Archive of the Networked Storage Category

For many post-production teams, shifting to a shared storage workflow system is a result of growing tired of dealing with the limitations of portable hard drive solutions, otherwise known as “sneaker-net.” Not so for Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minn., that operates four digital television channels. Happy with what its existing sneaker-net solution provides to its 30 editors, TPT only decided to turn to Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR ST-RAID II Ethernet-based shared storage system for Mac users when a new project required that multiple producers and editors have simultaneous access to content files.

MN Original, TPT’s weekly celebration of Minnesota artists, recently concluded its first season. Responsible for producing a 30-minute show each week, TPT could no longer rely on its traditional editing approach to meet the production deadline for its popular new program. Given the workflow requirements for the five-person more

– Seamlessly Integrates Widely Adopted & More Scalable Expansion Storage –

Burbank, CA (May 24, 2011) – An award-winning television production company that offers a fresh creative style for cable programming, broadband and the web, Nancy Glass Productions (NGP) recently added Archion Technologies’ Synergy solution to their Unity MediaNetwork to store increasing amounts High-Definition (HD) content and streamline its file-based workflow.

According to Jason Saro, Senior Avid Editor and Unity MediaNetwork Administrator at NGP, the decision to add a 32 terabyte (TB) Synergy UXE system was based on choosing the highest quality and most cost-effective storage solution to handle entirely tapeless productions.

“In an era of tight budgets, it’s absolutely essential to make the right buying decision,” said Saro. “We have eight edit suites filled with Avids and a 32 TB Unity, so it was a big decision to bring a third party like more

Morgan Hill, Calif., May 17, 2011 – 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. 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.

“Our new products and our new LTFS software promise to have a significant impact on data archiving, interchange and access across the media and entertainment industry,” said Tom Goldberg, Vice President of Product Development at Cache-A Corporation. “We are committed to making archiving easy and to designing products that meet the needs of today’s digital media professionals.”

The cost-effective Prime-Cache5 (MSRP: $7,995) is a new version more

Studio-Level Workflow Solutions & Service Division

Continues Growth In Hollywood & Burbank Locations

Los Angeles, CA – Computer systems integration company MelroseMAC is continuing to grow its Melrose Video Professionals (MVP) division, adding two new industry veterans to the team: Gary Carter, who has been brought on to expand MVP’s 3D workflow expertise and Kevin Sanders, who will function to widen MVP’s installation and design bandwidth.

MVP, which launched in June of 2010 with the mission of servicing studio-level film and television clientele, guided by Director of Business Development, Joel Epps, has continued to grow its staff, now numbering at 7 highly regarded members of the production & post community after the new additions of Carter and Sanders.

Kevin Sanders has been in the Entertainment Industry for over forty years and has spent over twenty-five of those years engineering innovative and cutting edge technology more

- With MSRP Starting at $17,995, Efficient Media Workflows Now More Affordable Than Ever -

Burbank, CA (May 10, 2011) – To improve media workflows while providing creative post production and graphics professionals with superior flexibility, Archion Technologies has introduced its new EditStor ES™ shared storage system. A completely self-contained storage area network (SAN), EditStor ES takes the simplified multi-platform shared storage system of Archion’s EditStor to a new level.

With a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) that starts at just $17,995, EditStor ES makes media sharing easy and affordable for creative professionals that work with Final Cut Studio®, Avid Media Composer®, Adobe CS5®, Sony Vegas® and other popular media creation tools. EditStor ES includes several new features that are designed to significantly enhance media workflow management in small- to mid-size post houses and creative agencies as well as in enterprises, schools and houses of worship.
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Dalet’s Media Asset Management solution with story-centric newsroom production tools unify Milan, Rome, 10 regional sites and new 24/7 channel

Levallois-Perret, France – Mediaset, the largest commercial broadcaster in Italy, has selected Dalet Enterprise Edition to centralize and streamline all of the company’s TV news operations, including a 24/7 news channel which launches later this year. Mediaset journalists throughout Italy and in-the-field will use the end-to-end newsroom functionality of Dalet Enterprise Edition to browse wires, prepare text, edit video, and create voiceovers and packages – all from the Dalet’s desktop. The Dalet platform combines state-of-the-art production tools with strong metadata management and media automation capabilities. A single Dalet Media Asset Management (MAM) platform will manage the entire news organization, improving the production process, and facilitating sharing, cataloging and preparation of content for multiple outlets. The rollout of the Dalet more

– Uniquely Combining Benefits of LTFS with Convenience of Cache-A’s Archive Appliance –

Morgan Hill, Calif., May 10, 2011 – 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.

Based on open source software, LTFS enables digital media professionals to interchange content across different operating systems, software applications and physical locations. It combines the economy, robustness, high density and low power of tape with much of the functionality and usability of a hard drive.

“Through our collaboration with HP, Pro-Cache5 and our other new LTO-5 based products now combine the benefits of LTFS, which makes tape look like disk, with the more

Burbank, CA (April 11, 2011) – A leading provider of intelligent networked storage solutions designed for post production and graphic professionals, including the popular Alliance Pro “ultimate media storage area network (SAN),� Archion Technologies is introducing its new Alliance LT shared storage system at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2011). Archion’s complete line of storage solutions is on display in Booth SL5929 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 11-14.

Archion Alliance LT

A completely self-contained SAN, Alliance LT was designed to provide post facilities with a very high-performance file-level sharing storage solution at an affordable price, without compromising workflow or limiting flexibility. Mac OS-, Windows- and Linux-compatible, Alliance LT enables facilities to work with a variety media solutions, such as Final Cut Studio®, Avid Media Composer® and DS, Adobe CSx and Autodesk® Smoke®, Flame® and Maya®.

“We listened closely to our customers more

Burbank, CA (April 11, 2011) – To simplify media workflows while simultaneously providing creative post production and graphics professionals with superior flexibility, Archion Technologies is introducing its new EditStor ES™ shared storage system at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2011). Archion’s complete line of storage solutions is on display in Booth SL5929 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 11-14.

Archion EditStor ES

A completely self-contained storage area network (SAN), EditStor ES takes the simplified multi-platform shared storage system of Archion’s EditStor to a new level. EditStor ES includes several new features that are designed to significantly enhance media workflow management in small- to mid-size post houses and creative agencies as well as in enterprises, schools and houses of worship.

EditStor ES makes media sharing easy and affordable for creative professionals that work with Final Cut Studio®, Avid Media Composer®, Adobe CS5®, Sony Vegas® more

Burbank, CA (April 11, 2011) – Specifically designed for Avid Unity™ MediaNetwork™ users that need to expand their capacity, replace older Avid drives or improve bandwidth rates to meet today’s demanding workflow requirements, Archion Technologies’ Synergy XTR™ is making its world debut at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2011). Archion’s complete line of storage solutions is on display in Booth SL5929 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, April 11-14.

Archion Synergy XTR

Like Synergy UXE, which offers the highest performance RAID protected add-on storage for the Avid Unity, the new Synergy XTR is designed to offer complete compatibility with Avid MediaNetwork systems and greater ease of management. Further enhancing Unity Media Engines, multiple Synergy XTR chassis can be attached to a Unity 5.1 to deliver the maximum capacity of 128 Terabytes (TB) of usable protected storage. It can also help maximize the Unity 4.2x with more