BURLINGTON, MA — Just six months after its introduction, Avid’s (www.avid.com) NEXIS software-defined storage platform is seeing strong demand. The solution was introduced at NAB 2016 and is powered by the MediaCentral Platform.

 

Stop-motion animation studio Laika has invested in Avid NEXIS | E4 for its current and future animated feature films. “At LAIKA, we have an uptime environment—meaning we cannot have downtime—with editorial at the heart of production and multiple projects running at the same time,” says Trevor Cable, lead media engineer and editorial manager at Laika. “Avid NEXIS provides us with great media management, unrivaled reliability, and high bandwidth at a competitive price. It was very easy to deploy and it’s simple to create users, groups and workspaces. I have complete confidence in Avid NEXIS | E4 and plan on purchasing another for failover redundancy.”

 

Creative post production house Gorilla Post uses Avid workflows to accelerate production and enhance collaboration in their ingest, editing, sound design, mixing, color correction and finishing pipeline. The Dublin-based facility recently expanded its workflow to include Avid NEXIS | E2. [Continue Reading…]