| | | | Sohonet Launches First Dedicated Storage Service for the Media and Entertainment Industry
 Sohonet Media Storage Expands and Extends Production and Post-Production Storage Capability on Pay-As-You-Go Basis for Sohonet Media Network Community
Sohonet, the leading expert in connectivity and data management for the media and entertainment industry, has announced the launch of Sohonet Media Storage, the first private cloud storage as a service platform tuned and optimized for the media sector and accessed via its world-renowned Sohonet Media Network.
published 12 hours ago read more | | | | |
| | | | EditShare Expands Ark Tape Library Options
 EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced the expansion of its Ark Tape library product offering. EditShare Ark Tape is an energy-efficient media backup and archiving solution that fully integrates with the company’s high-performance shared storage and asset management solutions. Powered by HP's robust LTO technology, the new Ark Tape libraries are available today in 2U/24-slot and 4U/48-slot configurations, and offer a broad choice of storage capacity and interfaces. The units support LTO-6 or LTO-5 tape drives with SAS or Fibre Channel connectivity.
published 7 days ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Digital Arts Trailblazes New Age Of Digital Audio And Picture Post Production In New York City
 In anticipation of the mass adoption of 4K/Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology worldwide, New York’s Digital Arts is blazing a trail in the feature and TV communities with the first true-4K post production facility on the East Coast. This ground-breaking advance fuses the latest 4K color grading and finishing capabilities with state-of-the-art audio technologies, in a landmark, ultra-modern, environment – unleashing new and exciting possibilities for feature and broadcast producers to create and deliver compelling 4K and UHD content.
published 2 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Facilis TerraBlock Used on Two ABC Studios Series by DigitalFilm Tree
 On-Site Shared Storage Solution Facilitates Efficient Workflow Solution
Facilis TerraBlock has provided a shared storage solution for two ABC Studios series in Burbank, CA as part of a new workflow process that provides an integrated remote post set up that includes editorial, online, titling, color, dailies and VFX.
published 2 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Award Winning Film “The Lunchbox” Benefits from StorageDNA’s LTO/LTFS Solution
Producers save time and streamline workflow with The Bridge’s On-Set Lab powered by DNA Evolution for camera master archives and conforms from LTO
StorageDNA, Inc., a leader in intelligent storage and archiving workflow solutions for media professionals, today announced that The Bridge’s On-Set Lab is delivering significant performance increases and substantial cost and time savings with archive and retrieval workflow solution, DNA Evolution™ for several feature film projects in India including winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics Week Grand Rail d’Or Award, Ritesh Batra’s Dabba (The Lunchbox).
published 2 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Colorfront Unleashes Express Dailies 2013 At CineGear Expo
 Cutting-edge On-Set Live! grading plus Copy Central toolsets streamline end-to-end production workflows
CineGear Expo, Paramount Studios, Academy and Emmy Award-winning developer Colorfront (http://www.colorfront.com) is now shipping Express Dailies 2013, its high-performance on-set dailies system for commercials, motion picture and high-end episodic HD television production. This latest release delivers a new set of trailblazing productivity features that meet the demand for streamlined end-to-end dailies workflow, including On-Set Live! grading, plus verified copying, faster-than-realtime encoding of multiple deliverables, plus checksum verified ingest, copying and archival via the Copy Central™ capability.
published 3 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Codex to Show Vault 2 at Cine Gear in Hollywood
 The new Codex/ARRI internal recording module for Alexa will also be on view.
Codex will demonstrate Vault 2, the latest iteration of its industry-leading line of location-based media management environments, at Cine Gear Expo, May 31 through June 2 in Hollywood. The Vault, which has been used on a number of recent feature productions including Marvel’s blockbuster Iron Man 3, now supports Sony’s F5 and F55 cameras. It also includes support for REDMAGs used by RED Epic and Scarlet cameras.
published 4 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | XenData Launches LTO Archive Server with SSD Cache for High Performance
New XenData archive server manages LTO tape libraries and delivers high performance by using SSDs for write and read caching
XenData, the leading provider of LTO archive solutions to the media and entertainment industry, today announces the launch of its new high performance SX-524 Archive Server for archiving video assets to high capacity LTO robotic tape libraries.
published 4 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Euroson America, Inc. Announces Archive Solutions for Avid Projects
Solutions Provide AVID users Archiving, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Inter-Site Workflows with 50+ Year Archive Reliability and Accuracy
Euroson America, Inc., an established provider of Data Archive Solutions has released new archive solutions developed for AVID users. These systems are designed to meet the needs of production and post-production facilities with a large throughput of AVID projects, particularly broadcasters.
published 1 month ago read more | | | | |
| | | | EditShare Ships Field 2 Portable Shared Storage
Next-generation shared storage platform integrates media asset management in a portable form factor for on-the-move tapeless productions
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today the availability of Field 2, its next-generation portable shared storage solution with integrated asset management. The turnkey platform includes file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking, and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance and rugged chassis. Ideal for on-location shoots, ENG trucks and remote offices, the new Field 2 is durable, light and compact, meeting the most stringent airline carry-on regulations.
published 1 month ago read more | | | | |
| | | | ATTO Technology Chosen by TOLIS Group, Inc. for High-Performance Digital Asset Management Solution
Innovative DAM Configuration Now Available For Media and Entertainment Professionals
ATTO Technology, Inc. announced today that its ExpressSAS RAID Adapters and FastFrame 10GbEthernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) have been selected by TOLIS Group, Inc. to provide high-performance connectivity in their new ArGest CreativeSTORE Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. Incorporating ATTO’s adapters, this appliance solution delivers an end-to-end system to ingest, edit, archive and manage digital assets. It will be on display at NAB 2013 in the TOLIS Group booth, South Hall Lower Level #SL13105, in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8 through April 11.
published 1 month ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Getaway Productions Chooses Small Tree Shared Storage for Feature Film Project
Affordable Solution Enables Post-Production Team to Meet Tight Editing Deadlines
Having finished shooting on the feature film “Getaway,” an action movie starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight, the Getaway post-production team knew they needed to add visual effects artists to work on the project. With the addition of up to six VFX artists and two post-production assistants, the team also knew a robust storage solution would be necessary to meet tight deadlines. As such, the group installed a Titanium16 Ethernet-based shared storage system from Small Tree.
published 1 month ago read more | | | | |
| | | | TOLIS Group Announces Availability of Storage Expansion for the Rackmount-based ArGest™ Product Line
Keeping up with the growing demand for digital asset and edit storage in the film and television production space, TOLIS Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new ArGest Rack Mod160, ArGest Rack Mod240, and ArGest Rack Mod320 storage expansion chassis. These 2U rackmount expansion chassis interconnect with a customer's existing ArGest Rack solutions to expand the available disk storage from the current capacities of 3TB in SSD and 4.5TB in HDD configurations to a maximum added expansion capacity of 448TB of raw, unformatted storage.
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | XenData LTO Archive System Selected for New Facility at GlobeCast in Singapore
XenData teams up with Ideal Systems to deliver a reliable, cost effective digital video archive solution for the new broadcast facility at GlobeCast in Singapore's thriving media hub Mediapolis
XenData, a leading provider of LTO archive solutions, today announced that it has supplied an SX-522 digital video archive server to Ideal Systems, the leading broadcast media systems integration company in Asia, for GlobeCast’s new broadcast facility in Mediapolis, Singapore, a thriving hub of Singapore's media ecosystem.
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | New EditShare Field 2 High-Performance, Mobile Shared Storage Designed For Every Production Adventure Is Featured at NAB 2013
EditShare shows off its next-generation portable form factor with integrated media asset management capabilities
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, is demonstrating the brand new EditShare Field 2 at NAB 2013 (booth SL9010). The highly portable shared storage solution offers asset management, file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance, compact and rugged chassis designed for on-the-go and on-location productions. “The new Field 2 design is even lighter and more rugged than its predecessor, with size dimensions that comply with the most stringent of airline carry-on regulations,” comments Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare. “Coupled with EditShare's core asset management, project sharing and archiving capabilities, Field 2 gives editors a complete, end-to-end tapeless workflow in a small form factor with tools to collaborate with colleagues anywhere. Whether you are out on location shooting a movie or an event, on assignment in an ENG truck, or stationed at a remote office, you have the latest production and editing capabilities to make your workflow a lot more efficient and your life a whole lot easier.”
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Rock Legends, Primetime TV And Universities Rely On Cache-A To Safeguard Their Treasured Assets
 Booth #SL11109 – Cache-A Corporation (http://www.cache-a.com), manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, today revealed details of how its LTFS LTO-tape-based archive appliances, are being used by major TV broadcasters, in on-set production environments, higher education and rock legends, to safeguard the increasing amounts of data and video-related media they generate. Cache-A is showing its full LTO-6 product range at NAB 2013, Las Vegas, at Cache-A Booth #SL11109.
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Unveils Trailblazing Archiving Features At NAB 2013
Fast simultaneous LTFS copies and operational enhancements make Cache-A archiving even more productive for media and entertainment users
Booth #SL11109 – Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances for the media and entertainment industries, will unveil a set of new, trailblazing productivity features that make archiving even faster and more efficient, as it debuts its complete range of LTO-6 LTFS appliances, at NAB 2013 (Cache-A Booth #SL11109), Las Vegas.
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | SoleraTec’s Phoenix Firebird, Phoenix VCM, Phoenix RSM, Phoenix Express Now Supports LTO-6
Media Asset, Archive, and Video Storage Management Appliance Now Ships With Optional LTO-6 Drive Increasing Offline Storage Capacity.
SoleraTec LLC, provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, will showcase at this year’s NAB show a new Phoenix Firebird™ media asset management and video storage appliance with integrated LTO-6 drive for increased offline storage of video and data content. With the recent introduction of the LTO-6 open-standards platform by the LTO Consortium, each LTO-6 cartridge is now capable of storing 2.5TB of content. This is a 66% increase in capacity storage over LTO-5.
published 2 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | ProMAX Unveils Platform Studio at NAB 2013
 Innovative Product Enables Creativity for Vital Small Working Groups via Groundbreaking Technology
ProMAX, the innovative provider of turnkey editorial, shared storage, and asset management solutions, will debut Platform Studio at NAB 2013. The new ProMAX product brings high-end collaboration and data management at a price point that enables small creative workgroups with advanced workflows previously only seen in larger facilities. With the launch of Platform Studio, this fast growing segment of the professional film and video market will have access to enterprise-level shared storage, data management and data protection without having to invest in greater echelons of IT infrastructure.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Debuts Full LTO-6 Archive Appliance Range At NAB 2013 (Booth #SL11109)
 NAB 2013 marks the premiere for Cache-A's complete product family of LTO-6 archive appliances.
Cache-A Corporation (http://www.cache-a.com), manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances for the media and entertainment industries, will debut its complete range of LTO-6 appliances, with advanced LTFS capabilities, at NAB 2013 (Cache-A Booth #SL11109), Las Vegas.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Ships Prime-Cache6 LTO-6 Desktop Archive Appliance
 New LTO-6 appliance delivers cost-effective entry-point for future-proof archiving
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, is shipping its brand new Prime-Cache6 LTO-6 desktop archive appliance with advanced LTFS capabilities. The release of Prime-Cache6 completes the release of LTO-6 technology across Cache-A’s complete product line – including the flagship Pro-Cache6, high-performance Power-Cache, and flexible Library 24/48 automation systems – which gets its US debut at NAB 2013, at Cache-A’s Booth #SL11109.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Front Porch Digital Releases DIVArchive® V7.1
New Version of Content Storage Management System Supports LTO-6, Introduces AXF Explorer Interface, and Integrates With More Transcoding Workflows
Front Porch Digital, the global leader in cloud-based content storage management (CSM) solutions, today announced the release of DIVArchive® V7.1, the newest version of its advanced CSM system. New features and integrations, such as LTO-6 support and new AXF handling, make the system ideal for a broader array of applications in media operations of every kind, including broadcast facilities, educational and heritage institutions, production and postproduction houses, and government entities.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | StorageDNA Integrates with Avid Interplay Production
 DNA Evolution archive storage and workflow solution expands customer options
StorageDNA, Inc., a leader in intelligent storage and archiving workflow solutions for media professionals, today announced an agreement enabling its technology to integrate with the Avid® Interplay® Production asset management (PAM) system.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | SoleraTec Releases Version 6 of Phoenix VCM™
Most significant upgrade in years to its flagship media asset, archive, and storage management solution delivering increased compatibility for Avid and LTO-6.
SoleraTec LLC, provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, has released version 6.1.5 of the Phoenix VCM media asset, archive, and storage management software for the media & entertainment market. Phoenix VCM delivers the ability to manage, access, exchange, and archive content with greater ease than ever before. Since the product’s inception in 2007, Phoenix VCM has continued to add features and functionality that have won awards and praise for its ability to facilitate video oriented workflows. Phoenix VCM has grown into a leading solution for content storage management capable of archiving and retrieving all forms of video, audio, still images, and non-video documents.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Object Matrix Adds Samba To Its Dancing Skills
Object Matrix, developer of nearline archive systems today announces that it has introduced a new Samba interface to the suite of applications and protocols for accessing data from the trusted nearline storage platform MatrixStore.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Quantum To Debut “Forever Disk Archive” – Stornext-Managed Object Storage At NAB
Will Also Showcase Highest Density Tape Archive, Providing Multiple Options for Long-Term Digital Content Preservation
Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), a proven global expert in big data management and data protection, today announced plans to unveil two new highly scalable, long-term content preservation options for StorNext®-based systems at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference next month.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | StorageDNA Maximizes Archive Performance with LTO-6 and LTFS
DNA Evolution’s Direct Connect Deployment and Media Movers Accelerate Speed
StorageDNA, Inc., a leader in intelligent storage and archiving workflow solutions for media professionals, today announced support for Linear Tape Open Version 6 (LTO-6) with Linear Tape File System (LTFS). The company’s archive and retrieval workflow solution, DNA Evolution™, now supports LTO-6 and LTFS for its Linux®, Mac® and compact Thunderbolt™ field solutions.
published 4 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Codex Travels the Globe with “Zero Dark Thirty”
 Codex recorders and digital labs support Codex/ARRIRAW workflow.
Codex digital cinema technology continues to prove its metal under the most challenging production conditions. Its latest test came on Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s gripping telling of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Codex recorders and digital labs were employed to capture, manage and process camera data for a production that traveled to remote locations, accumulated huge amounts of original camera media, and shot some scenes in near-total darkness.
published 5 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Codex Fuels 3D Workflow for “Life of Pi”
 Codex recorders capture stereo streams from paired Arri Alexa cameras used to shoot the 3D movie.
Codex technology occupied a key position in a groundbreaking 3D workflow used in the production of Life of Pi, the new, epic adventure film from 20th Century Fox and Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. Codex recorders were used on the set to capture dual streams of data from pairs of Arri Alexa cameras used to shoot the movie. Additionally, Codex digital laboratory systems were employed near-set to manage and back-up the enormous amount of data generated by the stereo production.
published 6 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Ships More Rugged, Next-Generation Desktop Prime-Cache5 Archive Appliance
 Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, is now shipping a substantially improved and more durable edition of its Prime-Cache5 desktop archive appliance. This next-generation version of Cache-A’s popular Prime-Cache5 is quiet-enough for both office and on-set use, and sports a new and toughened chassis, plus a built-in 2.5-inch HDD RAID, that significantly accelerates disk-based transfer speeds.
published 8 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Codex Vault Will Support Sony F65 Workflow
 Codex, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, today announces that the Sony SR-D1 SRMemory reader module for the Codex Vault will be shown for the first time at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam on the Sony booth (12.A10) and the Codex booth (11.F41).
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Archive Appliances Go On-Set
 Cache-A safeguards camera assets for motion picture, broadcast and commercials productions
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has revealed details of how motion picture, broadcast and commercials producers are utilizing its LT0-5 tape-based archive appliances, with the latest LTFS capabilities, in on-set production environments to safeguard the increasing amounts of data and video-related media they generate daily. Cache-A is showing its full product range at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, at Booth 7.E06.
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | FOR-A Presents New Products at IBC 2012
 New products expand its range of vision mixers, multi viewers, frame-rate converters, file-based solutions, specialist cameras, and more.
FOR-A is presenting many new products at IBC2012 that expand its range of vision mixers, multi viewers, frame-rate converters, file-based solutions, specialist cameras, and more. They also expand capabilities for file-based operations.
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Vizrt enhances Viz Media Engine and integrates with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 software
At IBC 2012, Vizrt Ltd., Hall 7 Booth A10, will display new tools to show the integration between Viz Media Engine and Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 software. At NAB, earlier this year, Vizrt announced a new integration that gives editors more efficient productivity by allowing them to search and select source material from Viz Media Engine within Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. This integration has been further enhanced to allow Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 access to EDLs in Viz Media Engine as well as the capability to stage offline media.
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | 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.
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Karga Seven Pictures Chooses EditShare to Streamline Post Operations
End-to-end solution includes EditShare Energy Series Storage, EditShare Flow for Asset Management and EditShare Ark Tape for Archive
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today that Karga Seven Pictures has purchased a complete suite of EditShare products that will dramatically improve workflow and save time and resources for the Los Angeles-based post-production facility. The system includes a 32TB Energy Series storage server, EditShare Flow for ingest, browsing and logging, and EditShare Ark Tape for backup. Karga 7 will realize a more efficient and cohesive production chain encompassing Avid, Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro edit suites. Users will have better media organization, improved and immediate access to production media, integrated tape-based archiving, and project sharing capabilities in the unified EditShare environment. Karga 7 has produced hundreds of hours of programming domestically and across the globe.
published 10 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Archive Appliances Earn Straight A’s At Higher Educational Establishments Worldwide
 Colleges and Universities keep enrolling Cache-A for content archiving, access and interchange
Cache-A Corporation (http://www.cache-a.com), manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has revealed details of how leading colleges and universities around the world are standardizing on Cache-A’s archive appliances to safeguard the increasing amounts of video-related data they generate daily.
published 10 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | StorageDNA Unveils DNA Evolution 2.1 at IBC with Improved User Experience
Enhancements to user interface, usability boost, better error reporting, and expanded integration support
StorageDNA, Inc. today announced version 2.1 of its LTO-5 LTFS archive and retrieval workflow product, DNA Evolution™. The company is adding feature enhancements for an improved user experience, more detailed error reporting, expanded support for integrations, and superior usability for workflows. StorageDNA will demonstrate DNA Evolution 2.1 in September at the IBC 2012 trade show in Amsterdam.
published 10 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Object Matrix Partners with XenData for Integrated Near-Line Disk and LTO Storage
Object Matrix to leverage XenData LTO archive technology to offer customers greater choice and flexibility
XenData, the leading provider of LTO archive solutions to the media and entertainment industry, and Object Matrix, provider of resilient near-line disk storage platforms for video workflows, today announced their partnership to provide a comprehensive, end to end solution that will enable customers to automate and move content seamlessly from near-line disk to LTO tape.
published 10 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Pacific Post To Package FotoKem’s nextLAB® with Avid Systems
Pacific Post, a leading provider of Avid rental equipment and editorial space in Hollywood for the film and television industry, will integrate FotoKem’s award-winning nextLAB® software into their editorial offerings. The agreement allows Pacific Post to offer FotoKem’s nextLAB® dailies and data management software solution with Avid editorial systems.
published 10 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | 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.
published 11 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Archion Technologies’ Tight Integration with Square Box’s CatDV & Cache-A Archive Appliances Provides Total Workflow Solution
A Complete, High Quality, Cost-Effective Solution for Leading Content Creation Tools Now Available at Far Less Cost Than Competitors
Improving media workflows and providing creative post production and graphics professionals with superior flexibility, Archion Technologies is collaborating with Square Box and Cache-A to offer facilities of all sizes a complete, cost-effective solution for Apple, Adobe, Avid and Autodesk workflows. The integration of Archion’s EditStor ES™ shared storage system, Square Box System’s CatDV Media Asset Management software and Cache-A’s line of archive appliances provides a much-needed alternative to expensive solutions at a fraction of their cost.
published 11 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Filmworkers Puts FotoKem’s nextLAB® in the House
Software Powers Workflow for Respected Midwest Facility
FotoKem’s nextLAB®, a powerful end-to-end software solution for file-based film and television productions, has been put into service at Chicago’s Filmworkers Club, where it will be used on certain projects to help manage input from camera dailies, through the color pipeline, to delivery. Filmworkers Club is a highly respected facility, providing post production for spots, shorts, features, and television in the Midwest. The software platform was installed in the facility in March.
published 12 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Archiware Releases PresSTORE 4.4
Archiware, a leading provider of powerful multi-platform data backup solutions, has announced a significant update to their acclaimed PresSTORE P4 program.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | SIM Digital Acquires Master Key Post
SIM Digital announced today that it has acquired the finishing division of Master Key, a Los Angeles-based post-production house. The acquisition comes on the heel of last week’s announcement of the company’s name change from Sim Video to SIM Digital.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | UCLA Athletics Selects StorageDNA LTO-5 Archive Workflow Solution
DNA Evolution chosen for reliability, efficiency, find and restore tools, and SAN storage cost savings
StorageDNA, Inc. today announced that DNA Evolution™ was selected as the archive and retrieval workflow solution for UCLA Athletics' Video Operations Department. UCLA Athletics chose the LTO-5, LTFS workflow solution because it supports their migration to tapeless acquisition and helps them reduce SAN storage costs. DNA Evolution protects their critical media assets and allows them to easily find and restore their content when they need it for projects.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | 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.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | "Marvel’s The Avengers" Employs Codex/ARRIRAW Workflow
Director Joss Whedon and Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC recently employed ARRI Alexa cameras in a Codex/ARRIRAW workflow to capture principal photography for "Marvel’s The Avengers". Produced by Marvel Studios, the eagerly-awaited Super Hero saga is slated for a May 4th release in the U.S. by Walt Disney Studios.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Colorfront Introduces Express Dailies At NAB 2012
New cost-effective system supports grading and data wrangling workflows for commercials, motion picture and TV productions
Academy Award-winning developer Colorfront today announced Express Dailies, a high-performance, affordable and easy-to-use dailies tool for commercials, motion picture and TV production workflows, and the first multi-license purchase of Express Dailies by Hollywood post facility Light Iron for its OUTPOST system.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | EditShare Storage Goes into Overdrive with Support for Adobe CS6, New Connectivity Options, Mobile Units and More...Much More
New advanced project sharing with Adobe CS6, bigger drives, faster connectivity and high-performance mobile-shared storage top the list of new EditShare collaborative storage features shown at NAB 2012
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today unveiled new EditShare Shared Storage capabilities and systems at NAB 2012 (booth SL9012). “Just about every aspect of our storage has been enhanced,” says Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare, “from a new small form factor Atom™ storage system to project sharing with Adobe CS6, new cost-effective enterprise solid state drives (SSDs) that offer astronomical stream counts and 10 Gigabit connectivity options that promise to make 10 Gigabit Ethernet as ubiquitous as Wi-Fi.”
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Extends Leadership in LTFS-Based Archiving for Media & Entertainment Industry at NAB 2012
Customers Now Embracing Unique Benefits of LTFS When Combined with Complete Convenience of Award-Winning Archive Appliance Platform
Continuing to extend its leadership position in developing products that support the LTFS (Linear Tape File System) format, Cache-A Corporation has built a significant track record with this emerging technology. HBO, Safeway and Offhollywood are among the first companies to deploy Cache-A’s enhanced LTFS technology with their archive appliances.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | FOR-A Provides ‘Continuous Innovation’ At NAB 2012
New Product Highlights Include Compact 2 M/E Video Switcher and File-Based
LTO-5 Video Storage Appliance
FOR-A Company Limited, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will several new products at the 2012 NAB Show, which runs April 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Designed around the company’s theme of “Continuous Innovation,” FOR-A’s NAB booth (C5219) will include a demonstration area as well as “islands” to showcase video switchers, processors, file-based products and specialty live demonstrations.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | XenData and Marquis Broadcast Deliver LTO-5 Archive Solution for Avid Media Composer
New Media Composer Archive Solution Frees Edit Storage and Protects Valuable Video Assets
XenData, the leading provider of digital video archive solutions to the media and entertainment industry, and Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, today announced a collaborative solution to easily archive Avid Media Composer projects to LTO-5 cartridges. The solution frees up edit storage and creates and protects valuable assets by generating copies on one or more replica LTO tape cartridges.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A and Marquis Broadcast Collaborate To Create Complete Archive and Retrieval Solution
Cache-A Corporation has announced that it has collaborated with Marquis Broadcast, a specialist in content workflows and media integration software, to create a complete Avid archive and retrieval solution. Cache-A’s archive appliances have been qualified with Marquis’ Project Parking to allow the easy archiving of digital source media. Project Parking offers a fast and cost-effective archive and restore process by creating a complete copy of any Avid project and media onto any storage device.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Codex Introduces Support for the Sony F65 Camera
Codex, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, today announces an agreement with Sony to provide workflows for its ground-breaking F65 CineAlta™ digital motion picture camera.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
| | | | "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" Employs Codex/ARRIRAW Workflow
 "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", director Stephen Daldry’s film slated for a Christmas day limited release from Warner Bros. Pictures, expanding to wide release January 20th, was the first major studio production to shoot with the ARRI ALEXA camera in a Codex/ARRIRAW workflow. It was also the first digitally captured film for veteran cinematographer Chris Menges, ASC, BSC.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Begins Shipments of Power-Cache
High-Performance Archive Server
Cache-A Customers Now Have LTO-5 Archiving Solution
with 8TB RAID and 10GbE Technologies
Cache-A Corporation is now shipping its new high-performance Power-Cache Archive Server, which includes Cache-A’s latest version 2.1 software release with a range of new features. Power-Cache combines Cache-A’s noted appliance functionality with a blindingly fast disk array and ultra-fast networking for more expandability and accelerated archive and retrieval transfers. Power-Cache features a separate SSD drive for its operating system to ensure peak archiving and restore performance and reliability at all times. It also offers greater flexibility for staging content, making duplicate tape copies and working with Cache-A Library and Expansion units.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | FotoKem Expands nextLAB to Louisiana
Incentive-fueled regional productions supported with office in New Orleans
FotoKem has opened a satellite office in New Orleans, Louisiana, to support local productions and provide quick deployment of its award-winning nextLAB services and expertise. The new downtown location near the French Quarter provides a range of industry post production services and support with an infrastructure for file-based dailies, file delivery services and offline editorial systems. FotoKem is currently working with multiple television productions and feature films in the region.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | FOR-A To Show Key Products At Annual CAPER Convention In Buenos Aires
 Show Marks First Time Company’s Super Slo Motion HD Camera Shown in Full Broadcast Configuration in Latin America
FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, today announces the company’s participation at CAPER 2011 (Camara Argentina de Proveedores y Fabricantes de Equipos de Radiodifusion), an annual convention focused on digital television technology.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Small Tree’s Shared Storage and Archive Systems Improve Performance and Provide Peace of Mind for LionStar Films
Boutique Production Company Able to Meet Tight Deadlines and Strengthen Redundancy
Experiencing rapid growth, boutique production company LionStar Films required an affordable workflow system that would enable the Atlanta-based company’s editing team to work simultaneously on the same projects without the headache of copying and transferring content. To meet its growing project demands, LionStar installed a GraniteSTOR ST-RAID with 8 1TB drives, an Ethernet-based shared storage solution from Small Tree.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Debuts Power-Cache High-Performance Archive Server at IBC 2011
Compact Blend of LTO-5 Tape Drives, 8TB RAID and 10GbE Technologies for Faster Archiving, Transfers
Making its world debut at IBC 2011, Cache-A Corporation’s new high-performance Power-Cache Archive Server combines Cache-A’s noted appliance functionality with more disk speed and better throughput.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Debuts LTFS-Based Archive Appliances for Media & Entertainment Industry at IBC 2011
Cache-A Uniquely Combines Benefits of LTFS with Complete Convenience of Award-Winning Archive Appliance Platform
Cache-A Corporation was one of the first companies to demonstrate the new LTFS (Linear Tape File System) format in product form. This year at IBC 2011, all of Cache-A’s LTO-5 based products include LTFS capability, including the company’s flagship product, the award-winning Pro-Cache5, the new high-performance Power-Cache and the quiet, desktop Prime-Cache5. Cache-A is featuring all of its LTFS-capable products at Stand 7.G16 at RAI Amsterdam, September 9-13.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A’s High-Performance Power-Cache To Make World Debut at IBC 2011
Making its world debut at IBC 2011, Cache-A Corporation’s new Power-Cache high-performance server combines appliance functionality with more disk speed and better throughput. Power-Cache provides faster archive and retrieval transfers as well as greater flexibility for staging content, making duplicate tape copies and working with Cache-A Library units.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Leading LA Post Houses & Studios Choose Cache-A Archive Appliances To Safeguard Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of data they generate daily, many leading Los Angeles post houses are increasingly choosing Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line – including the Pro-Cache5 and the new Prime-Cache5 – is designed to meet the needs of digital media professionals for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Endemol Deploys EditShare for Big Brother Jakarta
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, announced today that media conglomerate Endemol has deployed EditShare Flow, XStream and Ark solutions to manage the new Big Brother Jakarta production. Endemol's credits include international reality television blockbusters like Deal or No Deal, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Star Academy, The Money Drop, and Wipeout.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Fletcher Camera to Represent FotoKem's nextLAB in Midwest
FotoKem, an innovative, global post production leader for the creative community, has announced that its award-winning nextLAB system is now being represented in the Midwest region by Fletcher Camera & Lenses with offices in Chicago and Detroit.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Leading Corporations Standardizing on Cache-A’s Archive Appliances To Safeguard Video Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of video-related data they generate each day, many leading U.S. corporations are standardizing on Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line, including the Pro-Cache5 and the new Prime-Cache5, is designed to meet the needs of digital media professionals in corporate production departments for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Digipost New Zealand Chooses Catapult2K for File-Based Workflows
XDT, a developer of advanced software-based solutions for post production and digital film, today announced that DIGIPOST New Zealand has chosen the Catapult 2K for its next generation file based transfer and review requirements. The 40TB Catapult 2K system will be deployed in its Auckland facility to handle transfers and real-time 2K QA at up to 2GB/s speeds over dual 10GbE networks to multiple clients.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | InfoComm 2011: FOR-A to Showcase Range of Products
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will highlight a variety of recently introduced products at the 2011 InfoComm Show, which runs June 15-17 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Introduces New Prime-Cache5, LTFS Software, Power-Cache
Continuing its leadership role in archival storage, Cache-A is now one of the first storage companies to introduce the new LTFS (Linear Tape Film System) format for the media and entertainment (M&E) industry in its LTO-5 based product line and its flagship product, Pro-Cache5.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Introduces LTFS Across LTO-5 Product Line
Uniquely Combining Benefits of LTFS with Convenience of Cache-A’s Archive Appliance
One of the first companies to demonstrate the new LTFS (Linear Tape Film System) format in product form last year, Cache-A is announcing that all of its LTO-5 based products will include LTFS capability. These include the company’s flagship product -- Pro-Cache5 -- and the new high-performance Power-Cache and the cost-effective Prime-Cache5.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Introduces New Products at NAB 2011
Prime-Cache5, Power-Cache and New LTFS Software
Highlighting its new product introductions at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2011), Cache-A is one of the first storage companies to introduce the new LTFS (Linear Tape Film System) format for the media and entertainment industry in its LTO-5 based product line and its flagship product, Pro-Cache5. Cache-A’s expanded product line also includes two new LTO-5 based products -- Prime-Cache5, its new cost-effective LTO-5 archive appliance, and Power-Cache, its new high-performance archive appliance server.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Cache-A Debuts New LTFS Format Implementation Across LTO-5 Product Line, Including Flagship Pro-Cache5
Uniquely Combines Benefits of LTFS with Convenience of Cache-A’s Archive Appliance
At last year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention, Cache-A was one of the first companies to demonstrate the new LTFS (Linear Tape Film System) format in product form. This year at NAB 2011, all of Cache-A’s LTO-5 based products will include LTFS capability, including the company’s flagship product, Pro-Cache5, and the new high-performance Power-Cache and the cost-effective Prime-Cache5. Cache-A is featuring all of its LTFS-capable products in Booth SL8209 and the Ultrium booth (N6619) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 11-14.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | 1 Beyond Unveils New Line of LTO-5 Archiving Systems at NAB 2011
Company Announces New Wrangler FlexVTR™ Disk and LTO-5 Archive Recorder with Sony SRW Emulator and the latest Wrangler Mini3D DDR/Viewer for HD-SDI
1 Beyond™, Inc., a leading provider of high performance video production and post productionsystems, today announced it will unveil new archiving products based on theLTO-5 Linear Tape File System (LTFS) standard at NAB (Las Vegas Convention Center, April 9-14, booth # SL10420).
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | FOR-A to Intro Archiving Recorder for AVC-Intra/DVCPRO Workflows
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the LTR-120HS video archiving recorder at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 11-14 (Booth C5219). Using high-quality AVC-Intra/DVCPRO codec and MXF wrapper/un-wrapper, it records MXF files that can be used by a variety of NLE systems to LTO-5 tape.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Small Tree to Feature GraniteSTOR ST-Vault at NAB 2011
 First Product in GraniteSTOR Archive Line of Tape Storage Systems
At NAB 2011, Small Tree will feature GraniteSTOR ST-Vault, the first product in its new GraniteSTOR Archive line of tape storage systems created to protect critical video and audio assets (Booth SL10505).
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Leading New York Post Houses Choose Cache-A Archive Appliances To Safeguard Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of data they generate daily, many leading New York post houses are increasingly choosing Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line – including the Pro-Cache5 and Pro-Cache Library24/Library48 – is designed to meet the need for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Panasonic Announces Archiving Software for P2 Content
Panasonic Solutions Company has introduced new software products, the AJ-SF110 Video Ingest software and AJ-SF100 Linear Open-Tape (LTO) Archive software, to facilitate the secure storage and easy retrieval of P2 content. The software supports all P2 card sizes, formats and frame rates.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: Archiving Video With HP's New LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 Tape DriveFor years, Helmut Kobler has used LTO tape to archive footage and projects that he couldn't afford to ever lose. When HP recently released the industry's first desktop LTO-6 tape drive, the Ultrium 6250 ($4199 list), Kobler couldn't resist its upgraded tape capacity and speed. Here's his hands-on report of using the 6250 on a Mac.Read Article Subscribe StorageDNA Goes Down Under with DEEPSEA CHALLENGEWhen director James Cameron took a solo dive to the deepest spot on earth, he turned to Sydney-based Digital Pictures to deliver a range of post production services. In turn, Digital Pictures relied on StorageDNA to help them create a cost-effective LTO-based conform system that handled massive amounts of 4K data.Read Article Subscribe Cache-A Ships Power-Cache Archive ServerCache-A is now delivering their Power-Cache, a LTO-5 1500GB Archive Server for Digital Media Professionals.Read Article Subscribe XenData and Harmonic Introduce Integrated Broadcast Archive SystemTwo companies, XenData and Harmonic, enable LTO-5 robotic archive storage solution with Harmonic Media Application Server. Read on to preview the unveiling of this new interface that integrates XenData's archive server solutions with Harmonic's Media Application Server and ProXplore.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: IBC day One, Thunderbolt is here, Aja and Blackmagic are both showing products based around the thunderbolt connector, Offering the desktop level of power for Stereosocpic and Dual Link capture from a laptop, with proper storage, and the others showing the TB logo are Sonnett, G-Tech, Lacie and a new company "mLogic" (from...Read Blog Subscribe InGame is a game-changer for team sports promotionHave you been to a professional sports event lately? If so, chances are you saw live and recorded video of replays, players, and promotional features on videoboards and monitors throughout the venue. And, you re certain to see more and higher quality video in sports venues in the future. With...Read Blog Subscribe Mexico Goes to China - Part 2 of 2I wrote two articles for the Final Cut Pro User's Group Supermeet at NAB. They appeared in the SuperMag magazine(which I named btw). Here's part two of the first article looking at an Apple network system that is being used at the Beijing Olympics this summer in China. For part...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs »Related Tags | | | | |
|
