Demand for Avid NEXIS Intelligent Shared Storage Growing Stronger
By Jim Bask

BURLINGTON, MA — Just six months after its introduction, Avid’s (www.avid.com) NEXIS software-defined storage platform is seeing strong demand.

BURLINGTON, MA — Just six months after its introduction, Avid’s (www.avid.com) NEXIS software-defined storage platform is seeing strong demand.
By Wim Van den Broek from Avid

As an editor, creating striking titles that work well with a scene can be a burden. With all the time video editing already demands, editors can feel overwhelmed perfecting an extra detail.
It seems that nonlinear editing systems, like Adobe Premiere, Apple FCP X, Lightworks, Vegas and Blackmagic Resolve are being updated almost weekly. At first, I was overjoyed with the frequent updates. It got to the point where I would see a new codec released on a Monday and by Friday you could edit with it (maybe a slight exaggeration, but pretty close to the truth). Unfortunately, this didn’t always mean the updates would work.
Avid used Amsterdam to showcase its Avid Everywhere platform, with an array of new technologies and products, as well as new partners.
The Avid Everywhere suite of announcements included the usual suspects of Pro Tools and Media Composer but they were a small part of the overall suite of tools Avid had to show.
Avid sponsored the annual ACE EditFest in London this summer and had the chance to sit down with a must-see panel of talented editors. Our new Making The Cut blog series features award–winning editors discussing their craft, their workflows, creative processes and upcoming projects in an exclusive and intimate setting.
Avid introduces at IBC 2016 new product innovations, delivering on the promises of the Avid Everywhere concept. The aim is to help address major industry challenges.
The Media School and The Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology adopt the Avid MediaCentral Platform to prepare students for today’s real-world workflows Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that Indiana University has invested in the MediaCentral® Platform for two new facilities, becoming one of the first customers to take delivery of the new Avid NEXIS™ software-defined storage platform, and the first athletics department to invest in an Avid virtual studio.
Creating and delivering a high volume of content on schedule is a requirement of any post-production team. Being able to collaborate together and complete higher quality work faster, easier, and more confidently so you can all make it to happy hour?
S. Melbourne, Australia, September 5, 2016 – Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announces support for industry leading post production software, Avid Media Composer 8.6.
MediaCentral Platform innovations, new products and product enhancements will deliver unprecedented creativity, productivity and efficiency improvements to address the industry’s most pressing business challenges