Avid Bundles axle Media Management with Avid NEXIS | PRO
By Jim Bask
Boston, August 17, 2016 / PRNewswire-iReach/
axle Video, developer of “radically simple” software to manage video and still image media, announced that axle Starter, a new entry-level version of its flagship media management software, is now included with all configurations of the industry-leading Avid NEXIS™|PRO software-defined storage platform from Avid®. Customers receive a 2-user license for axle Starter software with each Avid NEXIS|PRO purchase, including powerful search and browser-based display, browse, shot selection, annotation, review and approval capability for up to 300,000 assets, along with their purchase of Avid NEXIS|PRO storage.
axle Starter carries a retail value of $495 and can be upgraded to full 2-user or 5-user license blocks of axle Video’s 2016.2 media management software with Cam media ingest, 1 million asset support, and additional features. axle media management is a particularly good complement to Avid NEXIS|PRO media storage, which targets the production and storage needs of independent professionals and smaller workgroups, and supports all the top media creation applications including Avid Media Composer®, Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro X editing systems.
“With the prevalence of high-resolution video, production teams of all sizes need affordable high-capacity, high-performance media storage,” said David Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management, Avid. “Avid NEXIS|PRO offers the ability to effortlessly store hundreds to tens of thousands of hours of high res video and support 4k production teams. With axle Starter media management now included with Avid NEXIS|PRO, media professionals can more efficiently find, share, use/reuse and review media stored on Avid NEXIS|PRO.”
“axle Video takes a unique, radically simple approach to media management,” said Sam Bogoch, CEO of axle Video, “and axle Starter provides the simple, yet powerful capabilities customers need to take full advantage of the value delivered by their Avid NEXIS|PRO storage. With its browser-based access to every video, audio, and still image file from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone, axle Starter software complements and adds a new dimension to the excellent value proposition of Avid NEXIS|PRO storage.”
Pricing and availability
axle Starter is available now; priced at $495 for a 2-user license, and included by Avid in all purchases of Avid NEXIS | PRO storage, effective immediately from Avid and its resellers worldwide.
axle Starter upgrade to 2-user axle 2016 license: $800.
axle Starter upgrade to 5-user axle 2016 license: $2,500.
axle Starter upgrade to 5-user axle Gear license: $4,500.