Post production pros know that you can never have enough fast, cool and reliable storage. Dedicated to serving the Apple Mac and creative professional audio/video (A/V) markets, G‐Technology by Hitachi is demoing its first 4TB hard drives at IBC
2011 (Stand #7.D12a) in its two‐drive, RAID 0, G‐RAID solution. Continuing to develop innovative and creative storage solutions for those looking to push creativity beyond the limits, the 8TB G‐RAID demo shows how G‐Technology is making digital production faster, super‐sized and affordable, giving users a competitive edge in the demanding entertainment and film industry. ... »
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, announced a significant milestone in its strategy to give customers seamless access to all data, content and information with the acquisition of BlueArc Corporation, a leader in scalable, high performance network storage.... »
PROMISE Technology, a leader in providing high-performance storage solutions to the rich media market and leader in designing cutting-edge Thunderbolt devices, now brings unrivaled connectivity options to the growing number of systems with Thunderbolt technology.... »
Bright started the year by introducing a new BrightDrive server at a mid-five-figure price point aimed at customers who don't need more than the three concurrent 2K streams that it offers but want an upgrade path so they don't waste their storage dollars. Also new is the release of the company's proprietary Data Mover and Data Optimizer software, previously only available to Bright customers, to the wider world.... »
XenData has built a business on facilitating the connection between LTO-5 tape archives and all the stuff in a facility's "tapeless" workflow — all the gear that expects to be writing to disks, not tapes, at the end of the day. Basically, XenData figures out ways to make those tapes look like disk-based storage, eliminating one more workflow headache as vendors and users work out how to get all of their equipment working in harmony. At IBC this week, XenData is stepping up with a new revision of its flagship server product and new technology collaborations with companies like Harmonic and Avid. We asked company CEO Phil Storey to give us a preview, and asked him what's next after tape.... »
Founded in 2003, Small Tree Communications focuses on the Mac platform, offering a variety of storage solutions with an emphasis on cost-efficiency. The goal is to work with users to ensure that they have the bandwidth they need, but that they're not paying for performance that they don't need. StudioBytes once again approached Small Tree's CTO, Steve Modica, to ask him what content creators need to understand about storage protocols. In an opinionated Q&A, he told us that clustered file systems are obsolete, bandwidth is overrated, and "scalability" is a dead end.... »
It's an exciting time for video and audio editors. We asked Greg LaPorte, Sonnet's VP of sales and marketing to fill us in on what's shaking with Thunderbolt and more.... »
The latest MacBooks bring with them the first commercial implementation of Thunderbolt, a new high-speed interface developed by Intel that has the potential to supersede existing protocols like FireWire and even the still-shiny USB 3.0.... »
XenData Archive Series software does something simple but powerful — it makes a tape archive look like a disk drive, thus simplifying the process of reading and writing to tape. Geared specifically toward the media-and-entertainment industries, XenData's software is in use by customers that manage large media libraries on behalf of their own clients —Modern VideoFilm is a customer, as are London's Re:fine and Canberra, Australia's DAMSmart!. We got XenData co-founder and CEO Phil Storey to fill us in on the technology, explain some usage scenarios, and even give us a preview of what we'll see at NAB next month.... »
PROMISE Technology Inc., a leading supplier of versatile RAID storage solutions catering to customers from enterprise to consumer today announced the next generation of its SmartStor network attached storage (NAS) line - the NSx700 Series.... »
Media Exchange (MX) is a highly secure browser-based application that enables IT and non-IT managers and staff to send content bigger than e-mail can handle to where it needs to be faster and more easily than ever before.... »
BlueArc Corporation, the leading independent file storage provider at scale, today announced BlueArc System Software 8, which includes the latest iteration of its advanced file system that delivers massive performance and the ability to scale-right. BlueArc System Software 8 introduces new cloning and high-speed replication features for maximum efficiency in performance, space and data protection.... »
Kansas City's T2+Back Alley Films, a nationally recognized digital media agency that creates content for all media platforms, was trying to figure out how to move files onto and off of its Fibre Channel editorial network to six graphics workstations without wiring the entire facility for Fibre.... »
EMC today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Isilon Systems, a fast-growing “Scale-out NAS” (network attached storage) systems company, based in Seattle.... »
