Archive for June 6th, 2011

OXFORD, ENGLAND: A game-changing collaboration between Germany-based mp3 creator Fraunhofer IIS, and pioneering plug-in designer/manufacturer Sonnox Ltd., has produced a revolutionary solution for improving the quality of online music.

“Our Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec marks the first time engineers are able to precisely audition codecs in real time,” reports Sonnox Managing Director Rod Densham. “Additionally, the Pro-Codec eliminates the time-consuming cycle of encoding a mix to mp3/AAC, previewing, tweaking and re-rendering. The entire process may now be accomplished ‘on the fly,’ freeing the engineer to concentrate on producing an optimized mix during the preview process.”

Mix and mastering engineers may now audition up to five codecs in real time within a DAW environment. The Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plug-in enables the production of optimized mixes, and provides the option to simultaneously batch encode to multiple formats. All major codecs, including: mp3, mp3 Surround, AAC-LC and HE-AAC more

New StoreData SHARC Lite LTO archiving system leverages XenData software

Barcelona, Spain / Walnut Creek, CA – June 06, 2011 – SM Data, a leading Spanish specialist storage distributor, introduces StoreData SHARC Lite, a new SM Data-branded solution that provides an intuitive and economical way to archive digital files to LTO data tape. The new solution is powered by XenData6 Workstation, award-winning software from XenData, the leading provider of digital video archiving and storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry.

The StoreData SHARC Lite is unique in its simplicity and affordability. Leveraging XenData6 Workstation software, the new solution creates a high capacity storage volume with an interface similar to a hard disk. It archives to and restores from LTO tape using Windows Explorer on a Windows 7 platform, enabling the easy transfer of files to and from LTO by using drag and drop or copy and paste. more

New StoreData SHARC Lite LTO archiving system leverages XenData software

Barcelona, Spain / Walnut Creek, CA – June 06, 2011 – SM Data, a leading Spanish specialist storage distributor, introduces StoreData SHARC Lite, a new SM Data-branded solution that provides an intuitive and economical way to archive digital files to LTO data tape. The new solution is powered by XenData6 Workstation, award-winning software from XenData, the leading provider of digital video archiving and storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry.

The StoreData SHARC Lite is unique in its simplicity and affordability. Leveraging XenData6 Workstation software, the new solution creates a high capacity storage volume with an interface similar to a hard disk. It archives to and restores from LTO tape using Windows Explorer on a Windows 7 platform, enabling the easy transfer of files to and from LTO by using drag and drop or copy and paste. more

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, has added Bill Thompson as an account manager on its sales team, effective May 16.

Throughout his almost 30-year career, Thompson has held a number of sales and engineering positions augmenting his years “in the trenches” as recording engineer, touring technician, and session player. Previously, he served as digital audio technician with Skywalker Sound, sales engineer at Sweetwater Sound, QA manager for Line 6, Inc., and product specialist/trainer with David Carroll Electronics. Most recently, he provided sales support for digital video and SAN systems at Cutting Edge Audio and Video Group.

“Bill is an important asset to ASG because he’s more than just a salesman,” said Dave Van Hoy, president of ASG. “He has provided high-level support of audio and post-production systems. With decades more

Leading cloud-based rendering solutions company ramps up sales efforts with seasoned sales director

LOS ANGELES – June 06, 2011 – Render Rocket LLC, the leading provider of cloud-based, self-service rendering solutions for digital content creation companies, today announced the hiring of Tracey Farrar, a highly experienced sales veteran formally of GPL Technologies and PipelineFX, as Vice President of Business Development. Farrar will be responsible for growing Render Rocket’s media and entertainment customer base, expanding services into new markets, and developing strategic partnerships that bring further value to Render Rocket’s offerings.

As a cloud-based, self-service rendering solution, Render Rocket allows companies to tap into a powerful computing network to solve critical render resource challenges without having to purchase and maintain huge render farms. Using Render Rocket’s service, with its multitude of servers and competent support staff, studios can augment their workflow to meet deadlines, address production overflow or simply more

El Segundo, Irvine, and San Diego, CA- June 6, 2011- dinCloud, pioneering the next generation data center, today announced their Next Generation Datacenter Luncheon Road Show in Southern California. They will be stopping in El Segundo, Irvine and San Diego from June 7-9 to show the benefits of a cloud-based data center.

Event attendees will learn about cloud infrastructure, hosted virtual desktops and how to transition to the next generation data center. There will also be live demos showcasing virtualized applications and virtual desktop surfing on YouTube and other websites. dinCloud ‘s services include hosted virtual desktops, cloud storage, virtual servers, application virtualization and hosted voice and video.

“The benefits of moving to the cloud are too big to ignore. But many businesses, especially smaller businesses, are intimidated by what they expect will be complex and disruptive,” said Saad Shahzad, Chief Strategy Officer of dinCloud. more

WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., will be part of a unique demonstration of high definition, surround music at Audio Expo North America (AXPONA), a high-performance audio show that runs June 24-25, 2011, at the Affinia Hotel in New York City. Los Angeles-based AIX Records will present its unique 3D Music Albums™ using a JVC DLA-RS60U3D Reference Series 3D projector.

At AXPONA NYC, JVC’s flagship projector will deliver a world-class 3D experience, combined with Dolby Laboratories TrueHD® audio encoding technology and AIX’s recordings. The demonstration, which will be held in the Clinton Room on the fourth floor of the Affinia Hotel, is a partnership between AIX, JVC, Dolby Laboratories, Carnegie Acoustics, OPPO Digital, and DH Labs.

“The experience puts you right in the middle of the performance, both musically and visually,” said Gary Klasmeier, JVC product engineering manager, D-ILA more

San Rafael, CA, June 6, 2011 — Eric Edmeades, CEO of The Kerner Group, will be a featured panelist at the Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference on June 12th, being held at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox. Edmeades will appear on the panel entitled “Stereography and Cinematography: Rendering 3D Space into a 3D Image.”

The panel is described as follows: “Capturing is the most critical part of the S3D ecosystem. In this panel, experienced cinematographers and stereographers share their particular expertise, present their tools and discuss their different approaches to how to best to render space, depth and texture onto the stereoscopic image.”

Joining Edmeades on that panel will be:
Paul Taylor – USA (Supervising Stereographer)
Peter Anderson, ASC – USA (Cinematographer)
Aleksander Melkumov- Russia (NIKFI)
Florian Maier – Germany (Supervising Stereographer)
and
Brent Robinson – Canada (Stereographer more

HOLLYWOOD—Picture Head LLC, a leading independent provider of post production services to the film and television industries, and has appointed Barry Nulman as President. Nulman will oversee operations at both the Picture Head facility in Hollywood and at its sister sound services facility, Audio Head, located on “The Lot” (formerly Warner Hollywood Studios). In his new role, Nulman will focus on market direction, client relations, business development and staff management.
A highly respected executive with a proven track record, Nulman has held senior management positions with several leading post production facilities and technology companies. At Avid Technologies, he led the Market Development in Hollywood group, and was responsible for the company’s successful deployment of its HD technologies in Hollywood. He served as President of The Post Group and expanded and grew its various business units. He also launched The Post Group’s on-air promo division to service Fox Sports Net. Previously, he served as President of Anderson Video at Universal Studios. He is an Associate Member of ACE and an active member of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. more

Ottawa, ON – June 6, 2011 – Protecode Inc., a leading provider of open source license management solutions, today announced that it has successfully completed “Ready for IBM Rational Software” technical validation for Build Analyzer™.

Protecode Build Analyzer, a component of Protecode’s System 4™ complete license management solution, now seamlessly integrates with Rational Team Concert. The easy-to-install integration provides IBM Rational development teams with an efficient, user-friendly and automated tool for managing open source and third party code throughout the increasingly collaborative software development cycle enabled by the Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Solution (CLM).

“Development teams are evolving into workgroups. They are becoming more decentralized and use multiple platforms. Protecode Build Analyzer software license management capabilities, coupled with collaborative capabilities of Rational Team Concert now allows development teams to easily confirm compliance to open source licensing obligations before shipping more