Technology Companies Will Demonstrate New Streaming Video Solution
At Streaming Media West 2001
MILPITAS, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.,
a leading supplier of innovative storage solutions for the open enterprise,
today announced a strategic alliance with Doyle Technology Consultants Inc., a
leading systems integrator in the broadcast and multimedia markets.
Doyle Technology will integrate high availability, high performance, LSI's
MetaStor(R) storage systems with platforms and video applications from a wide
range of vendors to deliver a Storage Area Network (SAN) solution specifically
engineered for major media, transport services providers, broadcasters, cable
and satellite operators, and production and post-production houses.
"Custom solutions are artifacts of an immature industry, but the
entertainment industry has been dependent on them due to its need for
processing very large quantities of many forms of data," said William P.
Hurley, program manager, E-Networks & Broadband Access, The Yankee Group.
"The LSI Logic Storage Systems and Doyle Technology alliance will deliver the
open, vendor neutral, storage management solution that this business has
needed for a long time."
At Streaming Media West 2001 in Long Beach, California, June 20-22, 2001,
LSI Logic Storage Systems and Doyle Technology will be in Booth #1143 to
demonstrate a rich media encoding system and a "media on demand" play out
system that share a common storage infrastructure.
"Historically, media-rich storage management systems have been developed
as proprietary, turnkey systems that eventually suffer in terms of total cost
of ownership," said Greg Reitman, entertainment industry marketing manager for
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc. "However, this new alliance allows customers
to have access to best-of-breed applications across the entire video
distribution chain. The solution has the advantage of being platform neutral,
while making it practical and cost effective to build a state-of-the-art SAN
that meets the unique performance, availability, and scalability needs of the
entertainment markets."
In the demonstration, broadcast quality video and audio will be captured
on a Media100 iFinish workstation, then edited and stored on the MetaStor
storage system as a high quality QuickTime file. Next, automated batch
encoding software, called Flip Factory by Telestream, will flip the QuickTime
file into Windows media files at specified data rates that will then be
managed on a Storage Area Network.
"Major companies in the entertainment business handle extremely large
quantities of data at very high data rates, and the cost of failure or
unexpected interruption can be very high," said Don Morgan, Director Project
Development of Doyle Technology. "The industry has desperately needed a
scalable, multi-vendor, storage area network (SAN) solution, engineered
specifically for this industry. We are very pleased to be working with LSI
Logic Storage Systems to deliver it."
The demonstration at Streaming Media West 2001 will show how Doyle
Technology and LSI Logic Storage Systems can support all common media formats
including Windows Media, RealPlayer, QuickTime, and MPEG. In addition, the
video ingest portion of the system consists of Telestream Flip Factory
software working in concert with Virage SmartEncode(TM) Process for metadata
extraction.
"Intelligent, flexible, and cost-effective storage systems are critical to
the success of rich media management and publishing systems, including the
Virage Video Application Platform," said Chuck Fuller, founding engineer,
Virage. "We are pleased that LSI Logic Storage Systems is aggressively
working with Virage and our partners in the digital video domain."
Digital asset management, which includes indexing, search and retrieval,
and archiving of video for re-use, will be accomplished through Artesia's
TEAMS software. Digital asset management accomplished through Artesia's
TEAMS(TM) software, will facilitate real-time collaboration throughout media
production processes, as well as to offer producers and marketing
professionals enhanced and secure access to brand assets.
"Entertainment companies have recognized the need for enterprise digital
asset management as a critical infrastructure component, especially as the
transition from analog to digital continues and the amount of content
increases," said Sebastian Holst, vice president, marketing for Artesia
Technologies. "LSI Logic Storage Systems is now well positioned to meet these
requirements."
About LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corporation, is
a leader in delivering high-performance, highly scalable, open storage
solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic offers a complete line of robust
server, SAN and network attached storage products integrated with centralized
storage management software. These products are available from a worldwide
network of channel partners under the MetaStor brand name, and from many
leading suppliers of server systems under their brand names. For product
information, please call 1-888-638-2786 or visit http://www.lsilogicstorage.com.
About LSI Logic
LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading designer and manufacturer
of communications and storage semiconductors for applications that access,
interconnect and store data, voice and video. In addition, the company
supplies storage network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is
headquartered at 1551 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035, 866-574-5741
(within U.S.), 719-533-7679 (outside U.S.), http://www.lsilogic.com.
About Artesia Technologies
Artesia Technologies is the market leader in enterprise Digital Asset
Management (DAM). Artesia's core product TEAMS, enables organizations to
capture, manage, and dynamically re-express valuable rich-media assets
-- video, audio, images, graphics, and text -- and leverage them to exploit
new business opportunities requiring targeted delivery of rich media. In
addition, TEAMS' open API and support for industry standards such as Java,
CORBA, and XML, enable the creation of enterprise-scale solutions. Artesia's
blue ribbon customers include thought leaders as impressive and diverse as AOL
Time Warner, General Motors, Random House, Discovery Communications, WGBH and
many more. TEAMS is a recipient for the second consecutive year of the
prestigious Crossroads 2001 A-List Award within the "Management and Reuse of
Multimedia Assets" category.
Artesia and TEAMS are trademarks of Artesia Technologies.
For additional information on Artesia Technologies, please visit our web
site at http://www.artesia.com.
About Virage, Inc.
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Virage (Nasdaq: VRGE) is the
leading provider of solutions that enable video for strategic online
applications. The Virage Internet Video Application Platform transforms video
into an effective online medium that is easy to publish, manage and distribute
on the Internet or corporate intranets. The Virage platform provides content
owners with the complete infrastructure for seamlessly integrating streaming
video into business, entertainment and information applications. From ABC to
Yahoo! over 250 customers across a broad range of markets have turned to
Virage to help them improve production efficiencies and create new revenue
opportunities with video. Contact Virage at http://www.virage.com/ or
(650) 573-3210.
About Telestream, Inc.
Telestream and its award-winning streaming media infrastructure products
simplify the encoding and delivery of broadcast-quality video and streaming
media via the Internet. FlipFactory(TM), the company's newest software
solution, enables content owners to easily encode media in any format/bit
rate, faster than real time, with automated publishing to streaming servers.
Telestream's appliances and automation software eliminate today's
time-consuming, manual process of media acquisition, encoding and delivery to
servers. Simple, fast and reliable are reasons why CNN, NBC, Bloomberg, Time
Warner and other high-profile media companies rely on Telestream technology.
Located in the "video valley" region of Nevada City, California, Telestream is
managed by seasoned video experts. It is privately held and is funded by
Intel, Shaw Venture Partners, Hallador Venture Partners and angel investors.
Contact Telestream at 530-470-1300 (http://www.telestream.net).
SOURCE LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.
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