Las Vegas, NV, April 23, 2008–Globalstor Data Corporation, premier OEM Integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, unveiled its new ExtremeStor-DI REDe at the ASSIMILATE™ booth at NAB 2008, representing the latest within Globalstor‘s ExtremeStor-DI product line to offer compatibility with today‘s popular RED Digital Cinema cameras. more
Atlanta, GA (April 15, 2008) - Video Technics, Inc. (VT) today announced that it is showcasing at NAB2008 the second generation of NewsFlow, which is engineered for affordable high definition quality production. NewsFlow is an open architecture design based on performance and value that combines best-of-class video servers, centralized media and metadata storage, asset management, and popular editing platforms to facilitate a seamless and collaborative workflow. more
BURLINGTON, Mass. — April 14, 2008 – Volicon, the leading provider of media monitoring, recording, archiving, and streaming solutions, today introduced the Observer® Edge, a cost-effective video monitoring solution that enables cable MSOs and station groups to ensure quality of service for remote and unstaffed “dark” stations. more
One of Volicon‘s Largest Installations to Date Enhances Compliance and Quality of Service at 56 U.S. Stations
BURLINGTON, Mass. — April 14, 2008 – Volicon, the leading provider of media monitoring, recording, archiving, and streaming solutions, today announced ION Media Networks‘ implementation of Volicon Observer® video monitoring systems at each of the network‘s 56 television stations located throughout the United States. Representing one of the largest deployments of Volicon‘s award-winning Observer to a single entity, the Observer systems enable ION Media to maintain across-the-board quality of service (QoS) standards, compliance logging, and ad verification, while providing centralized video monitoring and review capabilities to its management. more
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — April 8, 2008 – Front Porch Digital today announced the availability of an optional enhancement to its DIVArchive™ content storage management (CSM) solution that protects precious content from the ravages of data tape and drive degradation by continually monitoring digital storage infrastructure. DIVAprotect™ brings a new level of long-term content protection, management, and security to DIVArchive, the industry-leading CSM solution. more
Award-Winning Fusion SATA Storage Systems Offered at Reductions of up to $1,200
IRVINE, Calif. — April 10, 2008 – Sonnet Technologies today announced a price reduction for the company‘s award-winning Fusion™ line of high-performance SATA storage solutions for professional content creation and editing. Price reductions of up to $1,200 give users in the broadcast and post-production industries the opportunity to invest in the speed and capacity they require without compromising quality or performance. more
Atlanta, GA (April 10, 2008) - Video Technics, Inc. (VT) today announced that they have partnered with VCI Solutions to create an affordable bundle for the facilitation of a file-based workflow from content delivery to on-air playout. The product bundle includes full-featured automation software from VCI Solutions, Pathfire licensing for syndicated content, and the new Apella™ SDX-MX video server from Video Technics. The Apella SDX-MX is a new three channel video server specially outfitted with 6 terabytes of internal storage and the ability to directly ingest native MPEG-2 content from syndication content delivery systems. The solution provides broadcasters with cost-effective, robust automation for master control, while simplifying content delivery. more
Atlanta, GA (April 10, 2008) - Video Technics, Inc. (VT) today announced that it has certified agami Systems‘ AIS3000 and AIS6000 series unified network storage platforms for inclusion in its affordable high-bandwidth HD workflow solutions. ag�mi‘s NAS systems provide bandwidth throughput and continuous data availability up to a record-breaking 1 GB/s (AIS6000), multiple Ethernet ports, RAID-5ES protection, live file system replication, and feature-packed software management tools in a package with superior space density which requires less power and cooling to create a truly best-of-class storage solution.
RAID-5 ES - Enterprise Sparing - dramatically improves rebuild time performance in case of drive failure by spreading parity and spare disk space across all drives. The multiple native Gigabit Ethernet ports provide the flexibility to configure dedicated or aggregated ports to better manage bandwidth access limits per Host. ag�mi‘s feature-packed web software management tools provide sophisticated system monitoring, live file system replication, and more. more
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 2, 2008 – Omneon, Inc. and Interra Systems today announced that they have worked together to deliver the industry‘s first grid-powered quality assurance application, the Interra Baton. The Baton application harnesses the inherent media processing capabilities of the Omneon MediaGrid™ active storage system. Employing the Omneon MediaGrid Processing Framework, the Baton software is now able to use the MediaGrid system‘s many CPUs in parallel to deliver automated quality control of media files, while eliminating the need for separate QA hardware and additional external storage to perform the quality control (QC) function. more
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 3, 2008 – Omneon, Inc., a leading provider of media server and active storage systems, today announced the release of ProXchange™ 1.1, which adds Windows Media VC-1 and Flash Video to the already broad range of formats supported by the transcoding system. ProXchange converts media residing on central storage between a wide range of broadcast-quality, high bit rate video formats, as well as H.264, VC-1, and Flash Video. more
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