SEATTLE, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los
Angeles, Isilon(R) Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN), the leader in clustered storage,
today announced that GLOBALedit(R), the software and services unit of
Industrial Color, has standardized its global image management platform on
Isilon IQ clustered storage. GLOBALedit is a professional online image
management system that provides global access to massive photo collections
and a suite of workflow tools that connect creative and business
communities. Using Isilon IQ, GLOBALedit has unified its multi-format image
management and distribution onto a single, high-performance, highly
scalable, shared pool of storage, providing immediate, reliable access to
its massive data stores while significantly reducing IT cost and
complexity.
"GLOBALedit connects creative production groups in ways previously
impossible, enabling individual photographers and enterprise photo
production teams alike to realize the power of a fully digital workflow,"
said Aaron Holm, Vice President of Development & Integration, Industrial
Color. "With production and distribution spread across the globe, our image
management software must be able to quickly and efficiently ingest photo
shoots containing 500GB to image libraries consisting of upwards of 25
Terabytes. A highly scalable, reliable and easy to use storage system is
crucial to the success of our business."
Using GLOBALedit, image collections are globally available for editing,
talent approval, image distribution, contact sheet creation, image markups
and retouching notes, FPO and layout creation, metadata services,
distribution and fulfillment, and long-term archiving. Prior to using
Isilon clustered storage, traditional storage systems did not provide the
scalability, reliability or data access necessary to efficiently manage its
rapidly growing library of customer-generated content. Using Isilon IQ,
GLOBALedit is able to access and deliver its content from a single point of
management, accelerating data access while saving valuable time and
resources. Additionally, using Isilon's SyncIQ(R) and SmartConnect(TM)
software applications, GLOBALedit is able to seamlessly replicate data to a
disaster recovery site while also ensuring content is automatically
load-balanced across its clusters with minimal administrative oversight.
GLOBALedit has also deployed two additional Isilon IQ clusters for
near-line archival and disaster recovery, ensuring all its core,
business-critical data is available and online 24x7x365.
"As digital content becomes the dominant form of data within the
enterprise, the business opportunities associated with this
transformational shift are available to all businesses -- large and small
-- with the tools and vision necessary to maximize the value of their
critical data," said Steve Fitz, Senior Vice President of Global Field
Operations, Isilon Systems. "GLOBALedit is at the forefront of this
revolution as its services provide businesses with a robust platform to
turn their growing image repositories into new revenue streams."
Powered by OneFS(R), Isilon IQ delivers the industry's first single
file system that unifies and provides instant and ubiquitous access to the
rapidly growing stores of digital content, eliminating the cost and
complexity barriers of traditional storage architectures. OneFS is a
unified operating system software layer that powers all of Isilon's
award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems, including the Isilon
IQ 200, 1920, 3000, 6000, 9000, 12000, Accelerator, and EX 6000, 9000 and
12000. Isilon also provides a robust suite of software applications
including SnapshotIQ(TM), SmartConnect, SmartQuotas(TM), MigrationIQ(TM),
and SyncIQ that leverage OneFS and clustered storage, providing the highest
levels of data protection and automated data management.
About Isilon
Isilon Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) is the worldwide leader in clustered
storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data,
enabling enterprises to transform data into information -- and information
into breakthroughs. Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage
systems combines Isilon's OneFS operating system software with the latest
advances in industry-standard hardware to deliver modular, pay-as-you-grow,
enterprise- class storage systems. Isilon's clustered storage solutions
speed access to critical business information while dramatically reducing
the cost and complexity of storing it. Information about Isilon can be
found at http://www.isilon.com.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Jay Wampold of Isilon Systems,
+1-206-315-7620, jay.wampold@isilon.com; or Mallorie Sabaut of
Industrial Color, +1-212-334-3353, msabaut@industrialcolor.com
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