In this intensive webcast we will explore the challenges of managing ad hoc SAN growth including: competitive pressure, serving growing and more sophisticated user base, end-user expectation that your content be available anywhere/anytime, assets as a monetary source, rapid ingest of pockets of analog sources... including an end user perspective on real world examples.

 

 

 

Presenters:

Alex Grossman, CEO, Active Storage Alex Grossman is a 20 year veteran of the storage industry and a former Senior Director at Apple where he was responsible for driving the development of Apple's server and storage products. Prior to joining Apple, Grossman was Sr. Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and New Product Development at MicroNet Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of hardware storage solutions for creative professionals and IT managers. Grossman has contributed to several patents associated with storage technology and led the team that developed the first FireWire-based Storage Area Network.

Janae Lee, SVP, Filesystem and Archive Janae Stow Lee is the Senior Vice President of Filesystem and Archive at Quantum Corporation.  She has over 30 years of experience in the storage industry, including ten years working with a variety of data reduction and file system software and hardware.  Prior to Quantum, she was CEO at TimeSpring Software (now Doubletake Software); VP of Product, Marketing and Business Development at Avamar (now EMC); and a senior sales and marketing executive at both Legato Systems (EMC) and IBM Storage.

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Creative Director, Producer, and Editor Christine Steele talks about her journey switching from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere CS5.5 and discusses the powerful performance benefits she gets by using an HP system when working with high resolution as well as compressed video formats. Christine will demonstrate real-time performance advantages using Adobe Creative Suite on an HP Elitebook, as well as discuss how Adobe content creation workflows are enhanced with HP systems and monitors.

How long does it take to find a digital asset? For one organization it took 4 people over 100 hours to find 1 asset that was critical to the launch of a new product. This may sound outrageous, but many organizations face this challenge on a daily basis. And it can cost them millions of dollars.

How does the Digital Lifecycle fit into your workflow and what needs to be tamed? What are some of the processes and technology for managing the lifecycle? From content creation & management, through commerce, distribution & delivery, to consumption & archive – tune into this webcast for some tips on how to make your Digital Lifecycle efficient.

One of the key elements important to the cause of preserving content and equally important to anyone dealing with Rich Media in their Archives is “findability”. Today we can archive everything for posterity, but if we can’t find anything or more specifically, peer into the digital fingerprint of a rich media asset and find exactly what we are looking for – all the archiving in the world is worthless.

A discussion on making your digital archive profitable and accessible today and in the future.

 

Join Alex Grossman, CEO from Active Storage; Chief Technology Officer, Mark Lemmons from Though Equity Motion and Project Director, Philip Spiegel from Video Resources Group, ABC News in this lively discussion.

Learn from the experts on how to tame your video workflow and all of the elements that go with it.

 

Join Norm Thoeming from Advanced Digital Services (ADS); Recording Engineer, Nathan Adams and Emile Hanton from malbon Brothers Farms in this lively discussion.

 

What was released and what does it mean for the next year? Content creation is moving into live 3D, 10k displays, internet television, and movie cameras that fit into lunch boxes. So stay tuned as we take you through a tour of what was released and put it into context for you.

 

Join Carolyn Giardina for our IBC Wrap Up webcast (the IBCcast) to get the latest download on what it all means.

 From workflow to storage, Rich Media can generate unique problems that need production level solutions. Learn how organizations can effectively share and store all this extra data without breaking the bank and affecting production.

 

Join Jess Hartmann, CEO of ProMAX Systems, Gina James, Director of Content Management at NBC Universal, Stephen Beres, Technology Architect, HBO, Charlie Miller, Senior Consultant at Control Group, Chris Duffy, StorNext Product Marketing Manager for Quantum, and Rob Brambila, Director of Technology for ProMAX as we examine:

 

We hear a lot about what TV shows or movies are using the Canon 5D Mark II or about the latest Lumix firmware hacks but what we don't hear enough about is the audio part of the equation.

The on-board sound capabilities of most HDSLR cameras shooting motion is limited. But, as with all cameras, dual system sound is always an option. But what are the pitfalls or advantages of recording audio for HDSLR?

This webcast will answer these questions and more.

Join Autodesk® Certified Instructor Barry Goch as he takes a project from start to finish using the creative finishing tools found in Autodesk® Smoke® for Mac OS® X.

 

Join Visual Effects Supervisor, Tim Sassoon ( Alice in Wonderland and The Aviator), Cinematographer, Barry Braverman (National Geographic and ABC News), and Chief Technological Guru at BlueScreen, LLC, Bob Kertesz as they give us their perspective on 3D.

The Createasphere webcast "SLR Video for the Web: The END of Trial and Error" is geared toward photographers who are new to shooting motion and is designed to shortcut the steep learning curve involved in this transition. Participants will be guided through camera setup and how to choose the hardware to achieve the goal of producing a great looking video for the web.  This will include lens selection as well as aftermarket products needed for camera stabilization, focus control and improved sound quality.  Compression, frame rates, shutter speeds, white balance, and recording codecs will also be discussed.  This will be followed by an editing demonstration showing how to optimally get your movie into an editing program and start manipulating scenes.  Color correction strategies will be talked about with industry experts followed up by an in-depth look at exporting options and uploading to web hosting services. Hosted by Michael Britt.

Join DP, Director, Filmmaker Philip Bloom, DSLR expert Jared Abrams, and Canon expert Tim Smith as they recount the new and interesting DSLR gear they found at NAB.

Learn about the best tools to outfit your DSLR camera – lenses, audio, monitors, and much, much more. Philip and Jared will also talk about projects they've shot with the DSLR cameras, and take questions about their experiences with the cameras and the gear that can make any DSLR project easier and more productive.