRATCH Lab™ digital cinema and broadcast imaging product line for Windows and Mac OS® X
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| | | | Facilis Unveils Newest Software for TerraBlock Shared Storage Solution at IBC 2011
Showcases TerraBlock 5.2 with multi-user write inter-server spanning and mirroring
At IBC 2011, Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, is unveiling version 5.2 of its TerraBlock SAN. The new software release delivers enhanced performance and flexibility through data protection and load balancing, inter-server mirroring, multi-user write spanned volumes and more new features.
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| | | | Facilis Technology Announces Support for Mac OS X Lion
Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, today announced that it has qualified its TerraBlock line of shared storage solutions, versions 5.0 and above, for Mac OS X Lion.
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| | | | Facilis Offers Trade-in Program to Avid Unity and Apple Xsan Owners
Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, is offering a trade-in program for Avid Unity MediaNetwork, LANshare and Apple Xsan owners looking to retire their aging shared storage systems. From today through the end of 2011, customers who trade in Unity or Xsan systems will receive a 20 percent discount toward the purchase of a new Facilis TerraBlock 24D/24EX shared storage system.
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| | | | Facilis TerraBlock Keeps StudioZ Working at the Pace of Advertising
 StudioZ Productions has created some of the top television and radio advertisements across the country. Pep Boys, Nissan, CARFAX, Office Depot and other top brands have all tapped studioZ’s end-to-end services. However, these national spots are only a portion of the total content that studioZ’s 30 employee production crew produces on a daily basis.
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| | | | FotoKem's Keep Me Posted Puts Nucoda Film Masters Into Fully Integrated Post Pipeline
Digital Vision Becomes a Critical Piece of Avid Integrated Workflow for Television Episodics with Two Film Masters
Digital Vision, provider of powerful image enhancement, color correction and restoration systems for a wide spectrum of content, announced today that FotoKem's Keep Me Posted (KMP) has expanded their commitment to them with a hardware, storage, and software upgrade to their existing Film Master.
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| | | | Key Code Media Opens San Francisco Office
Kris Koch has joined Key Code Media and will be running Key Code Media's San Francisco office. Kris has over a decade of experience in media technology solutions including seven years as Regional Manager at Sonic Solutions of Novato, CA and two as Sales Manager at Advanced Systems Group in Emeryville, CA.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Demonstrates Innovative Storage Connectivity Solutions at IBC 09
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, is continuing its well-established role as first-to-market technology leaders featuring the industry’s only 6Gb/s SAS/SATA host adapter product line along with its 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host adapters including a quad-channel card that delivers the fastest available Fibre Channel data transfer rate of 6400MB/s.
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| | | | ATTO Technology
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced Facilis Technology, Inc. has entered into an agreement to integrate the ATTO Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator for Mac OS X into Facilis Technology’s TerraBlock® 3.0 shared storage environment.
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| | | | News: Facilis Increases Flexibility and Power in TerraBlock 3.0
Facilis Technology's third major release widens connectivity, introduces Linux support and expands virtual volume capabilities
Facilis Technology, a leader in shared media storage technology for post-production and content creation, today announced TerraBlock 3.0 is expected to ship September 30, 2007.
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| | | | News: ATTO Technology Introduces Comprehensive Line of Serial Attached SCSI PCI Express RAID Adapters
For Performance-Focused IT And Digital Media Customers
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today unveiled the industry's most innovative line of SAS/SATA RAID Adapters, providing flexible SAS and SATA II connectivity while delivering blazing-fast 3-Gb/sec. per port performance for IT and digital media users requiring the highest performance SAS RAID solutions.
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| | | | News: New York
Leading Visual Arts Program Replaces XSan with More Power at a Fraction of the Price
Facilis Technology, a leader in shared media storage technology for post-production, announced today its award-winning TerraBlock shared storage network has been selected by the School of Visual Arts in New York. SVA, a premiere visual arts program, has migrated from Apple’s XSan product to a new 12TB multi-server TerraBlock environment. This storage network will serve as the backbone for the professional training of more than 300 full time students and 500 continuing education students in the fields of 3D computer animation, motion graphics, compositing and visual effects.
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| | | | News: Facilis Technology Delivers Dyna-RAID as TerraBlock 2.0 Hits the Market
Post-production professionals can lower data protection overhead and improve network performance to new levels
Facilis Technology, a leader in shared media storage for post-production facilities, today announced the first shipping of TerraBlock 2.0, which gives multi-media professionals the power of spanned virtual volumes and enhanced data protection.
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| | | | News: Facilis Technology Keeps Growing with 12TB Servers
More capacity and scalability for demanding post-production facilities
Facilis Technology, a leader in media sharing storage for post-production and content creation, today announced a new version of its 24D TerraBlock shared storage system. This upgrade utilizes the latest in high-capacity SATA II disk drives, optimized through high-performance custom software.
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| | | | News: TERRABLOCK Shared Storage Systems Recognized Worldwide
Facilis Technology Increases Sales Distribution of Flagship Post-Production Tool throughout Europe and Asia
Facilis Technology, a leader in media sharing storage for the post-production industry, today announced two strategic partnerships designed to meet the growing international demand for its TerraBlock shared storage system.
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| | | | News: Facilis Technology Announces Facilis Migration
Data management software helps post-production facilities share media
Facilis Technology, a leader in media sharing storage for post-production technology, today announced the release of Facilis Migration, a software-only asset management program that helps post-production facilities manage their media files. With Facilis Migration and any of the TerraBlock shared storage products, video production specialists can more easily archive and transfer project media from Avid® applications using OMFI or MXF.
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| | | | |  Blogs: Heavy Pretty PicturesHigh fashion, strong coffee, and a love of the cinema. These things describe Paris - a place where I recently helped with an install of a Facilis network for a premier cinema lab and 2K/4K color grading facility - Arane. The heavy lifting was done by two 72TB 24D TerraBlock...Read Blog Subscribe All Santa brought me for Christmas was a FinalShare, Part 1Or, Why we stopped worrying and learned to love the Zelin. The end of 2011 was hectic. One of my long-time producers took a job at a local station. It was a great opportunity for him, but left us in a bind as he was cutting episode 4 of a...Read Blog Subscribe Internal vs. External RAIDSo a recent thread in the Creative Cow Final Cut Pro forum about Internal vs. External RAID's got me thinking more about the subject. I'm a firm believer in external RAID's and really don't have any desire to install 3 or 4 drives inside my Mac Pro tower. Let's think...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs »Related Tags | | | | |
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